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150,000 penguins have disappeared in Antarctica. Thanks, climate change!
As the planet warms and ice continues to melt, this kind of thing could become commonplace.
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Is climate change giving the Great Barrier Reef herpes?
A new study suggests that bleaching and viral infections go hand-in-hand on coral reefs.
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Gravitational wave discovery gives us reason to save humankind, I guess
If we don't live to tell this incredible story, then what was it all for?
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Zika, tropical medicine, and infant monsters of the third world
There’s a historic precedent for the way we talk about a virus we know very little about.
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No, climate scientists have not been “altering” temperature data. Sorry, deniers.
New research confirms that scientists are using solid techniques to calibrate their data.
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Guess what? The oceans could completely evaporate into space
Don't worry, NOAA's doomsday scenario is millions of years off -- but it's still scary.
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About 13 percent of the ice around Antarctica could collapse without catastrophe
The rest -- well, let's just say this is a lot like a gigantic game of Jenga.
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7 smarter ways to talk about climate change
Psychologist Per Espen Stoknes thinks we need to trick our primate brains into dealing with climate change. Here are his top tips.
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Sea-level rise may last twice as long as human history to date
Research shows that even if warming is kept at 2 degrees C, sea level would rise by 25 meters over the next 2,000 years -- and remain there for at least 10,000 years.
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Growing forests gobble up carbon like growing teenagers raiding the fridge
Some secondary forests that regrow after deforestation can absorb up to 11 times more carbon than Amazonian old growth forests