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This video of a city-sized iceberg breaking off from a glacier will blow your mind
Watch the largest glacier breakup ever filmed.
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King tides give California coast a taste of warmer, wetter future
It's just natural gravity at work this time, but soon the waters could be this high all the dang time.
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People aren’t connecting extreme weather to climate change — at least, not on Google
Google's annual report on top searches prompted us to check out who looked for info on Hurricane Sandy, drought, and global warming.
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Forecast for the Northeast by 2070: Much warmer, much rainier winters
Winters in the Northeastern U.S. will have less snow and more rain in the future. As a native, I find this heartbreaking.
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Geoengineering expert: Tinkering with climate is tempting, also ‘kind of insane’
Re-engineering the climate is often dismissed as quackery, but will desperation and runaway warming drive us to it? Granger Morgan thinks it might.
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2012 saw the fewest wildfires in a decade — but the second-most acres burned ever
NASA's map of the year's wildfires in the U.S. is jaw-dropping.
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What does obesity have to do with climate change? Plenty, say some scientists
A less stable climate will likely cause food prices to spike, and that could mean more of us in the developed world will be eating highly processed, fattening foods.
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Sen. Boxer to form congressional ‘climate change caucus,’ which should do the trick
There are some 250 other caucuses, including a Climate Caucus, but this new one is surely just what's needed.
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Drought hits Colorado ranchers, and polluting oil drillers deliver another blow
Sheep farmers are suffering from Colorado's persistent drought. Meanwhile, oil and gas companies pollute some of the water that remains.
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Van Jones on Obama: Climate will be ‘the issue he’s judged on’
The president's former green jobs czar thinks growing public concern over climate change obligates Obama to take leadership on the issue.
