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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Carbon-dioxide ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Iran war has already released a staggering amount of CO2 — and the destruction of schools, homes and buildings is the biggest source ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In a new analysis, researchers estimated direct, indirect and future greenhouse gas emissions that were created in the first two weeks of the Iran war, between Feb. 28 and March 14. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:12:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pwieT424Lhg878dpzyPMoV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The U.S. and Israel struck more than 6,000 targets in Iran in the first two weeks of the war, releasing huge amounts of carbon. This picture was taken March 13 after airstrikes in Tehran.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Smoke rises from buildings in Tehran, Iran, after an airstrike.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ When was the last time Antarctica was ice-free?  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Antarctica is covered by a miles-thick ice sheet, but was that always the case? And when was the coldest continent ice-free? ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Victoria Atkinson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nYF5CXjh698iKBekdZqyGY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Unlike today, Antarctica hasn&#039;t always been covered in ice.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A group of penguins huddles in an icy landscape]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ China's emissions are flatlining — and may be falling — in critical turning point for biggest emitter, report says ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The carbon emissions of the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter have plateaued for nearly two years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:42:32 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:13:45 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YxYPMFEkteRWqJMqUkX5Kj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An aerial view of an agrivoltaic (solar and agricultural) farm in Hechi city, China, on Oct. 25, 2025.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An aerial view of an agrivoltaic farm in Hechi city, China, on October 25, 2025.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Undersea lava rubble acts as a 'sponge' for carbon dioxide, study finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lava rubble at the bottom of the sea is acting like a giant "sponge" for carbon dioxide, ancient cores reveal. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 21:04:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 18:07:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kvCqMHzGirpJichLvUdqn9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Brown rocks of lava rubble store huge amounts of carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate, the white mineral that fills in the gaps in this ocean crust core.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Image of brownish orange rocks (lava breccia) encased in white rock (calcium carbonate). ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Antarctica's Southern Ocean might be gearing up for a thermal 'burp' that could last a century ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When humans manage to cut enough emissions and eventually reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 11:45:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Rivers &amp; Oceans]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Matt Simon ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5mkYGzZQqdK7DGExhmvwHL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Southern Ocean has been storing heat. It could be released in a giant, 100-year &quot;burp.&quot;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a view of a glacier in the ocean with an orange sky behind it]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ CO2 levels reach record new high, locking in more global warming ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Greenhouse gas concentrations increased by a record amount in 2024 as more carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide became locked in Earth's atmosphere, a World Meteorological Organization report finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:38:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/K2qRMXoGW2K4HnHvvUM2nG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Fires were one of the reasons carbon dioxide levels increased in the atmosphere in 2024.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photograph of a helicopter dropping water on a forest fire in Thailand. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Amazon rainforest trees are resisting climate change by getting fatter from CO2 in the atmosphere ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tree trunks in the Amazon are getting 3.3% thicker every decade as the plants absorb extra carbon dioxide, suggesting they are more resilient to global warming than previously thought. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 14:54:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kabEkzZVScxEi9aD8kRFAh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Amazonian trees are absorbing more CO2 from the atmosphere and getting fatter as a result, scientists say.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An enormous tree in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest with a thick trunk.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope images reveal there's something strange with interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made its first observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, revealing that the comet appears to be unusually rich in carbon dioxide. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:01:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Comets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ULnAsgVYjHZEC86jjtzwzE-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Observation of 3I/ATLAS captured using the  James Webb Space Telescope&#039;s Near-Infrared Spectrograph instrument. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Observation of 3I/ATLAS captured using the  James Webb Space Telescope&#039;s Near-Infrared Spectrograph instrument. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Trippy liquid 'fireworks' appear when scientists try to mix unmixable fluids ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ When two fluids don't mix well, they sometimes form strange patterns called "viscous fingering," or Saffman-Taylor instability. Studying these patterns can help scientists understand how to design systems for carbon storage, a key part of managing climate change. