Without efforts to mitigate climate change, summers spanning nearly six months may become the new normal by 2100 in the Northern Hemisphere, according to a new study.
Northern Hemisphere Summers May Last Nearly Half the Year by 2100
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A new breakthrough in steel manufacturing that could also help to lower CO₂ emissions from the car industry, has been made by engineers at the University of Sheffield.
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A giant, Scorching-Hot Planet May be Orbiting the Star Vega
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Assessing Regulatory Fairness Through Machine Learning
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