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Why the East Coast is warmer than the West Coast right now
No, this one isn't directly because of global warming.You can pin this month's weird weather flip on the record-breaking El Niño weather pattern that's happening this year.It's pushed the jet stream,...
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Researchers have found the most lightning-struck spot on Earth
They say lightning never strikes twice, although whoever "they" are might want to have a rethink. New research presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting suggests that one spot in a...
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This gas is worse for the climate than carbon dioxide — and it's leaking all...
For the world's governments to have a shot at meeting emissions cuts set forth in a new international climate deal agreed to over the weekend, the United States and other countries must rapidly...
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Everyone is completely misinterpreting a new study about American diets
Headlines inspired by a study from earlier this week boasted that eating a vegetarian diet is actually worse for the planet than sticking to a traditional American (read: meat- and fat-heavy)...
View ArticleThe smog in China is so bad that people are actually buying bottled air from...
While pollution levels are reaching record highs in China, a Canadian start-up is finding a way to make a profit. Vitality Air, a company that sells canned air and oxygen, is seeing a huge demand from...
View ArticleA photographer reveals how climate change ruins people's lives
Gideon Mendel's photography series "Drowning World" captures the human victims of climate change, demonstrating that climate change doesn't just affect distant glaciers, but the lives of human beings...
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This world map shows every country by its military's camouflage patterns
A Reddit user uploaded this map of the world onto the network's "MapPorn" subreddit. The image displays every country covered in the same camo pattern as its armed forces, though the disclaimer in the...
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8 trillion microbeads wash into our waterways every day — with devastating...
Exfoliating body washes and lotions can make your skin feel smooth and supple. But when these products rinse off your body and wash down the drain, some of them turn into an environmental...
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50 inspiring science images from the past year
2015 was a captivating year in science.We reached Pluto, the world agreed to a landmark climate deal in Paris, and private spaceflight hit its stride. Many of this year's events have created amazing...
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85 pictures that will make you fall in love with Earth all over again
Earth is a beautiful, one-of-a-kind place. To remind you of this, we've rounded up some of the most beautiful and mesmerizing pictures of our home planet from Reuters.Hopefully these images make you...
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This 21-year-old invented a way to clean up the massive Pacific garbage patch
Boyan Slat is not your typical 21-year-old.At an age when most people are still trying to figure out what they're going to do with their lives, the Dutch innovator is the head of The Ocean Cleanup, a...
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This park morphs into a spectacular underwater oasis at the same time every year
What looks like a lake and feels like a lake isn't necessarily always a lake. Well, at least it's not always that deep.Welcome to Green Lake, Austria — a hiker-and-scuba-diver's dream.This body of...
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Unseasonably violent storms slammed the South this Christmas and killed over...
On Friday evening, a tornado touched down in north-central Alabama, splitting trees in half, hospitalizing four people, and stripping walls and roofs from homes, like the one shown below:This is only...
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11 photos that show just how bad China pollution got this year
As the Paris climate talks get underway, one of the cities with the most notorious air pollution problems is experiencing its worst smog of the year. China's air quality is so bad, scientists estimate...
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11 photos that show how incredibly bizarre the weather in the US has been...
The US has certainly had its share of wacky December weather this year. With people on the East Coast basking in warm temperatures, severe storms tearing up the South, and blizzards dumping snow on...
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Something strange happened over the weekend in the Southwest — and now it's...
It may be fair to say that winter is officially coming.After an unseasonably warm December for most of the US, the severe storms that have been hitting the southwest with blizzards and the south with...
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A catastrophic leak has been spewing out 110,000 pounds of gas an hour in...
A natural gas leak in Aliso Canyon, California, has been spewing out 50,000 kilograms (110,000 pounds) of gas every hour for more than two months, and officials say it could take another three to four...
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14 places to go if the world is going to end
December's weather has been pretty much apocalyptic in some parts of the world. Huge parts of Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, and the UK have been heavily hit by floods.Add to this the...
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America’s recent storms are causing historic flooding in Missouri
The effects of this weekend's storms are still being felt across the country, but particularly residents in Missouri along the Mississippi.Rain-swollen rivers across Missouri were still rising on...
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