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Why Does NASA’s Chief Climate Scientist Keep Getting Arrested?

3:00PM January 25, 2012 | Kristen Philipkoski

Jim Hansen has been head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies for 31 years. In this time, he’s been arrested twice. Why? How? More »


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Why Is Winter In The Northern Hemisphere So Warm And Dry This Year?

2:45PM January 13, 2012 | Kristen Philipkoski

I was running around Manhattan the night of December 22, and the temperature was 13C. Being a bratty Californian, I admit I was thrilled to not be shivering. But the responsible part of my brain also found it disconcerting. More »


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Diving Maldives May Force Refugees To Australia

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12:30PM January 8, 2012 | Logan Booker

A predicted sea level rise of 59cm that would swallow the Maldive atolls has spurred their president, Mohamed Nasheed, to consider a new home for his people… with Australia being a top choice. More »


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Mongolia’s Growing Mini-Glaciers To Battle Heat Island Effects

1:20AM November 17, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Despite being the coldest national capital in the world, Mongolia’s Ulan Bator is about to undertake a unique climatological experiment — employing artificial glaciers to cool and water the city during its warmer months. More »


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Climate Change Sceptics Eat Crow

11:40AM October 21, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

Global warming sceptics suspected climate change scientists were hiding data. So the sceptics paid for a new study to find the real truth. The results are in! And they’re identical to previous results: Humans are heating up the Earth. More »


Geek Out

Living On The Fringes Of The Modern World

5:40AM October 19, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

While most of us get cosier by the minute with the latest iGadgets, perfected work and play stations, and 1500 thread count sheets, nomads of many stripes are out in the world, roaming. More »


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Watch Bill Nye Try To Explain Irene And Climate Change

2:38AM August 31, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Check out our favourite science guy, Bill Nye, struggle to be tactful when all he wants to do is explain science to people. That’s why we love you, Bill. This Fox host loves you, too. Science, maybe less so. More »


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NASA Creates First Complete Map Of Antarctica’s Glacial Movements

9:40AM August 20, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

After sifting through billions of data points and years of painstaking reconstruction, three researchers have made a fundamental discovery about Antarctic glaciers that promises to impact major theories in both glaciology and climate change sciences. More »


News

Carbon Tax Will Cost An Extra $172 To Power Your Gadgets

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4:30PM July 11, 2011 | Danny Allen

I’m married and my wife works, too. We don’t have kids. We’ll miss out on most of Julia Gillard’s tax sweeteners for breeders and singles. According to the government’s new Household Assistance Estimator, the Carbon Tax will cost us roughly $905 per year; our offset will be just $306. Bloody hell. Try it yourself and see how you fare. Either way, we’ll all pay at least $3.30 per week more for electricity from July 1, 2012. More »


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World War 2 Bombing Runs Changed The Weather Over England

8:00AM July 11, 2011 | Jack Loftus

According to scientists, climate change is real. Humans have, are and will continue to affect this planet’s weather with their CO2 shenanigans. This includes WW2, where there was a demonstrable human-created invention that had a measurable impact on the weather. More »