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Climate change set to make America hotter, drier, and more disaster-prone
The National Climate Assessment, released in draft form on Friday, provides the fullest picture to date of the real-time effects of climate change on U.S. life.
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Friday music blogging: The best of 2012
As longtime readers know, every year I compile a two-CD mix of the year’s best music. I’ve been doing it since 2000, which shows, among other things, that I’m 1,000 years old. This year’s mix is done and ready to go. If you’re interested, go check it out. It was an excellent year for music, […]
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Hilarious talking porcupine is wearing a party hat, also possibly drunk
I think this is what it's like to live in Narnia.
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A new grand strategy for the U.S., built around sustainability
Tackling climate change will only work if it's at the core of U.S. economic and political strategy. An ambitious new article explains how to make that happen.
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Explained in 90 seconds: What the @#% is climate change doing to El Nino?
Scientists are using new coral records to strengthen the case that climate change might be making El Niño worse.
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New York City is turning old parking meters into bike racks
Because the parking meter poles are well rooted into the ground, they'll help keep the new racks from being stolen.
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Your ‘awww’ for the day: Biker leads a gaggle of stranded geese across the road
In Cambridge, Mass., a flock of geese were trying to cross the road.
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If you aren’t alarmed about climate, you aren’t paying attention
A review of what climate change has in store renders the notion of climate "alarmism" rather quaint, even bizarre. There isn't enough alarm in the world for this.
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Pop-up park kit turns construction scaffolding into public green space
Think scaffolding is ugly? A New York City based design outfit called Softwalks aims to change your mind with adorable pop-up parks.
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Baby sharks have superpowers
Brown-banded bamboo shark embryos still in their egg cases can also use an electroreceptive sense to escape predators with by playing dead.
