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Fossil fuel emissions want to ruin carbon dating, too
The emissions don't have any radioactive carbon, so dating artifacts could become a lot more difficult.
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Big trouble ahead for ocean’s tiny microbes
A new study shows that ocean acidification could drastically impact the world's phytoplankton populations.
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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.
