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What San Francisco would look like after a 200-foot sea-level rise
This poster, by Brian Stokle and Burrito Justice, shows what a 200-foot sea level rise would do to San Francisco. Better get to high ground, guys.
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Giraffe invades country club pool
Get out of there, giraffe! You are not Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps! You are a giraffe!
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Here are some of the death threats sent to a climate scientist
Phil Jones became a public figure when his emails on climate science were stolen and released. As a result, he received a number of threats on his life.
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Today’s climate change forecast: Colder winters, fiery summers
Climate change may mean colder winters and fewer fires in the Tropics. Outside the Tropics, in the heat of summer -- bad news.
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A pop culture history of the Earth Summit
When world leaders first gathered to talk about saving the planet, Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” was grooving at the top of the music charts. If only we had it so good today.
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Every state in the U.S. has gotten hotter since 1970
Hotter in the literal sense -- in some cases, half a degree each decade. If only we knew why.
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Catch of the day: Weird blue lobster!
A fisherman in Nova Scotia named Bobby Stoddard has been catching lobsters for decades. And in early May, he had a catch unlike any he had seen before: a bright blue lobster. Blue lobsters are not cold. Well, they might be cold, since they live in the water in Nova Scotia, but that’s not why […]
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Giant dog adopts baby chimpanzee
A zookeeper brought an abandoned baby chimp home to live with her mastiff and her mastiff puppies, at which point the chimp decided he was a dog. Here's a day in the life of the chimp and his adopted family.
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Animal instincts: Can we harness human nature to do good for the world?
People are predisposed to wander, but travel has hidden environmental price tags. Human ecologist Bill Durham talks about using our wanderlust to connect people with the planet.
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Climate change causes monster patch of microscopic plants in the Arctic
There aren’t supposed to be microscopic plants called phytoplankton blooming in the Arctic right now — usually that doesn’t happen until after the ice melts in the summer, i.e. months from now. But a research team has just discovered a huge, 60-mile-long, three-foot-thick slick of phytoplankton where no phytoplankton should be. It was “like finding […]
