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At least someone might benefit from global warming

March 7, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Forget about the polar bears and indigenous people who depend on the polar ice cap for fishing, shipping could really benefit from some warming up north. Two researchers at UCLA […]

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Hotter days ahead

January 14, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

According for the National Climate Assessment, we’re in big trouble. Their newest report is out, and we can expect temperatures across the country to rise two to four degrees over […]

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More proof that global warming is actually happening

December 12, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Politicians, lobbyists and the media’s talking heads can hurl all the “studies” they want at each other; when it comes to global climate change there’s only one group of people […]

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Greenhouse gases aren’t going anywhere

November 20, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Despite this article’s headline, there is actually some good news here. But first the bad. According to the World Meteorological Organization, greenhouse gas levels in 2011 were the highest ever recorded. While […]

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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

Global warming means the ozone hole is getting smaller

October 25, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

It sounds counterintuitive – one pollution-propelled problem reducing the effects of another – but it’s true. The ozone hole over Antarctica is the smallest it’s been in more than 20 […]

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This summer too hot for you? It could get worse

September 24, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

Our air conditioning may break down in the next few years. Not the mechanical one we can flip on with a switch, the one that works to keep the globe […]

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