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Wildfires are wreaking havoc on California
(Reuters) - Firefighters rushed to contain a pair of fast-moving wildfires in Northern California on Saturday as they mourned the death of a U.S. Forest Service firefighter killed this week in the...
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Scientists found an ingenious way to cut down on a hidden source of one of...
Global warming stinks.But researchers think they have a solution to alleviate some of the more literal stink.Enteric fermentation — the fancy way to say farts and burps — make up 26% of all US methane...
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Why Cecil the lion's death shouldn't make us ban all trophy hunting
The internet erupted with outrage last week over the killing of a Zimbabwe lion named Cecil.But calls to ban all trophy hunting — killing wild animals to keep as souvenirs rather than for their meat —...
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Living near trees could make you feel as good as getting a $10,000 raise
Living in leafy neighborhoods is visually pleasing. It also can make you feel healthier.In fact, the positive health effects of having an additional 10 trees on your block are equivalent to getting a...
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An unstoppable problem is making it increasingly difficult for the world to...
The possibility of increased food shortages looms in a nearer future than we'd care to believe.Citing the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the latest Grantham Mayo van Otterloo...
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Around the world, people are eating more of one type of food — and it's bad...
People around the world are eating way more red meat.According to the latest Grantham Mayo van Otterloo (GMO) quarterly report, "The increasing middle class of the emerging countries, especially China,...
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Here's where over 90% of the extra heat from global warming is going and the...
It's no surprise that climate change is raising summer temperatures in many parts of the globe, but what you might not know is where most of that extra heat is going.Scientistsestimatethat as much as...
View ArticleWhat US cities will look like under 25 feet of water
Coastal cities could see a rise in sea levels by as much as 4 ft by the end of the century. To help put a visual to the number, artist Nickolay Lamm created this series of simulations of US city...
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Thousands of sinkholes the size of basketball courts are ruining The Dead Sea
The Dead Sea is famous for its high salt content, and because salt water is denser than fresh water, it's easier for us to stay afloat in the Dead Sea than in an average swimming pool. That's why...
View ArticleIndia has become obsessed with this anti-Unilever rap video (ULVR)
A rap music video that criticizes Unilever's Indian business for allegedly dumping toxic waste in the country has gone viral.The star of the video is Sofia Ashraf, a former copywriter at advertising...
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The deadly Nepal earthquake ‘unzipped' a major fault in the Himalayas and...
More than 8,000 people died in the April earthquake that shook Kathmandu, Nepal — the deadliest quake in the country's history.But researchers say the initial magnitude-7.8 earthquake was not nearly as...
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Devastating photos of California's wildfires show just how bad it really is
For the past seven weeks, a series of relentless wildfires have sprung up in 15 counties across central and northeast California. These wildfires have charred over 250 square miles of California...
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China's top steel producing city is feeling the impact of strict...
TANGSHAN, China (Reuters) - Struggling from weak demand and facing new rules to clean up pollution, some firms in China's top steel producing city have scaled back production or even closed completely,...
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A Dutch designer wants to build the world's largest air purifier — and use it...
Air pollution kills 80 people every day in the Indian city of New Delhi. In London, nearly 9,500 people die in a year due to the air they breathe. In fact, dirty air is responsible for one in eight...
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Tesla's cars and NASA's Mars rovers have this one mysterious material in common
Lithium is one of the most mysterious elements in the universe to scientists, but it's also a growing commodity for automotive companies like Nissan, Tesla, Volkswagen, and even NASA's Mars rovers, who...
View ArticleThe EPA spilled 1 million gallons of waste water into a Colorado river —...
Health officials are warning some Colorado residents after 1 million gallons of contaminated waste water spilled into a river. The EPA said the spill occurred while workers were trying to treat the...
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A Dutch designer wants to turn smog into ultramodern jewelry
Air pollution kills 80 people every day in the Indian city of New Delhi. In London, nearly 9,500 people die in a year due to the air they breathe. In fact, dirty air is responsible for one in eight...
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Birds are dying at an oil sands site in Canada
(Reuters) - Alberta's energy regulator said on Saturday it is investigating reports that about 30 blue herons have died at a Syncrude Canada oil sands mine site in the northern part of the Canadian...
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Wastewater from the Colorado mine that turned a river orange has reached New...
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — A yellow sludge spilling from a shuttered gold mine into a southwestern Colorado river has reached northern New Mexico, a state official said Saturday.The plume arrived in the...
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Even from 443 miles up, California's raging wildfires look terrifying
Last week, California's water-starved landscape was hit with a series of intense lightning storms that sparked over two dozen wildfires. While firefighters battle the flames on the ground, NASA...
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