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Dear climate scientists: Just tell it to us straight, please
This researcher is calling out climate scientists for watering down their work to appease politicians.
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These satellites are keeping an eye on California’s underground water
To the list of benefits satellites offer us, we can now add "monitoring our disappearing water."
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We just hit 400 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere, for a whole month
We should be trying to get down to 350 ppm, if we want to avoid the worst of climate chaos, but instead the CO2 concentration keeps rising.
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New EPA carbon rules would save thousands of lives, science says
The Obama administration's proposed rules for power plants could save nearly 5,000 lives a year in the U.S. alone.
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Could wildfires undermine California’s grand climate goals?
California has the most ambitious climate plan in the nation, but if it loses too many trees to fire, it will have a hard time meeting its targets.
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Ticks are spreading — and so is Lyme disease
Warming temperatures expand the range of ticks, lengthen the season, and increase the chances of one giving you Lyme disease. Shudder.
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Climate change could drive 1-in-6 species to extinction
Cranking up the planetary heat is going to ratchet down the planet’s biodiversity.
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Bees are addicted to pesticide-laden junk food, too
It turns out bees may prefer nectar when it's laced with common pesticides, says a new study.
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We are so good at causing earthquakes that the government is starting to forecast them
Thanks, oil and gas industry.
