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This video will make you want to hug a walrus
This rescued baby walrus is no more than six weeks old and already 200 pounds, so chances are good that you don’t have room for him in your apartment. But I defy you to watch this video and not want to fly out to the Alaska SeaLife Center and demand adoption papers.
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(Koch-funded) scientist changes opinion, finds warming due to humans (including Kochs)
Richard Muller, a long-time climate-change denier, did a big study of his own and found the same thing everyone else has: Humans are causing climate change.
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Smelling a leak: Is the natural gas industry buying academics?
Authors of pro-fracking studies are coming under fire for their cozy relationships with the fossil fuel industry.
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Ask Umbra: Can I reuse the water from my dehumidifier?
A reader asks if she can drink the water from her dehumidifier. Umbra helps clear the air.
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Lord of the tree rings: What trees can teach us about fire and climate change
Meet a scientist who studies the burn history of some of the largest forests on Earth.
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Spirited discussion: In a New York distillery, insights on climate change
The Slow Ride Story guys get a glass, er, earful of tales about how the weather has been throwing local farmers for a loop.
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You look great in green: Clothing industry gets a makeover, maybe
Big retail companies -- from Adidas to Walmart -- are taking a deep look at the environmental impacts of their products.
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As temperatures rise, cities are getting hotter, faster
The urban heat island effect is increasing in many American cities.
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Mountaintop-removal mining contaminated up to 22% of streams in southern West Va.
A mining area of 600 square miles has polluted as much as 1,700 miles of streams.
