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Go on a deep sea mission from the comfort of your desk
Now you can watch this livestream of NOAA's sea-floor explorations until the end of the month -- all from your warm, dry cubicle!
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This roadkill map says a lot about California’s drought
A UC Davis researcher, working with citizen scientists, has been tracking flattened animals. Here's what they've learned.
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Fracking is causing Oklahoma’s earthquake “swarm”
But state agencies are ignoring the evidence, and it could cost them.
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This startup wants to fight deforestation … with robots
A former NASA engineer launched a new startup that would use drones to plant 1 billion trees a year.
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When, exactly, did humans become an actual geological force?
Now that we've figured out what the Anthropocene is, no one can agree on when it started.
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Thawing permafrost could be the worst climate threat you haven’t heard of
Permafrost is supposed to stay frozen -- and it turns out it could be seriously bad news for the atmosphere if it doesn't.
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Now you can listen to the world’s largest collection of whale sounds
This archive of whale and dolphin recordings is basically "Humpback for Beginners," we assume.
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Arctic ice melt sets yet another record
This year's Arctic sea ice hit a new low.
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Antarctica is basically liquefying
Another day, another terrifying account of how fast polar ice is melting.
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These scientists studied journalists covering science. Whoa, meta.
Media coverage of the last IPCC report was pretty inconsistent. (And what's even happening with Twitter?)