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One of the moderators of the science page on social news site reddit explains why they ousted climate-skeptic commenters and what they learned in the process.
The area's about the same size as Belgium.
The overuse of road salt this winter might eventually mess up freshwater ecosystems. Thanks again, polar vortex.
As Florida warms up, coastal mangroves are on the move, and that could be bad news for other ecosystems.
Coal production is gradually leaving Appalachia -- having already extracted much of the region's natural wealth.
We shouldn't be so eager to pin cancer on environmental causes that we misread statistics and leap to unsupported conclusions.
Under its Republican governor, cozy North Carolina regulators shielded the utility from environmental complaints.
Shell announced it won't attempt to drill for oil in the Arctic this year -- and that it's "considering its options" in the region.
Clouds -- or a shortage of them -- could send the climate into a tailspin. The trouble is, it's almost impossible to predict what they'll do.
