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Good news and bad news about rising seas
First the good news: Seas didn't rise as much as we thought in the 20th century. Bad news? They're rising even faster now.
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Seas are rising in weird, new ways
New research shows that seas are rising faster in the Southern Hemisphere, thanks to climate change. (Sucks for you once again, Global South!)
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Your odds of getting struck by lightning just increased
Thanks, climate change.
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Climate change threatening the David Hasselhoff crab
Um, we CANNOT let global warming kill this crab named after David Hasselhoff's hairy chest.
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The Arctic’s beautiful frost flowers are home to millions of microbes
University of Washington graduate student Jeff Bowman and professor Jody Demind traveled to the central Arctic ocean to study these beautiful structures, called frost flowers.
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Antarctic lake is basically full of aliens
For the last 2,800 years, microbes have been chilling out at 8.6 degrees F in what one scientist describes as "brine 'mush'" that's six times saltier than seawater.
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Obama administration can still protect streams from mountaintop-removal mining, despite setback in D.C. court
Environmental and community advocates got some jarring news Tuesday when a federal judge rejected EPA’s “guidance” on surface mine permitting in Appalachia — the centerpiece of its three-year effort to curtail the environmental damage caused by mountaintop-removal coal mining. While it was unwelcome news, it was not as devastating as portrayed in the initial round of […]
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Here is an anteater getting wasted
Listen, tamanduas are just like you, or Carrie Bradshaw, or the French. When they want to unwind, they go for a glass of red wine. And we all know where that leads:
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A weekend of protests barely makes the papers
Protests in D.C., West Virginia, China, and Japan barely register on American media.
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Dude orders 80-year-old lobster at restaurant just to set it free
Don MacKenzie reserved 17-pound Larry the lobster for dinner, then spent an undisclosed amount to release him uneaten into the Long Island Sound.