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Behind the Curtain of Kim Jong Il’s Regime

North Korea’s Kim Il Sum Square, home to mass rallies and air raid drills designed to prepared the populace for a nuclear war with the United States. NewscomUpdate: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il...

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Environmental Activists “Being Killed at Rate of 1 a Week”

This story first appeared on the Guardian website and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The struggle for the world’s remaining natural resources is becoming more murderous,...

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The Trump Administration Is Ignoring the First Major Climate Conference of...

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.  Deep schisms in the US over climate change are on show at the UN climate talks in...

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Scientists Are Freaking Out About “Crazy” Temperatures in the Arctic

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.  An alarming heatwave in the sunless winter Arctic is causing blizzards in Europe and...

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Antarctica’s Mighty Glaciers Are Melting Way Faster Than We Realized

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Hidden underwater melt-off in the Antarctic is doubling every 20 years and could soon...

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Scientists Just Discovered Billions of Previously Undetected Microorganisms....

This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Earth is far more alive than previously thought, according to “deep life” studies...

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The Biodiversity Crisis Is About to Put Humanity at Risk

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.  The world’s leading scientists will warn the planet’s life-support systems are...

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Greta Thunberg Is Happy Her Work Is Described as “Greatest Threat” by Oil Chief

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.  Greta Thunberg and other climate activists have said it is a badge of honor that the...

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Oil and Gas Firms “Have Had Far Worse Climate Impact Than Thought”

This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The oil and gas industry has had a far worse impact on the climate than previously...

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Nature Is Bouncing Back During the Coronavirus Crisis—but for How Long?

This piece was originally published in the Guardian and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. The environmental changes wrought by the coronavirus were first visible from space. Then,...

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As Alaska’s Glaciers Disappear, So Goes the Rest of the Planet’s Ice

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. If glaciers are what you are after, that’s the place for you.” The speaker was a...

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Witness to Paradise Lost: My Year in the Dying Amazon

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. I thought it was a blood moon at first. The dark orange glow appeared at dusk on...

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Climate Change May Leave Island Nations Stateless

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Small island nations would rather fight than flee, but rising sea levels have...

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Brazil Reports a Big Decline in Amazon Deforestation Last Month

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by at least 60 percent in July compared...

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Amazonian Capital Struggles Amid a State of Climate Dystopia

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A withering drought has turned the Amazonian capital of Manaus into a climate...

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1 Percenters Emit More CO2 Than Bottom 2/3 of Global Population

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The richest one percent of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than...

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Vanishing Ants, Waning Forests, and Fading Hope for Brazil’s Amazon

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. What a difference a year makes in the Brazilian Amazon. At the start of 2023, I...

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As Monthly Heat Records Tumble, Scientists Are Increasingly Alarmed

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Another month, another global heat record that has left climate scientists...

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