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Britain Just Went A Week Without Coal For The First Time In 137 Years

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Britain Just Went A Week Without Coal For The First Time In 137 Years

Brian Kahn

Most National Parks Have ‘Significant Air Pollution Problems,’ New Report Finds

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Most National Parks Have ‘Significant Air Pollution Problems,’ New Report Finds

Yessenia Funes

Surprise! New Poll Shows Americans Lead The Developed World In Climate Change Denial

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Surprise! New Poll Shows Americans Lead The Developed World In Climate Change Denial

Yessenia Funes on Earther, shared by Maddie Stone to Gizmodo

U.S. Refuses To Recognise Threat Of Arctic Climate Change As Trump Official Cheers Melting Sea Ice

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U.S. Refuses To Recognise Threat Of Arctic Climate Change As Trump Official Cheers Melting Sea Ice

Brian Kahn

Scientists Say They Have Cooked Up An Endlessly Recyclable Plastic

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Scientists Say They Have Cooked Up An Endlessly Recyclable Plastic

Yessenia Funes

Simple Design Changes Could Make YouTube Better For The Planet, Researchers Say

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Simple Design Changes Could Make YouTube Better For The Planet, Researchers Say

Yessenia Funes

Scientist Dream Of A Future Where Your AC Unit Sucks Carbon Out Of The Sky

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Scientist Dream Of A Future Where Your AC Unit Sucks Carbon Out Of The Sky

Yessenia Funes

As World Burns, Clean Energy Growth Stalls For First Time In Nearly Two Decades

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As World Burns, Clean Energy Growth Stalls For First Time In Nearly Two Decades

Brian Kahn

Everything Is Fucked, Major New Extinction Report Finds

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Everything Is Fucked, Major New Extinction Report Finds

Brian Kahn

The U.S. Just Passed Its First Climate Change Bill In A Decade, And That’s Not Even The Sad Part

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The U.S. Just Passed Its First Climate Change Bill In A Decade, And That’s Not Even The Sad Part

Yessenia Funes

The Last Of The Arctic’s Old Sea Ice Is On The Verge Of Vanishing

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The Last Of The Arctic’s Old Sea Ice Is On The Verge Of Vanishing

Brian Kahn

New Board Game Challenges Players To Design A Perfect Planet

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3 years ago

New Board Game Challenges Players To Design A Perfect Planet

Yessenia Funes

Hurricane Maria Left Thousands Of Puerto Rican Children Experiencing Symptoms Of PTSD, Survey Finds

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Hurricane Maria Left Thousands Of Puerto Rican Children Experiencing Symptoms Of PTSD, Survey Finds

Yessenia Funes

How Students Convinced Beto O’Rourke To Stop Taking Fossil Fuel Money

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3 years ago

How Students Convinced Beto O’Rourke To Stop Taking Fossil Fuel Money

Brian Kahn

Powerful Cyclone Bears Down On India, Forcing Millions To Evacuate

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Powerful Cyclone Bears Down On India, Forcing Millions To Evacuate

Brian Kahn

‘Incredible’ Drone Footage Shows A Tornado Tearing Across Oklahoma

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‘Incredible’ Drone Footage Shows A Tornado Tearing Across Oklahoma

Yessenia Funes

Africa’s Largest Lake Needs Hippo Poop To Flourish

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Africa’s Largest Lake Needs Hippo Poop To Flourish

Brian Kahn

The World’s Largest Animal Has A Secret Lingo – Here’s What It Sounds Like

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The World’s Largest Animal Has A Secret Lingo – Here’s What It Sounds Like

Maddie Stone

Fast Food Companies Are Getting Into Fake Meat, And The Results Are Actually Pretty Good

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3 years ago

Fast Food Companies Are Getting Into Fake Meat, And The Results Are Actually Pretty Good

Brian Kahn

LA’s New Climate Change Plan Will Radically Overhaul The City’s Car Culture

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3 years ago

LA’s New Climate Change Plan Will Radically Overhaul The City’s Car Culture

Brian Kahn on Earther, shared by Maddie Stone to Gizmodo

World’s Oldest Rainforest Is Being Cooked To Death By Climate Change, Authorities Warn