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 20:31:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Damien Pine ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kMx47znHoTHCKr4sAQpSRk-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Chi-Chian Chou, Yuka F. Deki, Ryuta X. Suzuki, Yuichiro Nagatsu, and Ching-Yao Chen]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Computer simulations showing how two immiscible fluids with different viscosities interact.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Patterns on a black background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists invent photosynthetic 'living' material that sucks CO2 out of the atmosphere ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have developed a material with photosynthetic bacteria that convert carbon dioxide into a mineral skeleton. The material hardens over time, so it could be used for buildings, they say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:26:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 23:06:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G4NB4EvH7wnSaKcycB9nun-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists have developed a new &quot;living&quot; material. The left images shows a 3D-printed &quot;pineapple&quot; with blue-green algae growing inside it. The right image shows a similar object but in the shape of a cube.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two versions of a new photosynthetic material. On the left we see a pineapple-shaped sample and on the right a cubic sample.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Humanity could be just 3 years away from crossing a dire climate threshold, report warns ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Record carbon emissions mean that the planet's carbon budget could be exceeded in as little as three years, according to a new report. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:50:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate change]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/x2Q3uA4GNqwVLmYT4qbdek-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Ice calving from the fracture zone of a glacier crashes into the ocean in Greenland.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Ice calving from the fracture zone of a glacier crashes into the ocean in Greenland. Melting of such glacial ice is leading to the warping of Earth&#039;s crust.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It's a ticking time bomb': Acid levels in Earth's oceans have already breached 'danger zone', study suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have found that ocean acidification entered a "danger zone" in 2020, suggesting increased carbon dioxide levels have caused Earth to breach another planetary boundary. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 09:15:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Rivers &amp; Oceans]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2manAD9SKt68xKewtpKyz4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The new study suggests our planet&#039;s oceans are becoming too acidic to remain healthy.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An underwater photograph of a shoal of fish swimming above corals.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The closer a volcano is to erupting, the greener the trees around it look from space ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists have found a way to monitor volcanic carbon dioxide levels — one of the first signs a volcano might be about to blow — that doesn't involve trekking up a mountain. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 17:08:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:51:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ynCURw2p6qf74hJHXipdqh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Satellites can now detect one of the first signs that a volcano is about to erupt.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A volcano with lava running down its side. The volcano is surrounded by lush forest.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Catastrophic tipping point in Greenland reached as crystal blue lakes turn brown, belch out carbon dioxide ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Record heat and rain turned thousands of Greenland lakes brown in 2022 as they hit a tipping point and began emitting carbon dioxide. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:35:07 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RDUsjRSqw8Szmrt3FrCgPi-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Vaclava Hazukova]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A Greenland lake near Kangerlussuaq that browned after extreme heat and rain in 2022.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A lake with brown water]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Cryptic carbon' may leak from volcanoes millions of years after eruptions end ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dissolved carbon dioxide may have bubbled up from magma far below Earth's surface, contributing to prolonged warming. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Skyler Ware ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/boFJz5QgkG6nRdwtuZvdxa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Large igneous provinces may release carbon dioxide long after eruptions subside.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a photo of a lava flow from above]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Unique and extreme': James Webb telescope detects possible alien world bubbling over with volcanoes ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/exoplanets/unique-and-extreme-james-webb-telescope-detects-possible-alien-world-bubbling-over-with-volcanoes</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected possible signs of gases released by volcanic activity on a distant exoplanet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 May 2025 12:49:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Agnibha Banerjee ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iEhptoSVJn9sYnqEKqMKzg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist’s impression of L 98-59 d, a sulfurous world around a red dwarf star.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of exoplanet l 98-59 d]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'We don't really consider it low probability anymore': Collapse of key Atlantic current could have catastrophic impacts, says oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A visualization from space of the Gulf Stream as it unfurls across the North Atlantic Ocean. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:49:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:07:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oPxkgyqzwPTyKW97sEJUJJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A visualization from space of the Gulf Stream as it unfurls across the North Atlantic Ocean.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A visualization from space of the Gulf Stream as it unfurls across the North Atlantic Ocean.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fool's Gold is driving a new accelerating climate feedback loop in Canada ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A hut sits at an altidue of 1,800 meters near the Mackenzie Mountains in Yukon, Canada. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:10:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 23:05:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/96F63y7CznWJ4Yvv9RcKs-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A hut sits at an altidue of 1,800 meters near the Mackenzie Mountains in Yukon, Canada.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A hut sits at an altidue of 1,800 meters near the Mackenzie Mountains in Yukon, Canada.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why can't you suffocate by holding your breath? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The human body has a number of mechanisms that prevent you from holding your breath until you suffocate. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ashley.s.hamer@gmail.com (Ashley Hamer) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ashley Hamer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/afw82F6gEKzMWoUjHzhV6i-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The body has several systems that keep you from holding your breath too long, each of which would take over if another failed.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Woman holding her breath.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Completely unexpected': New type of wood discovered by scientists dubbed 'midwood' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/how-we-discovered-a-new-type-of-wood-and-how-it-could-help-fight-climate-change</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tulip trees were long renowned for their carbon storage. Their unique wood may be responsible. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2024 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:23:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Raymond Wightman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/neq6ArjNXDaUGAaWXz3Jx5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A tulip tree (&lt;em&gt;Liriodendron tulipifera).&lt;/em&gt;]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A tulip tree is silhouetted against a blue sky with some clouds]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Mega' El Niño may have fueled Earth's biggest mass extinction ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Volcanoes spewing carbon dioxide 250 million years ago heated the climate so much that extreme El Niño events became the norm, pushing most life on Earth past its limits. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:06:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CcY7c9FmVkB6zpNVJ2msrJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A geological field section from the research revealed extreme dryness 252 million years ago, a sign of disturbances in the El Niño-La Niña cycle. New research suggests volcanic eruptions in Siberia triggered extreme El Niño events that in turn led to the end-Permian extinction, when 90% of life on Earth died out.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A cross section of rock showing extreme cracks]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ There's an acidic zone 13,000 feet beneath the ocean surface — and it's getting bigger ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The carbonate compensation depth — a zone where high pressure and low temperature creates conditions so acidic it dissolves shell and skeleton — could make up half of the global ocean by the end of the century. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 09:10:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:38:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Peter Townsend Harris ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/99grhnThJdfTVRqJRSBQfR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lake Kivu: The ticking time bomb that could one day explode and unleash a massive, deadly gas cloud ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Lake Kivu, one of the African Great Lakes, sits along a tectonic plate boundary called the East African Rift, which is dotted with hot springs that feed carbon dioxide and methane into the water. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/X9Q65Nu3QiCFNNpQfCqEuZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Lake Kivu straddles the border between Rwanda and Congo.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[People on a small wooden boat gliding across Lake Kivu with hills in the background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The speed of sound on Mars is constantly changing, bizarre study finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New research shows that the speed of sound on Mars varies considerably by location and temperature. The findings could help scientists understand sounds picked up by Martian rovers, as well as make future crewed ventures safer. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Deepa Jain ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wQYZJsSUtKsKVdRkxQJwde-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Sound on Mars may be the most Earth-like on mountaintops, like the purple mountain seen in this Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image, according to new research. Elsewhere, the speed of sound varies greatly by location, time of day, and temperature.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A top down photograph of a large purple-colored mountain on the surface of Mars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Will we ever be able to stop using plastic? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ While the push to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is spurring alternatives to petroleum in other sectors, phasing out plastic, particularly for medical applications, will be very tough. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ hannah.osborne@futurenet.com (Hannah Osborne) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Hannah Osborne ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/udzAzn3TGGyLfkf6ugL97Z-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Traditional plastics are created with petrochemicals obtained from petroleum during refining.