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How’s the weather, America? July 18 edition
Once again, there's so much terrible weather news that we cram it all into one post.
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19th-century London had a train line just for dead people
Back in mid-19th century England, public transportation was popular enough that even dead people had their own railway. P. D. Smith writes: The London Necropolis Railway station was constructed by the London Necropolis & National Mausoleum Company, specifically to serve their Brookwood Cemetery, 25 miles away in Woking, Surrey. The Company’s logo was, somewhat ghoulishly, […]
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Travel to the South Pole via Google Street View
There may not strictly be streets in Antarctica, but that hasn’t stopped Google from trekking its Street View cameras through some of the continent’s most impressive landmarks. Now you can visit penguin rookeries, the South Pole Telescope, and the actual (ceremonial) South Pole without leaving your desk.
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China’s per-person carbon emissions rival Europe’s, but U.S. is still on top
In the great Olympics of global warming, we're still taking home the gold.
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The highest low temperature ever recorded: 107 degrees
Not that I was under any illusions that Death Valley, Calif., is a temperate place to live, but this is nuts: The overnight LOW on July 11-12 was 107 degrees F. That ties for highest-recorded daily minimum. (The previous 107-degree night was last year, in Oman.)
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Watch the formation of an iceberg twice the size of Manhattan
These images from NASA’s Earth Observatory show Greenland’s Petermann Glacier calving an iceberg — watch the lower right quadrant of the image to see the split go from a hairline crack to a visible break. The resulting iceberg is twice as big as Manhattan.
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Nefarious forces hampering Shell’s Arctic drilling include air, water, ice
First, a ship almost runs aground. Then, the EPA's air pollution standards are a hassle. Now, the company might not get its drilling permits in time. Can't Shell catch a break?
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Power play: Can utilities turn energy efficiency into fun and games?
Utilities are taking a page from Angry Birds and "gamifying" power consumption with a host of software and social tools. Conserving energy now brings high scores and badges -- along with money saved for the consumer and a smarter, safer grid for everyone.
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New report: The Farm Bureau not a true friend to farmers
Despite its name, the American Farm Bureau Federation is more likely to side with the insurance industry than it is with farmers.
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Know ‘The Story of Stuff?’ Watch ‘The Story of Change’
In her newest video, "The Story of Change," Annie Leonard argues that conscious consumerism is a great place to start, but a terrible place to stop.
