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What Is The Universe?

The universe is everything that exists: space, time, galaxies, stars, planets, and the tiniest particles.

The universe began about 13.8 billion years ago with the Big Bang, an enormous explosion that created space and time. Since then, the universe has continued to expand.

The universe is made up of billions of galaxies, and each galaxy has billions of stars, along with planets, moons, and …

‘Waging war on science’: Researchers worry about their jobs under Trump 2.0

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| Pollution

Over the years, Donald Trump hasn’t exactly been a champion of science. As president and on the campaign trail, he called climate change a “hoax“; oversaw the rolling back of more than 100 environmental policies; directed agencies to cut down on expert guidance; pushed unproven COVID treatments; pulled out of the Paris climate agreement (and pledged to do so again); and claimed, without evidence, that the noise from wind turbines causes cancer. Ahead of his next stint in the Oval Office, he has nominated a vaccine denier to oversee the Department of Health and Human Services, promised to rid federal agencies of potentially tens of thousands of career staffers, and said he intends to shutter the Department of Education.

“Trump has basically said he is waging war on science and scientists,” said Jennifer …

Does talking about climate ‘tipping points’ inspire action — or defeat?

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| Pollution

Climate tipping points are a specter looming over our future — thresholds beyond which the Earth’s systems switch into new states, often abruptly and irreversibly.

The long-frozen soil beneath the Arctic could rapidly thaw and release vast amounts of carbon dioxide and methane stored within it, heating up the atmosphere even more in a feedback loop. Fast-melting fresh water from Greenland’s ice (one tipping point) could disrupt the Atlantic Ocean’s circulation pattern (another tipping point), causing weather chaos around the world: Temperatures might plunge in northern Europe, the tropics could overheat, the rainy and dry seasons in the Amazon could flip, and parts of the U.S. East Coast could be submerged by rising seas.

A new paper in the journal Nature Climate Change makes the case that all these alarming events should be called something other than “tipping points.” …

Florida is about to erase climate change from most of its laws

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| Pollution

In Florida, the effects of climate change are hard to ignore, no matter your politics. It’s the hottest state — Miami spent a record 46 days above a heat index of 100 degrees last summer — and many homes and businesses are clustered along beachfront areas threatened by rising seas and hurricanes. The Republican-led legislature has responded with more than $ 640 million for resilience projects to adapt to coastal threats.

But the same politicians don’t seem ready to acknowledge the root cause of these problems. A bill awaiting signature from Governor Ron DeSantis, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race in January, would ban offshore wind energy, relax regulations on natural gas pipelines, and delete the majority of mentions of climate change from existing state laws.

“Florida is on the front lines of the warming climate crisis, and …

Endangered Animal Stories: Short Story Books About Endangered Animals

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| Wildlife

Endangered animal stories from Active Wild in paperback and on Kindle.

Read exciting short stories about endangered animals and discover interesting information about their lives & struggles…

Tales From The Brink: Complete Edition

Endangered species story book — Click here or on the image above to view *Tales From The Brink: Complete* at Amazon

Tales From The Brink: Complete Edition contains every story from Tales From The Brink and More Tales From The Brink in one book.

Tales From The Brink: Complete Edition is a must for young animal lovers, who will not only enjoy the exciting stories, but also gain insight into the lives of the species featured.

In Tales From The Brink: Complete, you’ll meet Darpan, a young tiger who encounters strange, talking apes deep in the forest; Budi, …

On IRA’s One Year Anniversary, the Top 5 Things to Know About the Historic Investment in Climate-Friendly Agriculture

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| Sustainability

Just over a year ago, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. The culmination of years of work, the IRA invested nearly $ 20 billion in climate-friendly agriculture practices. As an organization that represents small and midsized-farmers across the nation, it is difficult to overstate the transformative potential of this funding to support all farmers in building vibrant and productive farms that can contribute to a climate-resilient future.

A year later, however, as Congress stares down the 2023 Farm Bill reauthorization, the future of this historic climate-focused funding is uncertain. While the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has been rolling out IRA’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 funding to farmers and ranchers across the country, some in Congress have begun to consider using the upcoming farm bill reauthorization as an opportunity to …