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Plastic flakes]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hundreds of black 'spiders' spotted in mysterious 'Inca City' on Mars in new satellite photos ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Every spring, creepy black 'spiders' sprout up on Mars as buried carbon dioxide ice releases dusty geysers of gas. New ESA images show the phenomenon has begun in the strange Inca City formation. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vK7VvWQ9ZUxkkjohyc7Wjb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mars&#039; Inca City formation (left) is overrun with mounds of black &#039;spiders&#039; (right), a regular springtime phenomenon on the Red Planet]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Mars&#039; Inca City formation (left) is overrun with mounds of black &#039;spiders&#039; (right), a regular springtime phenomenon on the Red Planet]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dying SpaceX rocket tears blood-red 'hole' in the sky over Texas — again ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ On April 10, a bright red atmospheric "hole" was spotted in the night sky above Texas shortly after SpaceX launched 23 Starlink satellites into space. It is the latest example of an increasingly common phenomenon caused by the company's dying rockets. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:33:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:05:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hN4Kdwpk38MPiEPCFpMu4F-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A photographer captured a faint image of the red blob above Big Bend National Park using a smartphone.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A faint red blob of light in the night sky]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Breach of key global warming threshold 'inevitable' as carbon emissions hit record high ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ At the current emissions level, there is a 50% chance that global warming will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius consistently in about seven years, new research suggests. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/srLLTZymNjmb7PVLeVqCAK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Kraftwerk Duisburg-Walsum, a coal plant near Germany&#039;s Ruhr river, belches black smoke. Coal use is projected to reach a record high this year.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Kraftwerk Duisburg-Walsum, a coal plant near Germany&#039;s Ruhr river, belches black smoke. Coal use is projected to reach a record high this year.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA and India's debut climate satellite to launch in 2024. Here's what it'll do. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The NISAR satellite, a collaboration between NASA and India's space agency ISRO, will help scientists monitor how climate change is affecting Earth's varied landscapes. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2023 21:53:51 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rahul Rao ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hom5aHMHQ7j5cMYBe6umpQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The NISAR satellite enters the thermal vacuum chamber at an ISRO facility in Bengaluru on Oct. 19. It emerged three weeks later having met all requirements of its performance under extreme temperatures and space-like vacuum.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The NISAR satellite enters the thermal vacuum chamber at an ISRO facility in Bengaluru on Oct. 19. It emerged three weeks later having met all requirements of its performance under extreme temperatures and space-like vacuum.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The 'safe' threshold for global warming will be passed in just 6 years, scientists say ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/the-safe-threshold-for-global-warming-will-be-passed-in-just-6-years-scientists-say</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ New research suggests we have just six years left to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and two decades to keep temperatures below the 2 C threshold in the Paris Agreement. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:57:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:03:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gPCgssEpePooVESRWCTzH4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[We have just six years before carbon emissions tip us over the 1.5 C warming threshold, new research has found.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A tree burns in a forest fire at nighttime.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope finds potential signature of life on Jupiter's icy moon Europa ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/jupiter/james-webb-telescope-finds-potential-signature-of-life-on-jupiters-icy-moon-europa</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The discovery of seemingly home-grown carbon dioxide suggests Europa's  ice-covered ocean could be habitable. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 20:26:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pUDG7FJWPfRKzcf6vVmPLG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A false-color image of Jupiter’s moon Europa taken by NASA’s JunoCam in Sept. 2022.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Highly stylized view of Jupiter&#039;s icy moon Europa.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope sees potential signs of alien life in the atmosphere of a distant 'Goldilocks' water world ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected potential traces of dimethyl sulfide, a chemical only known to be created by phytoplankton on Earth, in the atmosphere of an exoplanet believed to have its own liquid ocean. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 16:20:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:02:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fh6PUhM5vnDryy5epCR5GR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A blue planet with a distant red star in the background]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A blue planet with a distant red star in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Watch the world choke on CO2 in eerie NASA videos of manmade emissions ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/watch-the-world-choke-on-co2-in-eerie-nasa-videos-of-manmade-emissions</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The animations highlight emissions from different human and natural sources, with the main contribution coming from the burning of fossil fuels. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 08:47:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sascha Pare ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hmK7kuGhPzTQfnvNKJuptY-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are heavily concentrated in the Northern Hemisphere, but they drift southward as the months go by. