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An act of dog: Why climate change is like walking Fido [VIDEO]
Climate deniers in your family? They can't resist a video illustrating the relationship between climate change and weather with a man walking his dog.
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St. Louis Zoo builds love hotel for salamanders
Ozark hellbenders, aka "snot otters" and "lasagna sides," are among the world's largest and least cute salamanders. Looking at them, it’s probably not a big surprise that they’re having a hard time breeding -- although inexplicably, scientists think it’s NOT because of their pancake heads or beady little eyes, but some problem in the natural environment. Now that there are fewer than 600 hellbenders left in Ozark rivers, scientists at the Saint Louis Zoo decided to step in and create a place for the salamanders to get it on.
The salamanders' love nest is a simulated river built to bring out amorous feelings in hideous beasties:The zoo has built a kind of honeymoon resort for salamanders, assembling a mini water treatment plant and carefully tweaking water chemistry to recreate their cold, fast-flowing Ozark streams — minus any distracting predators or pollution. ...
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Thanks to climate change, maple syrup faces a sticky future [VIDEO]
This farmer and amateur scientist has taken on the plight of the sugar maple, a valuable species that is changing rapidly and in danger of disappearance within the next century.
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Not all Republicans are climate deniers [VIDEO]
In the run-up to the New Hampshire primary, former Rep. Bob Inglis, climate scientist Kerry Emanuel, and other Republicans talk about why climate action is a conservative value.
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Zombie bees!
We've been concerned for a while about colony collapse disorder, which has been decimating honeybee populations. The disorder is of uncertain origin, though there's some evidence linking it to pesticides; there's also evidence for viruses, fungi, and mites, or maybe it's all of them. And now scientists are investigating the possibility that it's caused by parasitic flies turning bees into zombies.
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Climate change bumps prices at Starbucks
Crap weather means that the wholesale price of arabica beans is at a 14-year high of $3.09 per pound, and coffee distributors are blaming climate change, reports the nifty new you-should-be-reading-it Bloomberg sustainability channel. “Climate changes and market fundamentals will maintain prices in 2012, but we will continue to be tied to the developments of […]
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Wildfires too hot? Jump in the Senate office pool
Each year, congressional staffers participate in a macabre annual office pool in which they try to predict how many acres of U.S. land will burn in wildfires. And thanks to climate change, it starts earlier every year.
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Critical List: Ghost octopi in the Antarctic; without ethanol subsidies, gas prices rise
The creatures discovered living in thermal vents near Antarctica -- ghost octopi, limpets, yeti crabs -- are le awesome.
Two major solar industry groups are merging in order to focus on state-level policies.
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Santorum vs. Romney: The climate is screwed either way
Rick Santorum is less green than Mitt Romney, and nuttier on global warming. But both would promote dirty energy and neglect climate action.
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20 inches to disaster: U.S. coasts unprepared for higher seas
The lead author of a study on sea-level rise talks about its consequences for coastal towns. Even under conservative estimates, they're not pretty.