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The Arctic is getting wetter and the Amazon is getting drier and cats are chasing dogs
Well, that last part isn't true.
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When it comes to the weather, we are basically cavemen
Which is to say: lots of updates on the drought and the hurricanes -- including Isaac, who may be on his way back.
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The Anthropocene explained, game-show style [AUDIO]
Everything you need to know about the Age of Man in just five – OK, seven, minutes.
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New documentary lets you watch glaciers disappear
Anyone who is not a raging moron knows that glaciers are melting really fast. We should probably be constantly consumed by worrying about our waterlogged future, yet we somehow manage to sit around having conversations about, like, cheese. The reason is pretty simple: We can’t see glaciers. They are Far. Which is why National Geographic […]
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Three-man crew traverses Northwest Passage by sailboat
The once-impassable M'Clure Strait saw enough ice melt last week that the sailboat could pass through -- though not without some nervousness on the part of the crew.
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How extreme weather supersizes global food price tags
A new Oxfam report argues that previous research grossly underestimates future food prices by ignoring the impact of severe weather shocks to the global food system.
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Hurricane Isaac left the Gulf Coast ankle-deep in dead swamp rats
Nutria, a rodent brought to the U.S. over a century ago, are still all over the Gulf Coast today -- but there are now 5,000 fewer of them after Hurricane Isaac.
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Projecting the very hot future of California’s cities
A state panel outlines the expected spike in the number of extremely hot days for California cities.
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The futility of climatespotting: No matter what he says, Obama can’t make big moves on climate
Climate hawks have been reduced to "climatespotting," counting the number of times "climate change" is uttered by a politician. Given political gridlock, it's a pointless exercise.
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Short awesome video explains why oil companies suck to people who already know
This nifty/depressing video explains how yes, technically, there’s more oil, but the financial and environmental costs of reaching it make it so that it really might as well not exist.
