Articles by Sarah Laskow
Sarah Laskow is a reporter based in New York City who covers environment, energy, and sustainability issues, among other things.
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How to save wolves: Take photos where they look like crazy mutants
Those clever ecologists at the U.S. Geological Survey have found a way to obtain information about wolves that doesn’t involve trapping them, collaring them, or shooting them with weird injections — and bonus, it makes them look like X-MAN SUPERWOLVES. Instead of messing with the animals directly, researchers are just snapping pics with infrared cameras, […]
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Going solar doesn’t mean you’re some weird pickler guy, say new ads
SunRun, a solar leasing company, has a handful of funny ads out.
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Critical List: Antarctic ice sheets’ soft underbellies; monkey sets traps
The undersides of Antarctic ice sheets, thought to be fairly safe for now, are melting. Robert Abbey, the head of the Bureau of Land Management, is planning to retire at the end of the month. Bill McKibben said yesterday that climate campaigners need to be “willfully naive and demand that our system work the way […]
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Climate change could help untreatable viral disease spread in New York City
Climate change could help bring a viral disease called chikungunya to New York City. And if you live there, you miiiight want to get a little freaked out about this, because as LiveScience reports, chikungunya makes swine flu look like piglet sniffles. Chikungunya causes severe joint pain, fever, rash and other symptoms that can last […]