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Giant Balloons Could Make Cities More Resilient When They Flood
As Hurricane Sandy showed us once again, our cities and infrastructure are vulnerable to powerful natural forces. On their own, these forces can be devastating.Throw climate change into the mix,...
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Apocalypse Believers Just Don't Understand How The Mayan Calendar Works
A lot of people think Dec. 21 2012 is the end of the ancient Mayan calendar, which means the world will come to an end at that time.NASA scientists say not to to buy into the hysteria. The space agency...
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We Have To Take Action Soon On Global Warming
The longer it takes nations to cumulatively lower greenhouse gas emissions, the more difficult it will be to limit warming, and so avert the most severe effects of global warming.This is not new...
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The Stuff We Use To Clean Up Oil Spills Might Make The Oil MORE Toxic
For microscopic animals living in the Gulf, even worse than the toxic oil released during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster may be the very oil dispersants used to clean it up, a new study finds.More...
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19 Months Later, Here's What We've Learned From The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill began on April 20, 2010 and lasted 87 days, releasing about 4.9 million barrels of oil into the ocean from a mile deep well.In response to the largest oil spill in US...
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Star Attraction At The Smithsonian Dies After 5 Days
A jumping spider named Nefertiti spent 100 days aboard the International Space Station, traveling more than 42 million miles, before recently returning to Earth to live out the rest of her days as the...
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JAMES CAMERON: I Did Yoga For 6 Months To Fit Into A 43-Inch Wide Sphere
In March, James Cameron became the first person to plummet nearly seven miles to the deepest known spot on Earth in a 43-inch wide underwater sphere. The goal of the expedition, called the Deepsea...
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First-Ever Footage Of Lobsters Eating Other Lobsters
Even lobsters know just how good lobsters taste. The twisted — but true — discovery is based on the first-ever published video of lobsters feasting on another lobster in the Gulf of Maine. The act of...
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What's Happening In The Arctic Is Truly Heartbreaking
A group of 141 scientists unveiled their updated "Arctic Report Card" for 2012 at the American Geophysical Union meeting today, Dec. 5.Drastic changes are occurring to the polar areas of the globe due...
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Black Swan Cyclones Are The Extreme Of The Extremes
A "black swan" cyclone may sound like the latest comic book hero, but this "extreme of the extremes" is the result of climate models that suggest global warming will make future hurricanes more...
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These Rocks Move By Themselves
Mother Nature does a lot of cool things, some of which continue to elude even modern science. The GrindTv Blog reminds us that it's once again the time of year when big rocks, known as sailing stones,...
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US Government Confirms We Will Live Past 2012
Various doomsday scenarios, including a meteor strike and the end of the Mayan calendar, indicate that the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012.The rumors, while baseless, have compelled some Americans to...
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The Only Thing Will Definitely Happen On Dec. 21, 2012...
A lot of scary rumors are flying that the world will come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012.NASA and the U.S. Government have been pretty vocal about debasing these claims. "The world will not end in 2012....
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After Sandy, New York City Is Getting Serious About Climate Change
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, addressing a meeting on New York City's recovery from Hurricane Sandy this morning, spoke of a future in a warming world with the stark reality of more such devastating storms,...
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Want To Kill A Python? Go To Florida
Get ready for some good ole snake wrangling down in Florida this January. The state will hold it's first annual Burmese python hunt in hopes of reducing the invasive species numbers.The hunt is...
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The Most Famous Wolf In The World Has Been Killed By Hunters
A wolf named 832F was shot and killed by hunters on Thursday outside Yellowstone National Park, The New York Times' Nate Schweber reported Sunday.The death of the 6-year-old gray wolf, described by one...
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Meet The Rare And Shy Wild New Guinea Singing Dog
This is one of the only photographs ever taken of a wild New Guinea singing dog, an exceptionally shy and rare animal from the highlands of New Guinea.The photograph was taken in August this year by...
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Disgust Is What It Will Take To Get Deniers On The Climate Change Bandwagon
This post originally appeared on Futurity.org and is available through a Creative Commons license.A new study finds that while people who identified themselves as conservatives tend to be less...
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China Is Killing Its Most Important Animals
China is killing its animals. Tigers, pandas, elephants, alligators, and at least eight other keystone species have been pushed to the brink in the past decades amid the country's aggressive city...
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These Freak Waves Can Attack Anytime Without Warning
A freak wave killed seven people in Chicago on a sunny day on the shore of Lake Michigan nearly 60 years ago.At the time, no one knew what set off the monster wave.Researchers now know the wave was a...
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