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San Diego is seeing record numbers of weird black jellyfish
This black jellyfish (which looks a no-more-comforting blood red in this lighting, but black in the open water) can grow to the size of a trash can lid, and its sting packs a serious wallop. Normally these guys are a rare sight around the waters of San Diego; before this decade, they were spotted only […]
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July 2012, the hottest month ever, in five charts
Hope you like the color red.
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The U.S. keeps passing more and more renewable energy milestones
More renewables in California, more solar at Walmart, and more wind power everywhere.
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Smart Minnesota public utility smartly votes to shutter coal plant
The increasing cost of coal -- both as a fuel source and as a pollutant -- prompts Rochester's public utility to shut its plant.
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Watch a teenager’s stunning video of the Manila floods
Farbod Kasiri took this video out the window of his 31st-floor apartment, to show his Canadian friend why classes are canceled in the Philippines. Featured: streets like rivers, submerged buses, and cars with only their roofs emerging from the water.
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The hunger wars in our future: Heat, drought, rising food costs, and global unrest
The physical effects of climate change will prove catastrophic. But the social effects -- food riots, state collapse, mass migrations, and conflicts of every sort -- could prove even more disruptive and deadly.
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Gas prices explained by way of a neighborhood barbecue
Why does the price we pay for auto fuel spike and dive so unpredictably? You may find the answer in the burger on your grill.
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Washington comes down with green fever, expected to survive
A new partnership between Defense and Interior, plus an announcement from the White House, means a good day for renewables.
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Sophisticated energy markets maybe not great at Twitter
A fake tweet yesterday caused crude oil futures to rise more than 1 percent. Oops.
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Temperature increases result in economic decreases
A new study finds that hotter weather hurts economies in developing countries. So, that's great anyway.
