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Carbon dioxide levels made a big, scary jump in 2012
Last year saw the second-biggest spike in CO2 levels on record, meaning we're even less likely to meet goals for keeping climate change in check.
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How climate change worsened violence in Syria
International security experts explain how low rainfall can evolve into violent conflict.
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New Volvo tech aims to keep drivers from hitting cyclists
New technology uses radar to differentiate between pedestrians, cyclists, and other cars, and triggers auto-braking if a collision is imminent.
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Giant 2,000-pound camels used to live in the Arctic
Back when the Arctic was a slightly-less-frozen wasteland, one-ton camels roamed its plains.
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Sure, that bike is nice, but wouldn’t you rather have a unicorn?
We've all been there. You're trying to sell a really nice bike to a dude who seems really interested, and then OF COURSE some jackass shows up with a unicorn and the whole deal goes sour.
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Faux meats get a boost from horsemeat scandal
Sales of frozen hamburgers are way down in the U.K., while sales of frozen fake burgers are way up.
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As the climate warms, skiers can kiss their Aspen goodbye
Global warming almost certainly spells doom for ski resorts. So why aren’t industry leaders making more of a stink about it?
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Turns out IKEA cake now comes with extra feces
IKEA: where you can get a cheap bed and some poop in your snacks.
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Clean Break Inspires Americans to Pursue “Energy Change”
Renewable energy journalist Osha Gray Davidson recently released a book called Clean Break, detailing the German Energiewende (translation: energy change). It’s a story of how the Germans systematically shifted to clean energy, finding as they proceeded that the possibilities were greater, the costs lower, and the benefits for ordinary citizens more prodigious than anyone could […]
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Bike Helmet of Justice will capture footage of the a*hole driver who hit you
It has embedded in it seven cameras that start recording when jarred and jostled -- i.e., when the cyclist wearing it gets into an accident.
