News emerged last week that Volkswagen used a software trick to circumvent emissions testing, putting 1000s of high-polluting diesel cars onto U.S. roads.
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There are over 200 ocean dead zones in US waters alone. What causes them? Is one near you? Climate change is likely to make existing ocean dead zones…deader, according to a new study by the Smithsonian. Warmer water holds less oxygen, and the researchers found that 94 percent of the world’s dead zones are in areas expected to see a temperature […]
A new study shows where clouds come from—and what that means for climate research.
As the climate warms, bumblebee species are being crushed as the ‘climate vice’ compresses their geographical ranges.
Glaciologists drill deep into Antarctica and find that the ice is in a kind of panini press of heat from above and below.
Greenpeace’s “kayaktivists” finally draw the government’s attention to Arctic drilling.
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Energy Vampires Drink 1/4 of Your Juice
Everything is still, except for one thing: the electricity meter.
…when exactly?