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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.
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This video will make you want to hug a walrus
This rescued baby walrus is no more than six weeks old and already 200 pounds, so chances are good that you don’t have room for him in your apartment. But I defy you to watch this video and not want to fly out to the Alaska SeaLife Center and demand adoption papers.
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(Koch-funded) scientist changes opinion, finds warming due to humans (including Kochs)
Richard Muller, a long-time climate-change denier, did a big study of his own and found the same thing everyone else has: Humans are causing climate change.
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As temperatures rise, cities are getting hotter, faster
The urban heat island effect is increasing in many American cities.
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Watch some brave souls rescue baby bears from a dumpster
The basic rule about baby bears is Do Not Go Near Them. Ever. But what do you do if they’re stuck in a garbage can, crying all night, with the mom stalking nearby? If you are this group of brave people, you rescue them: