As the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing nears, a new book looks back on the race to the Moon.
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Green New Deal Backers Rouse Enthusiastic Crowd
Congressional leaders call for strong action to fight climate change at a campaign-style rally in Washington, D.C.
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Study Will Examine Risks and Benefits of Climate Interventions
A National Academies committee is working to develop a research agenda for geoengineering strategies that reflect sunlight to cool Earth.
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Biodiversity Report Paints a Bleak Picture
Landmark study calls for urgent “transformative changes” to meet goals for conserving and sustainably using nature.
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House OK’s Bill for U.S. to Stay in Paris Climate Accord
Democrats and environmental groups applaud the first major piece of climate legislation to pass the House in 10 years, but chances for passage in the Senate are slim.
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House Freshman Democrats Urge Funds for Climate Change Programs
More than half of the newly elected Democratic representatives signed onto a letter calling for “robust funding” for U.S. climate change research programs.
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Global Tree Cover Loss Continues but Is Down from Peak Highs
New data show that an area of tropical tree forest cover the size of Nicaragua was lost in 2018.
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Earth Science Is Ready for Preprints
The EarthArXiv preprint archive, in operation for almost a year and a half, makes the latest Earth science research available to a wider community.
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National Volcano Warning System Gains Steam
It took more than a decade, but a bill that funds U.S. volcano monitoring efforts and establishes a single system became law on 12 March.
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Science in This Century Needs People
An ecologist built an army of beach surveyors over 20 years and now has the world’s largest data set of marine bird mortality informing climate change and disaster studies.