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More Snowfall Actually Means Less Ice In Antarctica
More snow falling on Antarctica puts pressure on ice sheets, pushing them into the ocean, and actually increasing ice loss and sea levels, a new study suggests.This is on top of Antarctica's already...
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Incredible Refrigeration Technology Can Turn Excess Heat Into Cold
The World Wildlife Fund, or WWF, announced the four winning technologies of its first annual Climate Solver China Awards today. The innovations are designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, but...
View ArticleThe Search For Life In Icy Antarctic Lake Begins
With the temperature at a balmy midsummer -17C, drilling has started in Antarctica in an attempt to find evidence of life under a sheet of ice two miles (over 3km) thick.The scientists and engineers...
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How Doomsayers Think The World Is Going To End
Doomsayers who believe the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012, base their prediction on the end of the 5,125-year-long cycle of the ancient Mayan calendar. But what will the end of days look like?There...
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NEW THEORY: The Gay Trait Is Passed Down From Parent To Child
Some people believe gay people make a choice to be gay, while others believe they were born that way.No "gay gene" has been found to explain homosexuality, but a recent analysis published by The...
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Climate Change Is Taking Place 'Before Our Eyes'
When in September the Arctic sea ice that freezes and melts each year shrank to its lowest extent ever recorded and then contracted a further 500,000 sq km, the small world of ice scientists was...
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Part Of Antarctica Is Going To Be Named After The Queen
Foreign Secretary William Hague has announced that the southern part of the British Antarctic Territory has been named Queen Elizabeth Land in honour of the Diamond Jubilee, during a Royal visit to the...
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Otters Are Now Free To Invade Southern California
Well folks, we did it!After a 25-year ban, California sea otters are now free to float along the entire coast without being captured and hauled back to Northern California. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
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Bacteria Travel The Planet In The Clouds
Cover your mouth when you cough!We’ve all learned the hard way that microbial organisms, from bacteria to viruses, can be transported by air.But the extent to which organisms exist in the Earth’s...
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9 Otters Celebrating The Death Of The California 'No-Otter Zone'
A 25-year federal ban that kept sea otters from swimming into Southern California waters was quashed yesterday. Otters are now free to roam the entire coastline without being trapped and sent back...
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A Possible Tornado In Alabama Is Already Flipping Cars
A line of storms is working its way through Alabama and with it bringing reports of a possible tornado in parts of Mobile, The Weather Channel reported Thursday morning.No one was injured in the...
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New Map Updates Our Fundamental Understanding Of Life On Earth
A new map that divides the world's vertebrates into 11 biogeographic realms is the biggest update to a 19th century version, and one of the most important maps for our understanding of global...
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The World Is Totally Unprepared For Extreme Events Like Sandy
The storm surge Hurricane Irene brought to New York’s coastal community of Breezy Point in 2011 left Gretchen Ferenz Fox's home untouched.But a little over a year later, Sandy was different.This storm...
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A New Study Suggests That Global Warming Won't Kill Off The Polar Bears
A new study indicates that global warming may actually benefit Arctic animals and ecosystem, by expanding their ranges and increasing biodiversity in the area as warmer-climate species move north.The...
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Hawaiian Mountains Are Dissolving From The Inside
The volcanic peaks of Oahu in the Hawaiian island chain are dissolving from the inside, and will one day become flat, new research from Brigham Young University shows. Although soil erosion is...
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The West Antarctic Ice Sheet Is Warming Twice As Fast Than Expected
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet, whose melt may be responsible for 10 percent of the sea-level rise caused by climate change, is warming twice as quickly as previously thought, a study said Sunday.A...
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A Handy List Of All Upcoming End-Of-The World Events
So we survived the 2012 Mayan Apocalypse.That's great news. But don't get too comfortable. There are loads of global doomsday predictions still floating about, including a "fiery end" planned for 2013,...
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Today's Snow Is Just A Teaser For The Rest Of This Week
A blizzard warning spanning over 730 miles from New York to Arkansas has been issued by the National Weather Service, it's headed through the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes, and Northeast.Total snowfall in...
View ArticleWatch A Tornado Rip Through An Alabama Walgreens On Christmas Day
In Christmas day, more than 34 tornadoes were reported in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. At least 100 homes and businesses were damaged by storms in Mobile, Ala., CNN is reporting. The...
View ArticleA Curious Sea Turtle Won't Stop Bothering This Scuba Diver
Sea turtles do the cutest things. In this video posted to Reddit, a friendly sea turtle pays a surprise visit to a diver. At first, the diver pushes the curious animal away with a big shove to its...
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