(WIRED reached out to Cal Fire, but they were unable to comment for press time due to the ongoing wildfire in California.) Crews are still checking the area around the observatory, seeing as this group of wildfires, known as the SCU Lightning Complex, continues to blacken the region. As of …
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Growing up in a greener urban environment increases children’s intelligence and lowers levels of difficult behavior, a study has found. The analysis of more than 600 children aged 10-15 years showed a 3% increase in the vegetables of their neighborhood increased their IQ score by an average of 2.6 points. …
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A Nordic hedge fund worth more than $ 90 billion (£ 68.6bn) has its shares in some of the world’s largest oil companies and miners responsible for lobbying against climate action. Storebrand, a Norwegian asset manager, split from miner Rio Tinto, as well as US oil giants ExxonMobil and Chevron …
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By adopting its 2016 platform for 2020, Republicans risk replacing early young GOP voters and leaving the party for four years without climate goals or solutions, according to critics on both sides of the aisle. The GOP claims in its platform – unchanged from 2016, even until the lengthy criticism …
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An employee of the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is monitoring tropical storm Laura in Santo Domingo, on August 22, 2020. Erika Santelices | AFP | Getty Images Marco intensified Sunday in a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico en route to the coast of Louisiana, according to data from an …
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