Climate Science
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Summer nights are hotter in your state
Use this new tool to find out how much your state has heated up at night.
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Thirsty birds are dying all over California — thanks, climate change
The birders in your life may not take this news well.
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Polar bears don’t hibernate, so screw polar bears
Scientists suspected that the big white beasts entered a kind of walking hibernation during the summer, when food is scarce. They were wrong.
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We broke a whole lotta climate records in 2014
Here are four key points to draw from the State of the Climate report.
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This seaweed tastes like bacon. We repeat: This seaweed tastes like bacon
Finally, bacon can get stop getting a bum rap for crushing vegetarian dreams.
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Climate change is making wildfires worse and wildfires are making climate change worse
That's the bummer conclusion of a new study.
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Slate: Anti-GMO activists say the darnedest things
An article details the contradictory claims activist groups have made over the years in their fight against genetically modified crops.
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Sorry, but Earth isn’t heading for another ice age
The study's author never implied a new ice age is imminent -- only that we may see a sharp downturn in the number of sunspots.
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This snail-eating fish was named after the Obamas
Meet Teleogramma obamaorum -- and other species named after the president.
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Sea levels will rise by at least 20 feet — and that’s the positive scenario
Even if the world manages to limit global warming to 2 degrees C, sea levels may still radically reshape the world’s coastline.