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How subglacial discharge is kind of like blowing all of your money at Chipotle
Seismic vibrations give clues to melting glaciers and your calving bank account. Oh, bother.
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EPA turned this river orange by dumping 3 million gallons of mine sludge into it
A normally clear Rocky Mountain river is now the color of baby shit. Thanks, EPA!
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How your pot habit is making California’s drought worse
"The green rush" may be good for stoners, but it's not so good for the land.
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How dirty is your air? This map shows you
See air pollution problem spots in the U.S. and the world, and see the locations of the dirtiest power plants. Hint: They're not unrelated.
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Chart: All the emissions, state by state
New tools for visualizing greenhouse gas emissions make it easier than ever to understand the lay of the land.
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Welcome to hell on Earth: Mideast edition
A city in Iran hit 165 degrees last week -- and the rest of the region isn't faring much better.
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Fracking sites might be leakier than we thought
Faulty sensors could be underreporting methane leakage.
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There’s only one way to fix the oceans now
And it ain't geoengineering.
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Hungry Arctic mosquitos are coming for you, Rudolph
Climate change is giving Greenland's mosquitos a leg up on their caribou prey.
