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Remarkable before-and-after photos make it undeniably clear we're ruining our...
Climate change can seem like a massive, invisible, slow process.At times, it can seem like something we won't be able to visualize until it's too late. A collection of images (from NASA, unless...
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At least 13 killed as a tornado ripped through a city near the US-Mexico border
CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico (AP) — A tornado raged through a city on the U.S.-Mexico border Monday, destroying homes, flinging cars like matchsticks and ripping an infant away from its mother. At least 13...
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Our bumble bees are under attack by European invaders
As global commerce grows, the movement of goods is occurring at ever-faster rates. And with increased global trade comes the spread of non-native species.This includes invasive insects that are making...
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Chemical-resistant 'smart' dirt is about to become a big health issue
You might have heard of smart bugs — viruses that have mutated and become resistant to ordinary antibiotics. But there is another, less well-known microscopic substance that is dangerous to human...
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The US is spending $100 million to get more ethanol to gas stations
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to inject $100 million in funding to get more ethanol at the gas pump, according to two industry sources, the latest push to get...
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One of California's biggest sources of water just disappeared
The worst drought in recorded history just got worse.California's main source of surface water during the state's dry summer months is the remaining snow on its highest mountains. But it has officially...
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This has been a month of extreme weather around the world
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even for a world getting used to wild weather, May seems stuck on strange.Torrential downpours in Texas that have whiplashed the region from drought to flooding.A heat wave that has...
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Federal agencies are defending their response to California's largest oil...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — On the afternoon of the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years, graduate student Natalie Phares quickly organized a volunteer bucket brigade to clean a beach north of...
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Presidential disaster declaration signed after Texas storms kill 21
DALLAS (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration late on Friday for areas in Texas hammered by severe weather that killed at least 21 people, caused massive flooding and...
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Republicans are pledging to 'rein in' Obama on environmental rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says a new federal rule regulating small streams and wetlands will protect the drinking water of more than 117 million people in the country.Not so, insist...
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Flooding is costing Texas a lot of money
Severe storms in Texas this month have caused at least $27 million in infrastructure damage. Texas transportation officials Sunday said the figure is expected to rise as the state continues to tally...
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Stunning maps show what coastal cities in China would look like under...
The warming of the earth’s climate has already changed life on its surface in substantial ways. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been monitoring the planet’s cryosphere — water...
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A new California law makes water hogs anonymous
While few were looking, California made it a lot easier for water hogs to cover up their excessive use.A tiny provision tucked into a package of conservation laws allows groundwater pumpers to hide how...
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THE SUMMIT: The story of the deadliest day on the world's most dangerous...
"The Summit," a documenatry that chronicles the deadliest day in K2's history, is now available to stream on Netflix. The film, directed by Nick Ryan, attempts to piece together what happend on a...
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A corroded pipe caused 101,000 gallons of oil to spill into water off the...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A pipeline rupture that spilled an estimated 101,000 gallons of crude oil near Santa Barbara last month occurred along a badly corroded section that had worn away to a fraction of an...
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The EU may offer its heaviest polluting industries ten years of free carbon...
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union may have to offer its heaviest polluting industries another ten years of free carbon credits to prevent them from leaving the region to do business...
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New Orleans could be wiped off the map later this century
It's been almost 10 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast. But the Crescent City, a cultural treasure that’s home to almost 400,000 people, faces even...
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Physicist and Star Trek screenwriter Leonard Mlodinow: "In 2035, we'll all be...
Renowned physicist and Star Trek screenwriter Leonard Mlodinow has some pretty awe ome predictions about the future, which we got to hear when we caught up with him recently here in New York.For one,...
View ArticleThis is Richard Branson swimming with a massive whale shark
Since it's World Environment Day, billionaire entrepreneur and explorer Sir Richard Branson shared some incredible photos from his adventures in the ocean. One of the photos shows Branson swimming with...
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A bizarre property of water is flooding coastal cities like New Orleans
You can squeeze and compress water all you want, and under normal conditions its volume won’t budge.But if you heat up water, its volume expands — and it's precisely this effect, which is playing out...
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