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A screenshot from a NASA video shows CO2 emissions across North and South America in 2021.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth's thermosphere reaches highest temperature in 20 years after being bombarded by solar storms ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/earths-thermosphere-reaches-highest-temperature-in-20-years-after-being-bombarded-by-solar-storms</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The atmospheric temperature spike, which was caused by geomagnetic storms triggered by the sun, suggests the "solar maximum" is fast approaching. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:01:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pNfYb7H2j9XeKrkomiBnSk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Venus has thousands more volcanoes than we thought, and they might be active ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have mapped out at least 85,000 volcanoes on Venus' surface, and recent findings suggest that some of them are likely active. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/SeEybSytiEu9qAtt29SVQ7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Volcanic activity at a coronae. Smoke billows from a small vent on a field of lava.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Volcanic activity at a coronae. Smoke billows from a small vent on a field of lava.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Global CO2 emissions are cooking the planet and 'show no sign of decreasing,' report warns ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Staving off the worst impacts of climate change means preventing global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. But CO2 emissions are so high that we are slated to cross that line within a decade. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:40:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:22:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joshua A. Krisch ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ieeF8sdw6gKtpTaKuJH2nG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The burning of fossil fuels accounts for 90% of the world&#039;s carbon emissions.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The burning of fossil fuels accounts for 90% of the world&#039;s carbon emissions.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Supreme Court cripples the US government's power to fight climate change ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Supreme Court ruled that the EPA can't impose nationwide greenhouse gas emissions reduction policies without express approval from Congress. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2022 21:15:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:51:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jJAw62RmSe4xwNQ75czrtK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 decision that the EPA should not regulate greenhouse gas emissions at a national scale.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 decision that the EPA should not regulate greenhouse gas emissions at a national scale.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why do soft drinks go flat? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/32461-why-do-soft-drinks-go-flat.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Ever take a sip of a flat soda? Here's the chemistry behind it. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2022 18:52:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:05:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aSKEwAj45HqsqPiVzP3edE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Sodas go flat after being opened and even lose a bit of taste.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Close-up of fizzy soda being poured into a drinking glass filled with ice against a black background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Is climate change making the weather worse? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A terrifying climate change prophecy appears to be upon us, with bomb-like cyclones and searing droughts. But is the weather actually getting worse? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2022 09:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:39:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/riZrG8uVoQwwA7FbW78Yh4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Digitally enhanced NASA satellite photo of hurricane Dorian in 2019.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Digitally enhanced NASA satellite photo of hurricane Dorian in 2019.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This tube of lunar soil has been sealed since 1972. NASA is finally about to open it. ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/apollo-17-50-year-old-lunar-soil</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists are finally opening a 50-year-old tube of lunar soil, which has been vacuum-sealed since the APollo 17 mission. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2022 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:54:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zp6wnvJkth7wc8bjfZdAVU-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A photo of the &#039;Apollo can opener&#039; that scientists will use to pierce a 50-year-old container of lunar soul this month.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of the &#039;Apollo can opener&#039; that scientists will use to pierce a 50-year-old container of lunar soul this month.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ When did scientists first warn humanity about climate change? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/humans-first-warned-about-climate-change</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Climate change warnings are everywhere today, with an overwhelming scientific consensus that humans are the cause. But when were people first warned about climate change? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 12:00:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:56:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rhUUkUeXAu8XWh4j4tsWL5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A composite image of a scientist holding a flask with the Earth inside.  ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A composite image of a scientist holding a flask with the Earth inside.  ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 3 men die in manure pit: Here's why it's a 'death trap.' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/brothers-die-manure-pit-fumes-toxic.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Decomposing manure produces hydrogen sulfide, methane, ammonia and carbon dioxide. