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Scientists Stumble on a New Way to Tackle Carbon Emissions: Turn It Into Alcohol
A surprising new use for nanotechnology essentially reverses combustion
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Countries Agree to Cut Harmful Refrigerants: What You Need to Know
Over the weekend, nearly 200 nations agreed to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, a super greenhouse gas used in air conditioners and refrigerators
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Cod May Have Regional “Accents” That Could Spawn Trouble When Breeding
Recording fish communication could help scientists learn more about the impact of underwater noise pollution
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Here’s What Scientists Found in Hawaii’s Mysterious “Twilight Zone”
Deep coral reefs reveal their secrets in a study two decades in the making
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Whoops—Dams and Reservoirs Release Tons of Greenhouse Gases
New study shows reservoirs are actually a major source of carbon emissions
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France Waves “Au Revoir” to Plastic Tableware
If it doesn’t come from biological sources, the country’s new motto is “just say non”
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Visiting Melting Glaciers Can Be Profound. But Is It Morally Wrong?
How to weigh the moral costs of your climate change tour
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Record-Breaking Lightning Strikes Force Redefinition of the Thunderbolt
A 199.5-mile-long streak captured the title for world’s longest and a 7.74-second blast won world’s brightest
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Augmented Reality Art Imagines What Could Be Seattle’s Weird, Bleak Future
Artist envisions mutant flowers and drone-like seaweed that may one day take over a post-climate change Seattle
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Resupply Helps Trapped Arctic Scientists Scare Off Polar Bear “Siege”
With sea ice cover at record lows, polar bear conflict with humans becomes more common
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New xkcd Comic Masterfully Shows How Climate Has Changed Through Time
Scroll through 20,000 years of humorously illustrated climate data
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The Science Behind Hawaii’s Double Hurricane
Having two cyclones in the ocean is not rare, but when they get too close to each other things can get crazy
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Celebrating at Least 1,075 Years, This Pine Could Be Europe’s Oldest Tree
The Bosnian pine stands in a forest of ancient trees in the Pindus Mountains
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Does Climate Change Fuel Floods? It’s Complicated
Here’s why that question is hard to answer
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Birds Sing to Their Eggs, and This Song Might Help Their Babies Survive Climate Change
Embryonic learning—things birds pick up from their parents while still in the egg—may play a bigger role than imagined.
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Eerie Video Shows How Coral Bleaches
Time-lapse video captures the coral’s convulsions while it expels the algae that give it color
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These Microbe-Coated Seeds Could Help Us Thrive in a Dark, Dry Future
A Massachusetts-based startup is prepping for your basic apocalyptic scenario
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A Radioactive Cold War Military Base Will Soon Emerge From Greenland’s Melting Ice
They thought the frozen earth would keep it safely hidden. They were wrong
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An Insect Could Make Ash Baseball Bats a Thing of the Past
The invasive emerald ash borer is threatening the forests where Rawlings and Louisville Sluggers come from, putting the bats in jeopardy
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Journey to the Center of Earth
Defying Critics, Paleontologist Paul Olsen Looks for Hidden Answers Behind Mass Extinctions
From a childhood spent discovering fossils to tangling over questions of ancient life and death, this scientist constantly pushes the boundaries.
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