Avocado prices just hit a record high, and show no signs of coming down....
Avocados are delicious, fatty little fruits. And Americans love them.The country consumed 6.1 pounds of avocados per person in 2014, more than triple the figure from 2000. To put that in perspective,...
View ArticleWinters in the US and Britain have been horrendous lately, and researchers...
Researchers might have gotten to the bottom of why the US and Britain have had extremely cold winters recently.Climate scientists from the University of Sheffield have agreed that climate change may be...
View ArticleRegardless of what you think about GMOs, they have clear benefits to American...
A big piece that made the front page of the New York Times over the weekend takes aim at two of the most prominent arguments in favor of genetically modified crops: They increase yields (meaning we can...
View Article300 million kids are exposed to pollution levels that are more than 6 times...
NEW DELHI (AP) — As Indians wake Monday to smoke-filled skies from a weekend of festival fireworks, New Delhi's worst season for air pollution begins — with dire consequences.A new report from UNICEF...
View ArticleA remarkable and largely unrecognized type of life controls our oceans
Have you ever wondered where the foam in the ocean comes from?Or why the sea can look clear on some days and green, brown, or even pink on others? And how fish get the ingredients to make those...
View ArticleElon Musk thinks we need a 'popular uprising' against the fossil fuel industry
"The fossil fuel industry is the biggest industry in the world," billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an interview for the National Geographic documentary "Before the Flood."The film...
View ArticleA mysterious sound deep in the Arctic seems to be causing sea animals to flee
Anyone considering fleeing to Canada after the election may want to ask if the animals know something we don't.This past summer, hunters and boaters have heard a mysterious pinging or humming sound...
View ArticleDangerous smog has engulfed Delhi and pollution levels are now 90 times...
NEW DELHI — India's capital announced a slew of measures Sunday to combat the crippling air pollution that has engulfed the city, including closing down schools, halting construction and ordering that...
View ArticleDangerous smog has engulfed Delhi and pollution levels are now 90 times...
New Delhi (AFP) - Authorities in Delhi on Monday closed schools, halted construction work and shut down a major power plant after days of choking smog led to warnings of a health "emergency" in the...
View ArticleYou have until Election Day to watch the stunning climate change documentary...
Leonard DiCaprio hosted a National Geographic documentary about climate change, and it's free to watch until midnight on Tuesday, November 8.Mixing together the science of our damaged planet and the...
View ArticleThis 30-million-year-old cave in New Zealand has a beautiful phenomenon that...
Deep underground in New Zealand's North Island, a winding underground universe of limestone caves glow with a magical blue-green light. While it might seem like pure fantasy, these caves are very real....
View ArticleTaxing meat and dairy would cut emissions and save lives, according to Oxford...
Climate taxes on meat and milk would lead to huge and vital cuts in carbon emissions as well as saving half a million lives a year via healthier diets, according to the first global analysis of the...
View ArticleThese gorgeous 'Planet Earth II' videos are the best cure for election anxiety
If you turn on your TV or open up any particular news website right now, there's probably one thing dominating everything else: coverage of the 2016 election (unless you happen to be pursuing the haven...
View ArticleDonald Trump doesn't believe in climate change — here are 16 irrefutable...
President-elect Donald Trump does not believe that climate change is real, despite overwhelming scientific evidence that our planet is warming. As president, he wants to dismantle the Paris Agreement...
View ArticlePresident-elect Donald Trump doesn't believe in climate change. Here's his...
In a stunning upset, Americans elected Republican Donald Trump as the next president of the United States in the wee hours of the morning November 9.With control of the presidency, House, Senate, and...
View ArticleA Trump presidency means billions more tons of CO2 could be released into the...
Plenty of numbers differentiate President-elect Donald Trump from Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.There's 270, the number of electoral votes it took for Trump to be declared the winner of...
View ArticleIf you read it closely, Trump's new website practically promises to devastate...
President-elect Donald Trump has a brand-new website with a .gov address. It features images of grassland and wide-open skies, and — if you read between the lines — the solemn promise to devastate...
View ArticleLa Niña has officially arrived
After a recent incredibly strong El Niño episode, it looks like the tides — or at least the Pacific Ocean sea surface temperatures — have shifted.Conditions have aligned (in some cases barely, but...
View ArticleHere's what Trump means when he says 'drain the swamp' — even though it's not...
Build that wall. Lock her up. Rigged.At the bombastic and entertaining rallies now President-elect Donald Trump hosted throughout his campaign, the candidate yelled these refrains, and the crowd...
View ArticleThis eco-friendly lighter won’t blow out in the wind
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