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3 years ago

World’s Oldest Rainforest Is Being Cooked To Death By Climate Change, Authorities Warn

Maddie Stone

Downtown Davenport, Iowa Floods After Temporary Levees Fail

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Downtown Davenport, Iowa Floods After Temporary Levees Fail

Tom McKay

Indonesia Is Moving Its Capital City As The Current One Sinks Into The Sea

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3 years ago

Indonesia Is Moving Its Capital City As The Current One Sinks Into The Sea

Yessenia Funes

Beto O’Rourke’s First Policy Proposal Is A $5 Trillion Plan To Tackle Climate Change

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Beto O’Rourke’s First Policy Proposal Is A $5 Trillion Plan To Tackle Climate Change

Brian Kahn

‘Biodegradable’ Bags Can Still Carry Groceries After Three Years In The Ground, Study Finds

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‘Biodegradable’ Bags Can Still Carry Groceries After Three Years In The Ground, Study Finds

Yessenia Funes

This Electronic Group Made An Album Entirely With Plastic And It’s Not Total Garbage

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This Electronic Group Made An Album Entirely With Plastic And It’s Not Total Garbage

Brian Kahn

Is ‘Sustainable’ Seafood Actually Good For The Planet?

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3 years ago

Is ‘Sustainable’ Seafood Actually Good For The Planet?

Yessenia Funes

Science & Health

3 years ago

Meet The Botanists Who Climb The World’s Tallest Trees

Greg Norman

Turns Out, Meal Kits Might Not Suck For The Planet

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3 years ago

Turns Out, Meal Kits Might Not Suck For The Planet

Maddie Stone

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3 years ago

The Dirty Truth About Green Batteries

Maddie Stone

Scientists Think They Have Solved The Mystery Of A Giant Hole In Antarctica’s Sea Ice

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3 years ago

Scientists Think They Have Solved The Mystery Of A Giant Hole In Antarctica’s Sea Ice

Maddie Stone

Cyclone Kenneth Poses A Humanitarian Nightmare As It Slams Into Mozambique

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Cyclone Kenneth Poses A Humanitarian Nightmare As It Slams Into Mozambique

Brian Kahn

Five Years After The Lead Crisis Began, Flint Residents Still Can’t Trust Their Tap Water

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Five Years After The Lead Crisis Began, Flint Residents Still Can’t Trust Their Tap Water

Yessenia Funes

Vietnam Just Had Its Hottest Day Ever Recorded, And The Season’s Still Heating Up

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3 years ago

Vietnam Just Had Its Hottest Day Ever Recorded, And The Season’s Still Heating Up

Brian Kahn

Scientists Create Giant Atlas Of World’s Most Remote Reefs

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Scientists Create Giant Atlas Of World’s Most Remote Reefs

Yessenia Funes

New NASA Mission Will Measure The Mysterious Glow Of Earth’s Plants

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New NASA Mission Will Measure The Mysterious Glow Of Earth’s Plants

Maddie Stone

Science & Health

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These Governments Want To Fight Air Pollution By Controlling The Weather

Yessenia Funes

Still Reeling From Idai, Mozambique Faces Another Powerful Cyclone This Week

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3 years ago

Still Reeling From Idai, Mozambique Faces Another Powerful Cyclone This Week

Brian Kahn

Americans’ Top Environmental Concern May Surprise You

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Americans’ Top Environmental Concern May Surprise You

Brian Kahn

Atlantic Shipwreck Graveyard May Be Key Habitat For Imperiled Sharks

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3 years ago

Atlantic Shipwreck Graveyard May Be Key Habitat For Imperiled Sharks

George Dvorsky

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Striking Photos Capture The Unnatural Transformation Of The Amazon Rainforest

