Scott Neuman
Stories
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Sports
Tennis official doubts email claiming Chinese player Peng Shuai is OK was sent by her
Peng hasn't been seen since she accused a top Communist Party official of sexual assault. Amnesty International and fellow players are also concerned.
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World
A Russian missile creates enough space junk to pose risk to astronauts for years
The U.S. condemned the test, which blasted a cloud of debris into orbit, forcing astronauts aboard the ISS to spend two hours inside spacecraft that could return them to Earth in an emergency.
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Health
Austria and Germany impose restrictions on unvaccinated people as COVID cases surge
Austria has placed some 2 million unvaccinated people on partial lockdown. Similar restrictions in Berlin have been placed on people who aren't fully vaccinated.
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Health
Europe and Russia battle a new wave of COVID-19
More lockdowns are in the offing, as Germany and Austria shatter daily case counts and Russia has become become the world leader in new COVID-19 deaths.
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Environment
Zombie river? London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming back to life
Oxygen levels, necessary for fish, are up and dangerous phosphorus levels are down in the historically polluted waterway. But a new report points to climate change as a possible wildcard.
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World
Draft agreement at the COP26 climate summit looks to rapidly speed up emissions cuts
The draft, circulated at the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow, calls for an end to coal power and more rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
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Environment
Latest climate pledges could limit global temperature rise, a new report says
The International Energy Agency says that if nations honor their latest pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures could be held to 1.8 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.
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Environment
Earth has 11 years to cut emissions to avoid dire climate scenarios, a report says
Carbon dioxide emissions are rebounding after a dip in 2020, and researchers say that at the current rate, Earth's "carbon budget" will be exhausted in roughly 11 years.
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Environment
Nations with 85% of Earth's forests pledge to reverse deforestation
More than 100 countries, with areas comprising 85% of the world's forests, have pledged to reverse the loss of crucial forest land needed to reduce CO2 emissions.
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Science
The U.N. chief warns that reliance on fossil fuels is pushing the world to the brink
At the opening of a United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland, António Guterres says the world is "digging our own grave" by not acting more aggressively to mitigate climate change.