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 21:16:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:54:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rachael Rettner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ed6qU3VXDLjypTHL7L8PCX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A manure pit on a farm.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A manure pit on a farm.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ignoring climate change will yield 'untold suffering,' panel of 14,000 scientists warns ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/earth-vital-signs-climate-change-suffering.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new report signed by 14,000 scientists assesses Earth's 'vital signs,' and finds 'untold suffering' awaits if climate change isn't dealt with soon. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 10:14:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:31:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/skyncEG3ZkEhTtap3zRdtX-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The International Space Station flies over a city at night. Human activity may be pushing the climate beyond a &#039;tipping point,&#039; a new report suggests.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The International Space Station flies over a city at night. Human activity may be pushing the climate beyond a &#039;tipping point,&#039; a new report suggests.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Amazon rainforest is officially creating more greenhouse gases than it is absorbing ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/amazon-rainforest-accelerate-climate-change.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Amazon rainforest is creating more CO2 emissions than it is absorbing, causing global climate change to accelerate, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:30:53 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iH4VXuSJkbMFbBDtCGYMKN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Wildfires in the Amazon are polluting the air with greenhouse gases faster than the surviving trees can absorb it.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Wildfires in the Amazon are polluting the air with greenhouse gases faster than the surviving trees can absorb it.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Greenhouse gases: Causes, sources and environmental effects ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/37821-greenhouse-gases.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Greenhouse gases are atmospheric gases that absorb infrared radiation and trap heat in the atmosphere. Increases in emissions of these gases are leading to climate change and global warming. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2021 19:14:46 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:58:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tiffany Means ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h3aSZJE8F3DseTRsqKJ8vh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Greenhouse gases are being emitted into the atmosphere with dire consequences. Here, a factory emits a harmful gas. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Greenhouse gases are being emitted into the atmosphere with dire consequences. Here, a factory emits a harmful gas. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Strange blue structures glow on Mars in new NASA image ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A lovely new image of the Martian north pole shows the Red Planet streaked with blue. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:19:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6kz4zxiRwHzAYYPArJWEJZ-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The north pole of Mars glows blue and gold in this false-color heat map.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The north pole of Mars glows blue and gold in this false-color heat map.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Could we ever pull enough carbon out of the atmosphere to stop climate change? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/can-carbon-removal-slow-climate-change.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Can we harness natural and human-made carbon traps to help us slow climate change? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2020 12:00:43 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:10:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Donavyn Coffey ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hk4hARWS7N4mDUUT2WY96b-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Planting 1 trillion trees is one way to store unwanted carbon.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Planting 1 trillion trees is one way to store unwanted carbon.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Can diamonds burn? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/can-diamonds-burn.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ With enough heat and oxygen, diamonds will burn. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2020 11:00:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:55:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/E28HUXwyC8iV3gRxMhVCJh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[If diamonds can burn, are they really &quot;forever&quot;?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[If diamonds can burn, are they really &quot;forever&quot;?]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Global carbon emissions dropped an unprecedented 17% during the coronavirus lockdown — and it changes nothing ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists estimate that global daily carbon dioxide emissions dropped by as much 17% during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2020 19:00:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:32:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/U2ViZqbkcKba8EX3S96vEe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Night lights in Wuhan, China, show the difference in human activity between late January and early February 2020, when the COVID-19 coronavirus spread through the city.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Night lights in Wuhan, China, show the difference in human activity between late January and early February 2020, when the COVID-19 coronavirus spread through the city.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ We expel carbon dioxide as waste. Naked mole rats bathe their brains in it to prevent seizures. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The unique animals thrive underground but cannot handle the lack of carbon dioxide above. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nicoletta Lanese ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B5H62xVPKf27e6ktLFwrEg-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Roland Gockel]]></media:credit>
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