Barrier Reef doomed as up to 99% of coral at risk, report finds

Unless immediate “transformative action” is taken to drastically reduce global warming, Australia is set for the destruction of its reef and more storms and floods, the Australian Academy of Science says.

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Janet Yellen: Climate change poses ‘existential threat’ to financial markets

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday called climate change “an existential threat” and the biggest emerging risk to the health of the U.S. financial system, pledging to marshal regulatory forces to guard against its harmful effects.

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Abandon coal now or face catastrophe, US envoy says

The United States climate tsar John Kerry has told a conference that coal use must be immediately abandoned if the world is to have any chance of meeting Paris agreement targets.

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Having children is not life-affirming: it’s immoral

In 2006, I published a book called Better Never to Have Been. I argued that coming into existence is always a serious harm. People should never, under any circumstance, procreate – a position called ‘anti-natalism’. In response, readers wrote letters of appreciation, support and, of course, there was outrage. But I also got this message, which is the most wrenching feedback I have received...

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Economists weigh in on the merits of net-zero climate goals: survey

A growing number of climate economists say the world should take “immediate and drastic action” to tackle climate change, according to a survey published Tuesday.

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Confronting plastic pollution to protect environmental and public health

Some 8,300 million metric tons of plastics have been manufactured since production exploded in the 1950s, with more than 75 percent ending up as waste and 15 million metric tons reaching oceans every year. Plastic waste fragments into increasingly smaller but environmentally persistent "microplastics," with potentially harmful effects on the health of people, wildlife and ecosystems.

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Cat carries her kitten into hospital and 'asks doctors for help'

A cat in Turkey melted hearts after walking into a hospital carrying her new-born kitten in her mouth seeking medical help. Video footage recorded in a hospital in the Karabaglar district in Izmir, Turkey, showed the cat walking into the hospital with its kitten clutched in its mouth.

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