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Why Is There A Hurricane In January?
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Why Is There A Hurricane In January?

By Mary Beth Griggs

All The Big Sci-Tech Topics In President Obama’s Final State Of The Union
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All The Big Sci-Tech Topics In President Obama’s Final State Of The Union

By Carl Franzen

Beads galore
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What Are Microbeads And Why Are They Illegal?

By Sophie Bushwick

Fog in San Fransisco
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Mercury Found In Fog Off California Coast

By Mary Beth Griggs

Deadly Heat Stress Could Affect Hundreds Of Millions Of People By 2060
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Deadly Heat Stress Could Affect Hundreds Of Millions Of People By 2060

By Mary Beth Griggs

Greenpeace
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Greenpeace Investigation Finds Researchers Who’ll Defend Fossil Fuels For Cash

By Mary Beth Griggs

‘Medieval Warm Period’ May Not Have Been So Warm After All
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‘Medieval Warm Period’ May Not Have Been So Warm After All

By Grennan Milliken

In The Past 20 Years, Over 600,000 People Have Died In Weather-Related Disasters
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In The Past 20 Years, Over 600,000 People Have Died In Weather-Related Disasters

By Mary Beth Griggs

Could This Simple Tube Save The World?
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Could This Simple Tube Save The World?

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The Ozone Hole Is Now Larger Than North America
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The Ozone Hole Is Now Larger Than North America

By Mary Beth Griggs

Why The Obama Administration Rejected The Keystone XL Pipeline
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Why The Obama Administration Rejected The Keystone XL Pipeline

By Mary Beth Griggs

Which Weather Disasters Of 2014 Were Influenced By Climate Change?
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Which Weather Disasters Of 2014 Were Influenced By Climate Change?

By Mary Beth Griggs

Volkswagen’s Scandalous Emissions Will Prematurely Kill 60 Americans
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Volkswagen’s Scandalous Emissions Will Prematurely Kill 60 Americans

By Alexandra Ossola

Pilgrims on the plain of Arafat
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Killer Heat Waves Could Consume The Persian Gulf By 2100

By Mary Beth Griggs

You Probably Have Carbon Nanotubes In Your Lungs
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You Probably Have Carbon Nanotubes In Your Lungs

By Alexandra Ossola

airplanes over the mojave
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What happens when the space industry collides with a tiny town?

By Sarah Scoles

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Your Seafood Might Contain Tiny Plastic Particles

By Steph Yin

Using Nanoparticles And Mussel Glue To Clean Up Oil Spills
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Using Nanoparticles And Mussel Glue To Clean Up Oil Spills

By Levi Sharpe

Melting Ice Could Wake Up Ancient Frozen Viruses
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Melting Ice Could Wake Up Ancient Frozen Viruses

By Mary Beth Griggs

This Gel Glows When It Detects Pollutants
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This Gel Glows When It Detects Pollutants

By Alexandra Ossola

Used Coffee Grounds Can Store Methane
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Used Coffee Grounds Can Store Methane

By Mary Beth Griggs

Does Using The AC Make It Hotter Outside?
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Does Using The AC Make It Hotter Outside?

By Daniel Engber

Flooded Streets
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NASA: Sea Level Rise Is Going To Get Much Worse

By Mary Beth Griggs

Carbon Nanofibers
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Scientists Pull Carbon Nanofibers Out Of Thin Air

By Mary Beth Griggs

Climate Change Will Get Its Own Museum In New York City
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Climate Change Will Get Its Own Museum In New York City

By Mary Beth Griggs

Pope Francis’ Climate Change Epiphany
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Pope Francis’ Climate Change Epiphany

By Lois Parshley

The Sounds Of Living Coral Reefs Are Breathtaking And Important
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The Sounds Of Living Coral Reefs Are Breathtaking And Important

By Mary Beth Griggs

Digital Map Of Seafloor Could Help Scientists Predict Climate Change Impacts
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Digital Map Of Seafloor Could Help Scientists Predict Climate Change Impacts

By Levi Sharpe

Pollution-Eating Tower Would Turn Smog Into Rings And Cufflinks
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Pollution-Eating Tower Would Turn Smog Into Rings And Cufflinks

