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U.N. report: ‘Oh, man.’
This is not a direct quote. But we hope you like water pollution and hot, unbreathable air.
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Horseshoe crabs have weird, bright blue blood
Horseshoe crabs have bright blue blood. They are like aliens. (Does this one not look like a dead alien?) Nature, you are weird. Robert Krulwich explains why the crabs’ blood is so beautifully blue: Their blood kind of sloshes around in their bodies carrying oxygen to various organs, as our blood does. Our blood is […]
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Climate change’s worst enemy is its first victim: The city
A group of 58 cities are working together to develop thousands of tools to address climate change. They'd better.
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The top five things voters need to know about conservatives and climate change
There's been a recent surge of stories about conservatives and climate change in the mainstream media. But oddly, none of them tell voters what they most need to know on the subject. It's time for a primer.
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Old photographs found in basement help scientists unravel warming patterns
While cleaning out a basement at the National Survey and Cadastre of Denmark, researchers found a box full of glass photo plates from a 1930s expedition to Greenland. The forgotten photos showed detailed aerial and ground-level pictures of 132 Greenland glaciers — which allowed scientists to study how the glaciers changed over a much longer period […]
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Report: Corporations are big fat hypocrites about climate change
Corporations are officially people now, and like people, sometimes corporations will loudly say that they believe one thing while their actions reveal another preference entirely. Like a lady who says she wants to settle down but dates only dudes who are apt to move to Hawaii at a moment’s notice, American companies having been saying […]
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North Carolina tries to outlaw sea-level rise
North Carolina is no stranger to the "if you dislike it then you should have made a law against it" model of legislation, but this is extreme: A new bill would rule that scientists are not allowed to accurately predict sea-level rise.
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Leading climbing outfit cancels 2012 Everest trip due to warm weather dangers
Unprecedented warmth on Mount Everest has made the ice too unstable. One climbing operation already canceled this year's expedition.
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Weird astronomical event in New York City tonight
If you’re in New York City at 8:19 p.m. today, get your ass to a major cross street (the best ones are 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd, and 57th) and you can see the street grid take on astronomical significance. Tonight is Manhattanhenge, where the setting sun lines up exactly with Manhattan’s east-west streets. It’ll be an […]
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Once again, with feeling: More science will not cure climate skepticism
A new study in Nature found that scientific literacy doesn't tamp down climate skepticism. On the contrary, a more educated populace is even more polarized on the issue.