Brian Kahn

New Zealand’s Fat Endangered Parrots Are Finally Boning

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3 years ago

New Zealand’s Fat Endangered Parrots Are Finally Boning

Brian Kahn

A Fight Is Brewing Over New York City’s Big New Pipeline Project

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3 years ago

A Fight Is Brewing Over New York City’s Big New Pipeline Project

Yessenia Funes

Microsoft Pats Itself On Back For Some Pretty Weak Climate Pledges

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3 years ago

Microsoft Pats Itself On Back For Some Pretty Weak Climate Pledges

Brian Kahn

The Struggle Is Real For America’s First Climate Change Candidate

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3 years ago

The Struggle Is Real For America’s First Climate Change Candidate

Brian Kahn

Activists Deliver Giant Trash Monsters To Nestlé Headquarters To Protest Plastic Pollution

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Activists Deliver Giant Trash Monsters To Nestlé Headquarters To Protest Plastic Pollution

Maddie Stone

There’s Microplastic Blowing In The Wind, Study Suggests

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There’s Microplastic Blowing In The Wind, Study Suggests

Yessenia Funes

In Live Address Delivered 400 Feet Underwater, Seychelles President Calls On Humanity To Protect The Oceans

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In Live Address Delivered 400 Feet Underwater, Seychelles President Calls On Humanity To Protect The Oceans

Yessenia Funes

Extinction Rebellion Protesters Kick Off A Week Of Global Climate Action By Shutting Down London

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Extinction Rebellion Protesters Kick Off A Week Of Global Climate Action By Shutting Down London

Brian Kahn

Minnesota Got Hit With Some Dirty-Arse Snow This Week

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Minnesota Got Hit With Some Dirty-Arse Snow This Week

Yessenia Funes

Washington State Commits To Running Entirely On Clean Energy By 2045

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Washington State Commits To Running Entirely On Clean Energy By 2045

Brian Kahn

Annual Competition To Guess When Alaskan River Will Thaw Ends On Earliest Date Since 1917

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Annual Competition To Guess When Alaskan River Will Thaw Ends On Earliest Date Since 1917

Tom McKay

American Museum Of Natural History Event Honouring Brazil’s Rainforest-Hating President Sparks Uproar

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3 years ago

American Museum Of Natural History Event Honouring Brazil’s Rainforest-Hating President Sparks Uproar

Brian Kahn

Minnesota Introduces Bold New Climate Change Bill Crafted By Teens

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Minnesota Introduces Bold New Climate Change Bill Crafted By Teens

Brian Kahn

New Climate Analysis Shows How Badly Boomers Screwed Their Grandchildren

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3 years ago

New Climate Analysis Shows How Badly Boomers Screwed Their Grandchildren

Brian Kahn

Scientists Are Gearing Up To Drill Some Of The Oldest Ice On The Planet

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3 years ago

Scientists Are Gearing Up To Drill Some Of The Oldest Ice On The Planet

Robin George Andrews

These ‘Astroecologists’ Are Using Star-Spotting Tech To Count Endangered Animals

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These ‘Astroecologists’ Are Using Star-Spotting Tech To Count Endangered Animals

Yessenia Funes

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3 years ago

The Race To Save The Most Endangered Conifer In America

Brian Kahn

Scientists Dream Of A Future Where Flying Cars Fight Climate Change

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Scientists Dream Of A Future Where Flying Cars Fight Climate Change

Yessenia Funes

How A Sea Ice Meltdown Is Disrupting Life In Coastal Alaska

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How A Sea Ice Meltdown Is Disrupting Life In Coastal Alaska

Ian Graber-Stiehl

Singapore Officials Set Horrifying Record, Busting 14-Ton Shipment Of Smuggled Pangolin Scales

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Singapore Officials Set Horrifying Record, Busting 14-Ton Shipment Of Smuggled Pangolin Scales

Tom McKay

Yankees Suck Slightly Less After Joining The Paris Climate Agreement

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Yankees Suck Slightly Less After Joining The Paris Climate Agreement

Yessenia Funes

Netflix’s Our Planet Delivers Thrills, But Something’s Missing

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3 years ago

Netflix’s Our Planet Delivers Thrills, But Something’s Missing

Brian Kahn

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3 years ago

Meet The Man Keeping The Last Two Northern White Rhinos On Earth Alive

Greg Norman

Rhino Poacher In South Africa Reportedly Killed By Elephant, Then Eaten By Lions

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Rhino Poacher In South Africa Reportedly Killed By Elephant, Then Eaten By Lions

