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Want to fight climate change? Don’t work so hard
Get lazy, folks! Working fewer hours could make a significant dent in climate-warming emissions.
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Oreo is making your Instagram photos into gross cookie sculptures
It is extremely impressive, extremely internet-savvy, and holy SHIT does it not make us want to eat an Oreo.
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Sea urchins can teach us the secret to effective carbon storage
Like other ocean creatures, sea urchins turn carbon dioxide into shells made of calcium carbonate.
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Upcycling win: A vintage shoe that also makes phone calls
This project doesn't make much sense on a practical level, but we're into it anyway.
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Big Steps Forward for US Climate Movement
There are two major events being organized by the US climate movement over the next month. The first and most immediately significant event is what is being described (accurately) as the biggest climate demonstration in US history, taking place February 17th in Washington, D.C. Tens of thousands of people have already signed up indicating their […]
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This bike pumps out clean air while you ride it
The wheels turn a generator that runs an air filter. The clean air goes through a tube, into one of those fighter pilot masks that make the wearer look like an alien.
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Superpowered squirrel has subzero body temperature for eight months of the year
Would you like to watch a hibernating squirrel wake up from deep freeze? We think you would.
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A new proposal for shipping tar-sands oil: Use the thawed Arctic!
While the proposal is likely a non-starter, it reveals the increasing frustration of oil companies trying to move stubborn tar-sands oil.
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The sad story of climate change, told through neighborhood ice rinks
Rinkwatch measures climate change by monitoring the health of ice rinks in North America. Hint: They're not doing well.
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This Mardi Gras, don’t bead off in public
After seeing an oil spill lay waste to the Louisiana coastline, longtime resident Holly Groh hopes to make New Orleans' epic cavalcade of debauchery a bit greener -- and she's starting with the beads.
