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Ask Umbra: Are GMO sugar beets bad for the birds?
A reader wonders if she's harming hummingbirds. Umbra busts out her binoculars and goes looking for answers.
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Is global warming really slowing down?
Skeptics say global warming is over. They're wrong.
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A gorgeous video of a devastating fire
Photographer Matt Johnson traveled to Colorado in June 2013 and shot time-lapse footage of the West Fork Complex Fires.
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Mind the carbon gap
The difference between a country’s extraction, production and consumption emissions are what we call "carbon gaps." Here's a look at how different countries compare.
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Street artist makes city trash into fantastic creatures
Spanish artist Francisco de Pájaro turns cardboard, garbage bags, discarded furniture, and other refuse into monsters.
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Farm kills millions of bees with illegal pesticide spraying, gets slap on wrist
One of Florida's largest orange growers is being fined for improper use of pesticides, but the fine is shockingly low.
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Why are some states trying to ban LEED green building standards?
The influential timber industry has its own set of standards, and environmentalists aren't happy.
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Antarctic moss a charming but chilling sign of warming
A clump of moss on the Antarctic Peninsula is ballooning -- a botanical pioneer in a fast-warming region.
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These floating jellyfish are your Labor Day weekend mascots
While you are waiting for the boss to say, "Hey, everyone take off early!" why not channel the vibe of these chill golden jellyfish?
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Hope and fellowship
Climate change is so dire and social change is so slow. Is there any hope?
