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What the IPCC found: The big news from the new climate assessment
You could read the 36-page summary of the IPCC's new climate report. Or you could just read this, which is much shorter and tastier.
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How to clean a lake with an unstoppable oil spill: Drain the lake
Tar-sands oil has been leaking since spring from four places in Alberta, and nobody seems to be able to stop it. Now a 131-acre lake will be drained to aid in cleanup.
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Super foodie Alice Waters launches anti-fracking fight
The slow food movement champ circulated a petition Wednesday that calls for a moratorium on the practice, saying it threatens water and farms.
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WTF is the IPCC?
And why should the world care about its new climate report? We tell you everything you need to know to sound smart at a cocktail party.
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Cow farts still stink up the climate — but relief is possible
Livestock rearing contributes 14.5 percent of greenhouse gas emissions -- more than half of that from methane-spewing cattle. Also: We can change this.
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Wacky jet stream to blame for wild North American weather
From the floods in Colorado to heat waves and cold snaps, scientists say unusual behavior of a normally predictable jet stream is to blame. What's the climate change link?
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Yarr! Russia says Greenpeace protesters are pirates
Putin threatens Greenpeace activists who took part in a demonstration against offshore drilling in Russian Arctic waters with serious penalties.
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Stellar warming will turn Earth into Venus (eventually)
Life on Earth will meet a fiery demise, and there's no stopping it. Fortunately, it won't happen for another couple billion years.
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Cleaner air from tackling climate change would save millions of lives, says study
The benefits of a reduction in air pollution alone justify action on climate change, say the authors of a new report.
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Climate change expected to bring more thunder, hail, and tornadoes
According to new research, severe thunderstorms are likely to hit the U.S. with more frequency over the coming century.
