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Agricultural fires in Brazil harm infant health, a warning for the developing world

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Study associates proximity to oil and gas development and childhood leukemia

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US West enters 'new era' of unstoppable wildfires because of climate change, experts warn.

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Chinese air pollution linked to respiratory and cardiovascular deaths

In the largest epidemiological study conducted in the developing world, researchers found that as exposures to fine particulate air pollution in 272 Chinese cities...

Evidence disproving tropical ‘thermostat’ theory

As the world warmed millions of years ago, conditions in the tropics may have made it so hot some organisms couldn't survive, new research...

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