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Growing forests gobble up carbon like growing teenagers raiding the fridge
Some secondary forests that regrow after deforestation can absorb up to 11 times more carbon than Amazonian old growth forests
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San Francisco wants workers to use vacation days to accommodate the Super Bowl
The city that isn't even hosting the game is spending a ton of money to cope with it, and asking workers to, um, pitch in too.
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Greenland is melting and dumping phosphorous into the Arctic Ocean
And as plankton munches on that phosphorous, its impact could ripple up the food chain.
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Can California meet its climate goals without this major nuclear plant?
The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant provides one-tenth of California electricity, but it might be shut down.
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Is the Zika outbreak connected to climate change?
A look at Zika, climate change, and whether the mosquito is spreading to the U.S.
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Feds halt fracking off California coast, for now
The government will stop approving offshore drilling permits in California until an environmental review can be complete.
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Asian coal plants are raining mercury down on the U.S.
Mercury levels in rainfall are rising in central parts of North America, a new study shows.
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It’s not just clean water: Flint’s undocumented immigrants can’t access medical lead testing
English-only materials and ID requirements for lead testing confound one of the most vulnerable populations in a city whose waters are poisoned.
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Climate change is about to give these fuzzy creatures a rough wake-up call
Animals that rely on snow to stay warm in the winter are gonna be a lot colder when there's less snow around.
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Record hot years near impossible without human-made climate change
There's just a 0.01 percent chance that recent run of global heat records could have happened due to natural climate variations, a new study shows.
