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Storm chaser: Hurricane Irma’s winds feel stronger than Harvey’s
Via: vernon-wythe
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Environment/Climate
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7 years ago
Storm chasers Juston Drake and Simon Brewer are out in some of the most extreme winds of Hurricane Irma. Drake says it is “by far the strongest winds” they’ve experienced — more powerful than what...
Melting permafrost in the Arctic is unlocking diseases and warping the landscape
Via: hal-a-lujah
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Environment/Climate
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53 Comments
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7 years ago
Source Last August, an outbreak of anthrax in Siberia sickened 72 people and took the life of a 12-year-old boy. Health officials pinpointed the outbreak to an unusual source. Abnormally...
Coffee under threat Will it taste worse as the planet warms?
Via: randy
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Environment/Climate
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7 years ago
Coffee drinkers could face poorer-tasting, higher-priced brews, as a warming climate causes the amount of land suitable for coffee production to shrink, say scientists from London’s Kew Gardens....
Millions Of Pieces Of Plastic Are Piling Up On An Otherwise Pristine Pacific Island
Via: community
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Environment/Climate
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8 Comments
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7 years ago
Millions Of Pieces Of Plastic Are Piling Up On An Otherwise Pristine Pacific Island By Camila Domonoske, NPR, May 15, 2017 Henderson Island, in the South Pacific, is thousands of miles from any...
There are diseases hidden in the ice, and they are waking up.
Via: randy
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Environment/Climate
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7 years ago
By Jasmin Fox-Skelly 4 May 2017 Throughout history, humans have existed side-by-side with bacteria and viruses. From the bubonic plague to smallpox, we have evolved to resist them, and...
A river of rubbish: the ugly secret threatening China's most beautiful city
Via: randy
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Environment/Climate
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7 years ago
An ‘international tourism destination of peerless beauty’ say the slogans hanging in the streets of Guilin, but one of the scenic city’s rivers has recently been home to sewage and garbage. In a...
The Largest Inland Oil spill in U.S. History Happened Today in Minnesota
Via: kavika
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Environment/Climate
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7 years ago
The Largest Inland Oil Spill in U.S. History Happened Today in Minnesota In 1991, more than 1.7 million gallons of oil spilled after a pipeline ruptured near Grand Rapids — much of the oil...
How Opponents Sank A GOP Bill To Sell Off Federal Land — And What They Learned
Via: kavika
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Environment/Climate
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7 years ago
How Opponents Sank A GOP Bill To Sell Off Federal Land — And What They Learned Rep. Jason Chaffetz just “kicked a hornet’s nest,” one conservationist said. By Chris D’Angelo...
California 'bombogenesis', biggest storm in years, kills two
Via: randy
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Environment/Climate
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7 years ago
One of California's strongest storms in years - dubbed a "bombogenesis" or "weather bomb" - has hit the state, killing two, and bringing torrential rain and flash floods. More than...
Canada Protects 85% of the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia
Via: kavika
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Environment/Climate
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17 Comments
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7 years ago
Nick Visser Reporter, The Huffington Post Barcroft via Getty Images The spirit bear, a rare subspecies of black bear that is not albino, is found almost exclusively in the...
Yakutsk: Journey to the coldest city on earth
Via: kavika
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Environment/Climate
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7 years ago
At minus 5C, the cold is quite refreshing and a light hat and scarf are all that's required to keep warm. At minus 20C, the moisture in your nostrils freezes, and the cold air starts making it...
Massive 2013 Oil Spill in North Dakota Still Not Cleaned Up
Via: krav-maga
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Environment/Climate
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19 Comments
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8 years ago
Three years and three months later, a massive oil spill in North Dakota still isn't fully cleaned up. The company responsible hasn't even set a date for completion. Though crews have been...
Feds halt Twin Metals plan for Minn. copper mine near Boundary Waters
Via: community
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Environment/Climate
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8 years ago
Two federal agencies have denied the renewal of mineral leases near Ely and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, dealing a major blow to the efforts of Twin Metals Minnesota to open an...
Bernie burns House Science Committee after devastating Breitbart tweet
Via: community
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Environment/Climate
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8 years ago
The House of Representatives' Committee on Science, Space and Technology sent a tweet on Thursday linking to an article on the conservative media outlet Breitbart , saying that Earth's...
Federal government moves to halt oil pipeline construction near Standing Rock Sioux tribal land
Via: pj
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Environment/Climate
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5 Comments
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8 years ago
Federal government moves to halt oil pipeline construction near Standing Rock Sioux tribal land By Joe Heim and Mark Berman September 9 at 7:15 PM Federal Judge ruled...
The Top 5 Climate Change Myths Debunked
Via: xxjefferson51
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Environment/Climate
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8 years ago
If there’s one point of contention between the left and the right, it’s on the subject of climate change. The environmentalists on the left have been screaming from the not-so-much melting polar...
Dayton issues 'bee-friendly' rules on insecticide use
Via: community
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Environment/Climate
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8 years ago
Gov. Mark Dayton issued broad new guidelines Friday designed to restrict the use of a controversial pesticide that has been implicated in the decline of honeybees and other pollinators. Standing...