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Arctic Sea Ice Freefall is Mirror Image of Carbon Dioxide Ascent
By Emily E. Adams The amount of Arctic sea ice has plummeted in recent decades—a bold manifestation of the rise in temperature resulting from the rapid increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. After staying below 300 parts per million (ppm) for some 800,000 years, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere skyrocketed as […]
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The greatest mystery of sloth pooping has been solved
Science has solved the epic, perplexing question of why sloths climb all the way to the ground to poop. It involves moth sex.
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Nuclear plant leak patched up near Lake Erie
A nuclear power plant in Ohio leaked radioactive tritium into groundwater, but now the leak's been patched up and there's no sign that Lake Erie was contaminated.
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Ask Umbra: How do I get rid of the mold in my house?
A reader says he's hounded by mold in his basement and attic. Umbra says this cleanup job is going to be a dog.
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Meet the anti-government conspiracy theorist behind GOP environmental policy
By day, Doyel Shamley helps congressional staffers understand natural resource law. By night, he's an Illuminati conspiracy theorist.
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Sochi Olympics are bad for environment and locals alike
The countdown to the 2014 Winter Games has come with plenty of bad news, including ecological destruction and harassment of environmental activists.
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Cattle ranchers lose bid to shoot bison with biobullets
Ranchers want wild bison in Yellowstone inoculated against a cattle disease, but their proposal for shooting vaccine into the beasts with air guns was rejected.
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Leaping blizzards: Global warming produces bigger snowfalls
Global warming may make more intense blizzards, but deniers won't take snow for an answer.
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These beautiful videos show the flight paths of birds as drawings in the sky
It's like that one part in Donnie Darko, except there's no time travel and no incipient mental breakdowns.
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Beijing bans new power plants to help clear the air
The famously polluted city will also ban new steel and cement factories and oil refineries, and will try to control the number of cars on its roads.
