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We have known about climate change for 75 years
Global warming was originally known as the Callendar Effect, in honor of an engineer who discovered it in 1938.
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What Sandy Looks Like Six Months Later
Two weeks ago, I visited Keansburg, NJ, one of the many Jersey Shore communities devastated by the fossil-fueled Superstorm Sandy. My ostensible purpose was to deliver a check from members of my organization, Forecast the Facts, who had graciously donated to support the rebuilding effort. But I also wanted to see first hand what a […]
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Beleaguered bees catch a break as E.U. bans dangerous pesticides
The European Union is imposing a two-year ban on three types of neonicotinoid pesticides that have been found to seriously mess with bees.
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The limits of climate adaptation are social, not physical or economic
We badly need a better understanding of the social limits of climate adaption. To that end, a new framework.
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20,000 insane people have already applied to die on Mars
Don’t they know they’re all going to go crazy and kill each other?
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Just stick this portable outlet to your window to start using solar power
It is really simple. The socket attaches to a window like a leech to human skin. On its underside, it has solar panels.
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Anthony Foxx, Charlotte’s transit-friendly mayor, tapped to be transportation secretary
Foxx has improved public transit in Charlotte, N.C., starting a streetcar project and extending light rail, and he's installed electric-vehicle infrastructure.
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Adolph the unkillable tortoise survived snowstorms, fires, and Nazis
This is clearly a turtle who wants to live, despite the world's attempts to bring him down.
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Ask Umbra: Could dish soap make our family sick?
A reader wonders how to talk to her hardworking hubby about his poor choice of suds. Umbra dishes out some advice.
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Restoring a community garden in the Sandy-torn Rockaways
Hurricane Sandy destroyed the Seagirt Boulevard Community Garden. Now, a group of volunteers is working hard to rebuild this important green fixture.
