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Predicting the climate is hard. So one scientist wants to cut corners
Climate models take an enormous amount of time and energy to run, and they still aren't perfect. Here comes "inexact" modeling.
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Look out, Arizona! California isn’t the only state getting hit by drought
Despite the drought’s epicenter in California, it’s Arizona that will bear the brunt of the West’s epic dry spell.
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The next big war might be over phosphorus
A new study of soil warns that we're pushing the limits of our planetary skin and in danger of pulling nutrients out of the earth too fast.
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White House to Shell: Arctic drilling? Go right ahead
The Obama administration just gave a stamp of approval to Shell's Alaska drilling plan. *facepalm*
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These 2 heroic scientists died while studying the climate
Marc Cornelissen and Philip de Roo were studying the Arctic's lowest winter ice cover on record. Then they fell through it.
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Dear climate scientists: Just tell it to us straight, please
This researcher is calling out climate scientists for watering down their work to appease politicians.
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Shell’s oil rig is already falling apart — and it hasn’t even left for the Arctic
The Noble Discoverer failed a Coast Guard inspection in Honolulu. So why is it still heading to Seattle?
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These satellites are keeping an eye on California’s underground water
To the list of benefits satellites offer us, we can now add "monitoring our disappearing water."
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What are the most eco-friendly nuts?
A reader wonders what to put in his trail mix. Umbra gets nutty.
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This tool could help Montreal cyclists route around bad air
A Google Maps mashup overlays air pollution data on the city street grid so bikers can go easy on their lungs.