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National Geographic explorer, film maker and scientist Alizé Carrère has spent the last seven years visiting communities around the globe and talking to them about how they are adapting to profound environmental changes.
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Oceanographer and National Geographic explorer Sylvia Earle says despite environmental challenges there’s a lot we can do to protect the oceans. "Call it the precautionary principle, if you will, but whatever it is, we know that the ocean keeps us alive now. We have to return the favor and keep the ocean alive."
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The United Nations climate change conference COP26 enters its second week Monday in Glasgow, Scotland. Orlando sustainability and resilience officer Chris Castro just got back from Glasgow. WMFE environmental reporter Amy Green talked with him about what the conference means for central Florida.
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Scraped clean of tons of rubble late last month, the bare garage floor of Champlain Towers South appears to rule out at least one early suspect in its…
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In January, Tampa was set to become the 12th city in Florida to set a climate goal to transition to 100% clean energy. But that was before the natural gas industry and Republican state lawmakers got involved.
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Heavy rain has fueled new floods in southeastern Germany and Austria, though not on the scale of last week's onslaught. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the scene "surreal" and "ghostly."
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New research published in the journal Nature suggests that mass deforestation and fire have dramatically undercut the Amazon's ability to absorb heat-trapping carbon emissions.
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Orlando is looking to be one the first cities to try a new pavement treatment that can reduce certain types of air pollution by nearly half. What’s more, the treatment has the potential to lower ambient temperatures.
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A panel of lawyers from around the world proposes to make ecocide a crime that can be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court just like genocide and war crimes.
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The demise of the bag-consuming herbivores led Gloria Majiga-Kamoto to push for Malawi to enact a promised ban on single-use thin plastic. Her activism has won her a 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize.