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The future is a desert, but we can make it bloom
If we want to keep growing food in a changing climate, there's a lot we can learn from desert farmers.
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Arctic methane escape could cost $60 trillion
The melting Arctic will unleash a massive amount of methane, causing financial damages nearly equivalent to a year's worth of worldwide economic activity.
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Claws and effect: Climate change turns lobsters into cannibals
In warming seas, even lobsters think lobster is delicious. (Terrifying video included!)
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Climate-change slowdown is due to warming of deep oceans, say scientists
Though world temperatures have been broadly static for the past five years, evidence still clearly points to a continuation of global warming.
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Mink will be trapped to right the wrongs of Exxon Valdez
Nearly 25 years after the Exxon Valdez disaster, pigeon guillemots are still not recovering. To help them out, the feds plan to trap some of their predators.
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Alaska’s latest climate worries: Massive wildfires and gushing glaciers
Alaska faces more severe and frequent wildfires in the years to come. Meanwhile, its Mendenhall Glacier keeps releasing sudden surges of water.
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Is humanity smarter than a protozoan?
New work on the Genuine Progress Indicator shows that global GDP is increasing, but global economic welfare no longer is. Can our species stop expanding before it hits limits?
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Welcome to Portage County, the fracking waste disposal capital of Ohio
A small part of Ohio has secured the ignominious honor of becoming the most successful frackwater dumping ground in the state.
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Gas fields, not cities, are America’s land of opportunity
It's too bad we can't drill our way to economic equality.
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Why won’t this cat answer my questions about climate change?
Maybe having nine lives makes you a little less worried about the baking of Alaska.
