Climate Science
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Earth has way more trees than we thought, but not nearly as many as it used to
Scientists say there are more than 3 trillion trees on earth, but we're losing about 10 billion per year.
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Climate change will cause the death of one Earth and the birth of another
What this new world will look like, exactly, is impossible to predict, and humans aren’t guaranteed to survive in it.
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Hungry polar bears trap Arctic researchers
Seriously, polar bears -- stop being jerks.
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Grey swans are extremely rare, damaging storms. How will climate change affect them?
A new study finds that storms with no historical precedent might become more likely over the coming century.
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Bees and flowers have a special relationship, and climate change is screwing it up
This video explains how climate-induced changes in flowering cycles could make for pollination trouble.
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Climate change will do strange things to this hungry little microbe
Trichodesmium is a crucial marine microbe, but it could eat itself to death under high CO2 conditions.
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These charts show how much worse fires have gotten in your state
Large wildfires are now more common and destructive.
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Forget insecticides. Scientists are making pests that destroy themselves
Moths genetically engineered to die young could save your slaw.
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Here’s a solution for those out-of-control toxic algae blooms
A coalition of agribusinesses, farmers, and food companies may be the thing to stop toxic algal blooms
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Sea levels are rising and they’re not going to stop, says NASA
New research finds that seas have risen by an average of three inches over the past two decades, and they're only going up.