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More pictures of dogs on bikes than you ever knew you wanted
We thought that one dog on a bike was exciting. But Keenan Roberts at Buzzfeed knows better. What’s more exciting than one dog on a bike? TWENTY DOGS ON TWENTY BIKES. These two are my favorites:
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Too hot not to notice? Connecting the dots on climate
This weekend's global day of action will highlight that underneath the immediate distractions of flood and drought, climate change is the biggest thing going on every single day.
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30,000 bees found in New Jersey attic
Turns out the honeybee colonies we’ve all been so concerned about didn’t collapse after all — they just moved to New Jersey. Specifically, they went to stay at a former bed and breakfast in Cape May, where 30,000 bees were just taken out of the attic.
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You shall not pass: Activists to block Warren Buffett’s coal trains
Saturday is Climate Impacts Day, a worldwide “day of witness” connecting extreme weather to climate change. One of the thousands of actions will be aimed at educating one powerful man.
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Sharks with actual frickin’ laser beams
Oil spill? Pff, whatevs. The new undersea menace is considerably more dangerous, where by “more dangerous” I mean “less dangerous, but more awesome.” That’s right, folks: I’m talking about sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads.
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The ‘reasonable middle’ on climate change
Climate impacts will be worse than skeptics say and not as bad as some climate hawks say -- but those impacts will still be really, really terrible. David Roberts wonders: Can a "reasonable middle" stance on climate change ever influence those with political power?
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Humans and dolphins conspire to kill fish
Off the coast of Brazil, dolphins and humans have been working together to snare mullet since 1847. Ed Yong reports at Discover Magazine: The dolphins drive the mullet towards the fishermen, who stand waist-deep in water holding nets. The humans cannot see the fish through the turbid water. They must wait for their accomplices. As […]
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Urban carnivores have higher survival rates than their country cousins
I heard this weekend that there’s at least one coyote living permanently in Central Park. Everyone’s heard a story like that recently — bears, coyotes, and other carnivores stalking through city streets and parks, right where we’d least expect them. But according to a new study, certain carnivores — raccoons and coyotes — do better […]
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Rising tide: Norfolk, Va., struggles on the front lines of sea-level rise [VIDEO]
A city on the front lines of sea-level rise wonders how long it can keep the Atlantic Ocean at bay.
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Mosquitoes fingered for killer whale deaths at SeaWorld
It’s hard to imagine a teensy mosquito taking down an animal as mighty as the killer whale. Yet that’s exactly what some folks suspect happened at two SeaWorld locations. Representatives from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) say that orcas that died at SeaWorld parks in Orlando and San Antonio succumbed to encephalitis, a virus transmitted […]
