Environment
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Scientists Crack the Desalination Problem: Clean Drinking Water From the Ocean — With Zero Waste
More than 2 billion people lack safe drinking water. A team in New York may have just found a key piece of the solution. The Problem With How We Desalinate Water Today Desalination — the process of removing salt from seawater to produce fresh drinking water — is not a new idea. Hundreds of large-scale…
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Global Plastics Treaty Talks Regain Momentum – New Chair and Roadmap for 2026
After months of deadlock, international negotiations toward a legally binding Global Plastics Treaty have received fresh impetus. In February 2026, countries elected Chile’s Ambassador Julio Cordano as the new Chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), followed by a detailed roadmap in March to restart substantive talks. Background of the Crisis Plastic production has exploded…
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Super El Niño 2026 Alert – NOAA Raises Odds of a Historic Climate Event
The world is on high alert as forecasters warn of a potentially “super” El Niño developing rapidly in 2026. According to the latest update from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on 14 May 2026, there is an 82% chance of El Niño emerging between May and July, with a 96% chance it…
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Top 8 Boreal Forest Animals
A third of the world’s landmass is forested, but not every forest is the same. Some forests are similar, while others are very different. Each forest in the world falls into one of four categories; tropical, subtropical, temperate, and boreal. In this article, we’ll look at some of the animals in a boreal forest. All…