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Quiz: How many climate deniers could you fight off?
If climate-change skeptics came at you with slime, mud, and threatening letters, how many could you beat up? Take our quiz to find out.
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Five lessons on activism from a coal miner’s daughter
Teri Blanton has become a leader in the fight against mountaintop-removal coal mining. Along the way, she's learned lessons that any activist could benefit from.
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Forecast for 2100: Massive rainstorms in the tropics
For each degree the tropics warm, rainfall extremes will get 10 percent worse. This is why we shouldn't teach math in school. It can be scary.
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Wildfires in U.S. getting much bigger as temperature gets hotter
There are now seven times more fires affecting at least 10,000 acres each than there were 40 years ago, according to a new analysis by Climate Central.
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Ice-free seas near Alaska as Arctic ice melt finally halts for the year
Also, yet another example of why Facebook needs a thumbs-down button.
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Something’s (not very) fishy about the Atlantic Ocean [VIDEO]
Weird conditions off the New England coast have fishermen puzzled. Is this the face of global warming, or just the latest curveball from an unpredictable climate?
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Freaked-out climate scientists urge other freaked-out climate scientists to speak up, fight Man
Can we make the radical changes needed to stave off climate chaos? No, say scientists Kevin Anderson and Alice Bows, not "within orthodox political and economic constraints."
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Fracking FAQ: The science and technology behind the natural gas boom
Find out six things you should know about the high-tech drilling explosion that’s coming soon to a backyard gas field near you.
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The Arctic could be ice-free by 2016
All Arctic ice could vanish by 2016. Yes, yes, this probably brings unpredictable consequences for all humans, but at least we'll have access to all that oil. See you on the Lido deck!
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Good news: 123 of the last 133 years have been cooler than 2012
Unfortunately, there's also some bad news.