Tom McKay

Meet The Poop-Sniffing Dog Helping Map A Giant Wildlife Sanctuary

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3 years ago

Meet The Poop-Sniffing Dog Helping Map A Giant Wildlife Sanctuary

Yessenia Funes

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3 years ago

Watch Five Cheetahs Take Down A Wildebeest In A Heart-Pounding Exclusive Clip From Our Planet

Brian Kahn

Second Houston Chemical Plant Fire Spews Thousands Of Pounds Of Toxic Pollutants Into The Air

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3 years ago

Second Houston Chemical Plant Fire Spews Thousands Of Pounds Of Toxic Pollutants Into The Air

Yessenia Funes

Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Plan To Restart The Keystone XL Pipeline May Be Illegal

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Trump’s ‘Unprecedented’ Plan To Restart The Keystone XL Pipeline May Be Illegal

Yessenia Funes

Dick-Shaped, Wood-Munching Clams Are More Diverse Than We Thought, Study Finds

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3 years ago

Dick-Shaped, Wood-Munching Clams Are More Diverse Than We Thought, Study Finds

Jake Buehler

Tesla Pays Out $121,500 In Settlement Over Hazardous Waste And Air Pollution

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Tesla Pays Out $121,500 In Settlement Over Hazardous Waste And Air Pollution

Tom McKay

New York’s Plan To Make Manhattan Drivers Pay Extra Is A Big Deal For People And The Planet

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3 years ago

New York’s Plan To Make Manhattan Drivers Pay Extra Is A Big Deal For People And The Planet

Brian Kahn

How Historic Flooding In The Midwest Could Fuel The Gulf Of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’

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3 years ago

How Historic Flooding In The Midwest Could Fuel The Gulf Of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’

Brian Kahn

Judge Rules Trump Plans To Open Up Swathes Of Arctic, Atlantic Oceans For Drilling Illegal

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3 years ago

Judge Rules Trump Plans To Open Up Swathes Of Arctic, Atlantic Oceans For Drilling Illegal

Tom McKay on Earther, shared by Tom McKay to Gizmodo

Seven Midwestern Superfund Sites Have Dealt With Flooding Since The Bomb Cyclone, But EPA Says Everything’s Fine

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3 years ago

Seven Midwestern Superfund Sites Have Dealt With Flooding Since The Bomb Cyclone, But EPA Says Everything’s Fine

Yessenia Funes

UK Labour Party Declares National Climate Emergency In Likely Political First

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3 years ago

UK Labour Party Declares National Climate Emergency In Likely Political First

Brian Kahn

Alarming Study Concludes Frogs Are Undergoing A ‘Catastrophic’ Global Die Off

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3 years ago

Alarming Study Concludes Frogs Are Undergoing A ‘Catastrophic’ Global Die Off

Brian Kahn

Greenland’s Most Imperiled Glacier Has Stopped Retreating — For Now

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3 years ago

Greenland’s Most Imperiled Glacier Has Stopped Retreating — For Now

Maddie Stone

Monsanto Loses Roundup Cancer Trial To The Tune Of $113 Million

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3 years ago

Monsanto Loses Roundup Cancer Trial To The Tune Of $113 Million

Tom McKay on Earther, shared by Tom McKay to Gizmodo

How Technology And Climate Change Are Transforming America’s Wildest Dog Sled Race

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3 years ago

How Technology And Climate Change Are Transforming America’s Wildest Dog Sled Race

Ian Graber-Stiehl

Southern African Countries Face Disease Outbreaks, Mental Health Crisis In Wake Of Cyclone Idai

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3 years ago

Southern African Countries Face Disease Outbreaks, Mental Health Crisis In Wake Of Cyclone Idai

Yessenia Funes

Two Powerful Tropical Cyclones Are Set To Strike Australian Coasts Simultaneously In First Since 2015

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3 years ago

Two Powerful Tropical Cyclones Are Set To Strike Australian Coasts Simultaneously In First Since 2015

