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Dead zones are coming for your rivers, lakes, and oceans
A new study found that climate change is increasing the chance of dead zones worldwide. Oh great.
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Could this rock save the planet?
Olivine may be kryptonite for climate change, but it fights CO2 as only a mineral can -- incredibly slowly.
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Eugene from the Walking Dead is apparently running for Congress
The dude leading the fight against the zombie apocalypse just took a page from the GOP's climate change playbook.
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What’s more likely to kill you: A car crash or vehicle emissions?
The answer actually surprised us.
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A proposal to save the middle class … by cutting carbon pollution
Peter Barnes' plan is politically impossible, but isn't everything now? So what the hell, let's check it out.
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This video explains how to make you richer and protect the climate
Author and thinker Peter Barnes gives an elevator pitch for his proposal -- in an actual elevator.
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For farmers, using pesticides is a lot like picking the wrong smartphone
"Path dependency" is when a choice of technologies hems in your future. Is that happening today as developing countries build out their farming systems?
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Are compostable diapers the most eco-friendly?
A reader wonders how best to swaddle the little poo machine. Umbra says it's a wrap.
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There must be 50 ways to prep potatoes
Too often overlooked in a world of more beautiful vegetables, potatoes deserve to be shown off, starting with this Rösti.
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Here’s what it looks like when a typhoon devastates your city
A year ago, Typhoon Haiyan slammed the Philippines. Here's what that looked like.
