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Using legos to explain carbon emissions to a child — or every adult who doesn’t get it
This short video is a simple explanation of the global carbon budget.
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Watch: Robots that hunt down jellyfish and destroy them
Scientists have created a new weapon for the ongoing battle with jellyfish.
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Sylvia Earle has spent almost a year of her life under water
The scientist and explorer warns that the oceans are “not too big to fail.” But she also says we may be growing wise enough to save them.
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It takes a Village People: GMO disco will make Monsanto quake in its leisure suit
Good news, everyone: GMOs are getting labeled … with a terrifyingly catchy disco anthem.
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Abandoned Russian farmland soaks up 50 million tons of carbon every year
Farmers abandoned 1 million acres of farmland after the USSR collapsed, creating what might be the world's biggest human-made carbon sink.
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Walleye move in to a warming Lake Superior
Lake Superior's warming waters make it prime territory for popular sport fish like the walleye -- and for invasive nightmares like the lamprey.
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Stephen Colbert officiates and Smokey Bear is best man at the awesomest wedding ever
The government shutdown means no weddings at national monuments. It also means Smokey Bear isn't busy. Stephen Colbert brought these together.
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It continues: Two Pennsylvania coal plants will close for good next week
The killers: Cheaper alternatives, dropping demand, and rising costs of generating electricity with dirty coal.
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Now you can track your Amtrak train in real time
Amtrak's new "Track a Train" system is actually useful and pretty cool.
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New Yorkers exposed to more pesticides than rural residents
The Big Apple might not be a farming hub, but its residents have higher exposure to pesticides than most Americans. Scientists tell us why.
