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![Climate change may halve giant panda's habitat by 2070 Climate change may halve giant panda's habitat by 2070](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_21b1da34-f777-4998-ae41-f63b83527dc9_.jpg) |
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Giant pandas, prepare to move out. Shifting these creatures to distant reserves may be essential if they are to survive the likely impacts of climate change. ...more |
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![Record-breaking cold closes U.S. schools, sends penguins inside Record-breaking cold closes U.S. schools, sends penguins inside](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_c23fc612-84d1-4853-a928-f51a02d6b7ab_.jpg) |
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Record-breaking cold that gripped the U.S. East and Midwest on Thursday snarled travel, shut schools, filled homeless shelters and even led to zoo penguins being ordered inside. ...more |
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![London's 'Walkie-Talkie' tower boasts rooftop Sky Garden solar array London's 'Walkie-Talkie' tower boasts rooftop Sky Garden solar array](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_30fc9aea-b044-46b0-914f-6810b58b774a_.jpg) |
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London's 38-storey 'Walkie-Talkie' tower might be best known for reflecting solar rays to melt paintwork on cars or even fry eggs on the pavement, but now it can claim to be making better use of the sun's power after a solar array was installed on the building's rooftop. ...more |
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![North American sightings of elusive snowy owls take flight North American sightings of elusive snowy owls take flight](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_0ac23729-bf27-4bd7-b85c-aa249053cc9c_.JPG) |
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The elusive snowy owl, rarely seen outside the Arctic, is turning up more frequently in the skies of North America, data from the National Audubon Society suggested on Wednesday. ...more |
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![Prepare for rising migration driven by climate change, governments told Prepare for rising migration driven by climate change, governments told](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_dfc04dc9-4f60-4814-98c0-c5a8713f638f_.jpg) |
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Governments need to plan better for rising migration driven by climate change, experts said on Thursday, citing evidence that extreme weather and natural disasters force far more people from their homes than wars. ...more |
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![Oman celebrates National Environment Day 2015 Oman celebrates National Environment Day 2015](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_3ce91156-aaef-404d-8888-021a9524a6b0_.jpg) |
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Omani Environment Day which falls on January 8 every year is a national occasion that pays attention to the diverse environment of Oman, including the conducting of several events that aim at raising community awareness of the importance of the environment which is a healthy lung. ...more |
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![White river dolphin declared extinct White river dolphin declared extinct](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_c52c803c-be42-4f41-ba4e-2fece5d98f65_.jpg) |
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After scouring China’s Yangtze River for six weeks, a team of international experts has declared the baiji, a rare white river dolphin, “functionally extinct.” ...more |
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![Denmark’s world record: 39% of its power from wind turbines in 2014 Denmark’s world record: 39% of its power from wind turbines in 2014](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_60d31e5f-c779-4a86-b265-d9d4e87bc42e_.jpg) |
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Denmark revealed that it set new wind power records last year as wind energy's share of the electricity mix rose to 39 per cent, an improvement on the 33.2 per cent share recorded in 2013. ...more |
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![Most fossil fuels 'unburnable' under 2C climate target Most fossil fuels 'unburnable' under 2C climate target](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_bcedae87-cd50-4783-87ca-a3ac850a68e4_.jpg) |
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Most of the world's fossil fuel reserves will need to stay in the ground if dangerous global warming is to be avoided, modelling work suggests. ...more |
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![European Environmental Agency finds air pollution the leading environmental cause of death European Environmental Agency finds air pollution the leading environmental cause of death](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_7c3b9c71-65ec-43ff-8c00-c4dedcb26480_.jpg) |
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Responsible for 400,000 deaths each year globally, air pollution has yet to be sufficiently addressed by the world's governments, researchers have warned. ...more |
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