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The Israel/Gaza ceasefire has officially commenced. There have been no explosions since the official ceasefire starting point at 9 p.m. local time (2
350.org launches national tour that takes direct aim at fossil fuel industry
Less the 24 hours after Barack Obama won his reelection campaign on Tuesday, a new kind of campaign was launching in a sold
Groundwater use is unsustainable in many of the world's major agricultural zones
Almost one-quarter of the world’s population lives in regions where groundwater is being used up faster than it can be replenished, concludes a
Drought expands to cover nearly 63% as wildfires consume 2 million acres
July was the hottest month on record in the continental United States, continuing the warmest January-to-July period since modern record-keeping began in 1895, National Oceanic
Climate scientists who appeared Wednesday morning before a Senate committee hearing on climate change and extreme weather impacts had stark warnings for the
Greenland ice sheet melted an unprecedented area during July
The Greenland ice sheet on July 8, left, and four days later on the right. An estimated 97% of the ice sheet surface
A heavily armed gunman opened fire in a packed movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, early Friday, killing 12 people and injuring at least 38 more
'This is about not being treated equal' couple says
Two men, Mark “Major” Jiminez and Beau Chandler, a gay couple in Dallas, Texas walked into the city's County Clerk's office on Thursday
With the warmest March, third warmest April and second warmest May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed on Thursday that the 2012
Late Wednesday, a federal judge in New York ruled that the “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA), which defines marriage as between a 'man
Humankind is facing an imminent threat of extinction, according to new research released on Wednesday by the science journal Nature. The report Approaching a
