Climate Culture
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The success of London’s congestion charge, in three maps
Big drops in car use, big increases in public transit. What's not to love?
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Pittsburgh’s trees are worth $2.4 million
Even when you're not getting all mushy-gushy about green space and its value, trees aren't luxuries. They're investments.
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With the Kickstand desk, you never have to leave your bike, even for work
If you love biking so much that the idea of getting off your bike to do work makes your stomach curl just a little bit, here is your solution.
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Watch a scared penguin get up the nerve to jump in the water
This penguin seems to have momentarily forgotten that he is a seabird. Hey penguin, what are you, CHICKEN?
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Dried-up pee from small fuzzy creatures has a lot to offer climate scientists
Hyrax communities also tend to settle in at particular spots. So these pee records can go back millennia -- scientists found one spot where hyraxes have been peeing for 55,000 years.
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‘Super mega-pod’ of 100,000 dolphins covers 35 square miles
It was seven miles long, five miles wide, and it contained an estimated 100,000 dolphins.
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Snake wearing a sweater — NSFW
It's nice to knit your snake a sweater so he won't be cold in the winter, but maybe don't make it pink.
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Ask Umbra: What eco-gift should we give our employees?
A reader has visions of free travel mugs in every cubicle. Umbra offers a steaming cup of good advice.
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Fish swimming in water contaminated by anti-anxiety drugs turn into weird loners
Perch are usually shy and hang together for protection, but they start acting antisocial and fearless when they swim around in drug-laced water.
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Drop the hammer: How to botch a simple DIY gardening project – and find a better way
Grist’s green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, sets out to build a mini greenhouse and finds that carpentry might not be her thing.
