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One year in a forest

February 28, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Getting tired of observing the bleak Chicago winter landscape? Filmmaker Samuel Orr has you covered with a short film of the world coming to life then fading back into cold […]

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Nature, Uncategorized, Weather

Crowd-sourcing snowfall

February 15, 2013by Lindsey Reiser 2 Comments

People pretty much tweet, Instagram and Facebook their entire lives these days, so it’s not shocking that they should report snowfall that way too. A team at the University of […]

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Science News, Technology, Weather

How we’re ruining the weather in Cincinnati

February 13, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

We all know how big cities tend to have their own mini-climate. Heat generated by heaps of machinery, asphalt and millions of bodies in one place tends to make cities […]

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Our Environment, Science News, Weather

More problems for the panda

November 12, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Polar bears aren’t the only bears losing their habitat due to global warming. A new study in the journal Nature Climate Change points to a big bump in the road […]

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Animals, Science News, Weather

Freak factors made Sandy a Frankenstorm

October 30, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Hurricanes are nasty customers any way you spin it. But as we’ve seen in the past with storms like Katrina, some are much more devastating than others. But it’s more […]

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Nature, Science News, Weather

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