Catie Keck on Earther, shared by Catie Keck to Gizmodo

Bug Scientists Squash ‘Insect Apocalypse’ Paper

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3 years ago

Bug Scientists Squash ‘Insect Apocalypse’ Paper

Maddie Stone on Earther, shared by Cheryl Eddy to io9

New Climate Change Visualisation Presents Two Stark Choices For Our Future

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3 years ago

New Climate Change Visualisation Presents Two Stark Choices For Our Future

Brian Kahn

LA’s Mountain Lions May Face Extinction — But There’s A Way To Save Them

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3 years ago

LA’s Mountain Lions May Face Extinction — But There’s A Way To Save Them

Yessenia Funes on Earther, shared by Andrew Couts to Gizmodo

Exploding Whales, Poisoned Porpoises: The Gruesome World Of Cetacean Autopsies

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3 years ago

Exploding Whales, Poisoned Porpoises: The Gruesome World Of Cetacean Autopsies

Greg Norman

Cyclone Idai Poised To Become Southern Hemisphere’s Deadliest Tropical Storm, With More Than 1,000 Feared Dead

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3 years ago

Cyclone Idai Poised To Become Southern Hemisphere’s Deadliest Tropical Storm, With More Than 1,000 Feared Dead

Yessenia Funes

The U.S. Wants To Keep The UN In The Dark About Geoengineering Efforts

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3 years ago

The U.S. Wants To Keep The UN In The Dark About Geoengineering Efforts

Brian Kahn

Dramatic Satellite Photos Show Historic Flooding Across Central U.S. In Wake Of Bomb Cyclone

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3 years ago

Dramatic Satellite Photos Show Historic Flooding Across Central U.S. In Wake Of Bomb Cyclone

Brian Kahn

New Mexico Passes Landmark Clean Energy Bill, But Some Tribal Groups Feel Left Out

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New Mexico Passes Landmark Clean Energy Bill, But Some Tribal Groups Feel Left Out

Yessenia Funes

Online

3 years ago

Here’s What New York’s Climate Strike Looked Like

Brian Kahn

The Climate Strike Movement Has Officially Gone Global

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3 years ago

The Climate Strike Movement Has Officially Gone Global

Brian Kahn

These Scientists Ground An iPhone To Dust To Figure Out What’s Inside

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3 years ago

These Scientists Ground An iPhone To Dust To Figure Out What’s Inside

Maddie Stone

The Arctic Is On Track To Warm Over 15 Degrees This Century Even If We Meet The Paris Agreement Pledges

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3 years ago

The Arctic Is On Track To Warm Over 15 Degrees This Century Even If We Meet The Paris Agreement Pledges

Brian Kahn on Earther, shared by Andrew Couts to Gizmodo

‘Why Go To School When The World Is Burning?’ We Asked Students Why They’re Striking For Climate Change

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3 years ago

‘Why Go To School When The World Is Burning?’ We Asked Students Why They’re Striking For Climate Change

Brian Kahn

Scientists Want To Use Honey From Beehives To Monitor Pollution

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3 years ago

Scientists Want To Use Honey From Beehives To Monitor Pollution

Yessenia Funes

Historic Bomb Cyclone Hits Hard, With Extreme Snow, Rain, And Wind Reported Across Central U.S.

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3 years ago

Historic Bomb Cyclone Hits Hard, With Extreme Snow, Rain, And Wind Reported Across Central U.S.

Tom McKay on Earther, shared by Tom McKay to Gizmodo

You Can Eat A Burger And Still Fight For The Planet

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3 years ago

You Can Eat A Burger And Still Fight For The Planet

Yessenia Funes

The Central U.S. Is About To Get Hit With A Bomb Cyclone

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3 years ago

The Central U.S. Is About To Get Hit With A Bomb Cyclone

Brian Kahn

Scientists: Maybe If We Only Dim The Sun A Little It Won’t Backfire Horribly

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3 years ago

Scientists: Maybe If We Only Dim The Sun A Little It Won’t Backfire Horribly

Brian Kahn

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