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Nearly all the birds being killed are protected under federal environmental laws

Windfarms killing thousands of birds

Wind farms in one part of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009.

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Los Angeles skyline

Tracking big city carbon footprints

Every time Los Angeles exhales, gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide.

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An oil derrick is seen at a fracking site for extracting oil outside of Williston, North Dakota (Reuters)

Fracking gas leak estimates lowered

The EPA has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production.

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Fancy living on Mars - permanently?

This week in science news - April 24, 2013 video

A Dutch company plans to send humans on a one-way trip to Mars and film it for TV.

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Lord Christopher Monckton (AAP)

Climate sceptic angers Kiwi scientists video

One of the world's most prominent climate change sceptics says Kiwis have nothing to worry about from a warming planet.

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Cape Bird is home to 160,000 Adélie penguins

Climate change winners and losers video

Scientists in Antarctica say climate change is having two very different effects on the region's Adélie penguins.

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A woman ignites candles during Earth Hour in Frankfurt (Reuters)

Cities go dark for Earth Hour

Communities around the globe went dark for an hour yesterday evening as part of an initiative called Earth Hour, to raise awareness of climate change.

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A child carries a bottle of water at a water stop near their shelter at Hajar Al-assal, on the rural desert outskirts of the north of Khartoum (Reuters)

UN warns of growing water scarcity

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is warning that by 2030 nearly half the world's population could be facing a scarcity of water, with demand outstripping supply by 40 percent.

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Canada saw an unusual number of tornadoes in 2012 (file pic)

Will climate change affect tornadoes?

Tornado activity has been Jekyll-and-Hyde weird, and scientists are unsure if climate change has played a role.

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The Supreme Court will determine whether climate change should be considered in coal consents

Climate change in coal consents? video

The Supreme Court is being asked to determine whether climate change should be considered when coal companies apply for consent.

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Coal mining challenged in court

A West Coast environmental group has taken two coal mining companies to the Supreme Court.

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Dr Lamb (left) and a scientist in the film

Climate change film gives scientists voice video

A new film called Thin Ice is giving a voice to the people who actually understand climate change - the scientists.

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Poland relies on coal for more than 90 percent of its electricity  (Reuters)

Poland paves way for 2015 climate deal

Poland will make every effort to pave the way for a lasting deal in 2015 when it hosts a UN global warming conference in November.

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Cars drive on Jianguo Road on a heavily hazy day in Beijing (Reuters)

World temperature in dramatic U-turn

A new study looking at 11,000 years of climate temperatures shows the world in the middle of a dramatic U-turn.

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Big jump in heat-trapping CO2 reported

New federal figures show the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air jumped dramatically in 2012.

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Scientists believe wafting dust, grit and microbes - including bacteria and viruses - can spur the formation of ice crystals in clouds

Sahara dust blamed for US rain, snow

The Sahara desert - is increasingly responsible for snow and rain half a world away in the western US.

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Britain's Prince Charles (Reuters)

Kiwi's tie catches Prince's eye

The Prince of Wales's eye was caught by a cryptic tie worn by New Zealand physics student Michael Price.

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A warmer atmosphere can hold, and dump, more moisture, snow experts say

Less snow, more blizzards on the way

Two soon-to-be-published studies demonstrate how there can be more giant blizzards yet less snow overall each year.

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Orlando Bloom (Reuters)

Bloom attends climate change rally

Orlando Bloom showed off his green credentials as he joined a climate change rally in Los Angeles on Sunday.

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The low-lying Marshall Islands are already being inundated with water

Islands appeal to UN over climate change

The Marshall Islands nations have appealed to the UN Security Council to recognize climate change as an international security threat.

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