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Melting Antarctica Looks Unreal In These Images From Space
From above, Arctic ice looks quite different in summer than it does in winter. A sheen of white covers most surfaces in winter due to snowfall and frigid weather. As temperatures rise in the summer,...
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Studies Of Twins Separated At Birth Highlight The Strange Influence Of Our Genes
Jim Lewis and Jim Springer were identical twins raised apart from the age of 4 weeks.When the twins were finally reunited at the age of 39 in 1979, they discovered they both suffered from tension...
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Report: California Wants Tesla Gigafactory Badly Enough To Waive...
When Tesla Motors announced the short list of possible locations for its lithium-ion cell "Gigafactory," California wasn't on it.The Silicon Valley electric-car maker is headquartered in Palo Alto and...
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The Chinese Are Now Obligated To Combat Smog As Government Urges More Walking
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has issued a "behavioural standards" guide to combat pollution and reduce environmental damage, urging people to do everything from walking and riding bicycles to buying goods...
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Plan To Sell Burned California Trees Sends Sparks Flying
GROVELAND Calif. (Reuters) - Long, heavy logging trucks, swaying with the weight of charred California pines, wind through the forest near Yosemite National Park, part of an effort to clean up from...
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Why Geothermal Energy Is The New Fracking
DEPENDING on your point of view, hydraulic fracturing--or "fracking"--is either the future of clean, natural gas or an environmental apocalypse. Fracking liberates gas trapped underground by drilling...
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A Changing World Is Creating These Hybrid Animals
As the Arctic warms and natural habitats are transformed by human activity, strange new hybrid animals are starting to wander the earth.New animals have started to appear when two similar species have...
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Scientists Find Treasure Trove Of Life 2,500 Feet Under Antarctic Ice
Antarctica, the coldest place on Earth, teems with microscopic life. Tiny organisms dwell on the ice and live inside glaciers, and now, researchers confirm, a rich microbial ecosystem persists...
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Iceland Raises Volcano Warning Level To Highest Red After Small Eruption
A small volcanic eruption has occurred under Iceland's Dyngjujokull glacier, prompting authorities to raise the warning code for aviation to red, the highest level, Iceland's meteorological office said...
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Climate Change 'Pause' May Last Another Decade
The "pause" in global warming may last another decade before surface temperatures start rising again, according to scientists who say heat is being stored in the depths of the Atlantic and Southern...
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Here's The Hard Work That Goes Into Catching Your Lobster
Lobster boat captain Craig Stewart and sternman Tim Lovett start work before sunrise and haul traps for hours on end.Making a living is harder now than ever before, as overhead costs for fuel,...
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The Last Known Passenger Pigeon Died 100 Year Ago Today — Here Are 9 Other...
The last known passenger pigeon, named Martha, died 100 years ago today at the Cincinnati Zoo. She was 29.The passenger pigeon, which once numbered in the billions in Norther America, has become a...
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Here's All The Incredible Wildlife In Britain You're Missing
The winners of the British Wildlife Photography Awards were revealed on Monday. "The Awards celebrate both the work of amateur and professional photographers and the beauty and diversity of British...
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Elon Musk Says This Is The Chart About Arctic Sea Ice That Really Matters
There is more sea ice in the Arctic this summer than there was two years ago in 2012, a fact that has led to misleading stories that imply that there's more uncertainty about what's happening in the...
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A Massive Oil Spill Is Threatening Mexico's Third Largest City's Water Supply
For Mexico's state oil giant, the expansion of organized crime into fuel theft is a growing menace. Now, a bungled attempt to illegally tap an oil pipeline has threatened an environmental disaster in...
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The Arctic Sea Ice Problem Is Actually Worse — Not Better — Than We Thought
Two years ago, Arctic sea ice shrank to cover the smallest area ever recorded — only 1.32 million square miles were measured on September 16, 2012, more than a million square miles less than what would...
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52 Volcanoes That Pose A 'Serious Threat' To The US Aren't Being Well Monitored
Last Friday's eruption at Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano had many worried about the possible impacts of a larger eruption on air travel. Another eruption at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has caused a state...
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This Is What Would Happen If The Yellowstone Supervolcano Erupted
Recently, rumors have been swelling of a danger at Yellowstone National Park. That danger? A brewing supervolcano eruption.The fear of a Yellowstone supereruption, which ultimately went viral, may have...
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Here Are All The Volcanoes In The US — And How Dangerous They Are
If the recent volcanic eruption in Iceland has got you wondering which volcanoes you should be worrying about, and exactly how much to worry about them, you're in luck.The United States Geological...
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The End Of Fracking Is Closer Than You Think
Canadian geologist David Hughes has some sober news for the Kool-Aid-drinking boosters of the United States' newfound eminence in fossil fuel production: it's going to go bust sooner rather than...
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