By Rebecca Harrington

Nano-Sized Synthetic Coral Could Suck Up Ocean’s Pollutants
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Nano-Sized Synthetic Coral Could Suck Up Ocean’s Pollutants

By Levi Sharpe

Smokestacks
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Mercury Scrubbers On Power Plants Clean Up Other Pollutants, Too

By Mary Beth Griggs

A Two-Million-Dollar Race To Track The Changing Oceans
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A Two-Million-Dollar Race To Track The Changing Oceans

By Christie Wilcox

California’s Running Dry And Nobody Knows Why
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California’s Running Dry And Nobody Knows Why

By Jeneen interlandi

We’re Entering A Sixth Mass Extinction, And It’s Our Fault
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We’re Entering A Sixth Mass Extinction, And It’s Our Fault

By Grennan Milliken

Zehnder Comfotube ventilation pipes in a house
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SURE CONSTRUCTION: 07 MECHANICAL SYSTEM INSTALLATION

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Dry Ground
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NASA Satellites Show How Bad Earth’s Water Supply Is Getting

By Mary Beth Griggs

SURE HOUSE under construction
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SURE Construction: 06 Insulating

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How Filthy Is Your Neighborhood? This Map Can Tell You
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How Filthy Is Your Neighborhood? This Map Can Tell You

By Mary Beth Griggs

An ‘Army’ Of Seals Gathers Data In Antarctica
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An ‘Army’ Of Seals Gathers Data In Antarctica

By Mary Beth Griggs

President Obama Talks Climate Change and Basketball During Twitter Q&A
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President Obama Talks Climate Change and Basketball During Twitter Q&A

By Mary Beth Griggs

Five Trillion Pieces Of Plastic Are Floating In An Ocean Near You [Interactive]
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Five Trillion Pieces Of Plastic Are Floating In An Ocean Near You [Interactive]

By Christie Wilcox

Insulating + Flood Loading
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SURE Construction: 03 Wall Framing

By SURE HOUSE

Gravity Data Confirms: Antarctica Is Melting Faster Than Ever Before
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Gravity Data Confirms: Antarctica Is Melting Faster Than Ever Before

By Mary Beth Griggs

Climate Change Could Wipe Out One Sixth Of Earth’s Species
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Climate Change Could Wipe Out One Sixth Of Earth’s Species

By Rachel Fobar

Whitening The Arctic Ocean Won’t Save The Planet
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Whitening The Arctic Ocean Won’t Save The Planet

By Mary Beth Griggs

Is It Possible For New York City To Have Zero Waste?
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Is It Possible For New York City To Have Zero Waste?

By Mary Beth Griggs

A Birder’s Guide To The Future [Infographic]
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A Birder’s Guide To The Future [Infographic]

By Breanna Draxler

Hybrid Hot Water for a Hurricane House
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Hybrid Hot Water for a Hurricane House

By SURE HOUSE

A Wearable Pollution Monitor
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A Wearable Pollution Monitor

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Ocean Acidification Caused The Largest Mass Extinction Ever
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Ocean Acidification Caused The Largest Mass Extinction Ever

By Mary Beth Griggs

Building Information Modeling: How the construction industry is getting ‘smart’
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Building Information Modeling: How the construction industry is getting ‘smart’

By SURE HOUSE

Storm Resistant Construction
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Storm Resistant Construction

By SURE HOUSE

China’s Endangered ‘Magic Rabbit’ Photographed For The First Time In 20 Years
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China’s Endangered ‘Magic Rabbit’ Photographed For The First Time In 20 Years

By Sarah Fecht

Warming Climate Could Change How Food Tastes
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Warming Climate Could Change How Food Tastes

By Mary Beth Griggs

Kublai Khan And The Mongols Were Terrible Polluters
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Kublai Khan And The Mongols Were Terrible Polluters

By Mary Beth Griggs

Banning Phrases Like ‘Climate Change’ And ‘Global Warming’ Might Actually Help Florida Take Action
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Banning Phrases Like ‘Climate Change’ And ‘Global Warming’ Might Actually Help Florida Take Action

By Alexandra Ossola

4 Acidic Ocean ‘Hot Zones’ That Threaten Oyster And Clam Populations
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4 Acidic Ocean ‘Hot Zones’ That Threaten Oyster And Clam Populations

By Mary Beth Griggs

Warm Weather In Asia May Have Spurred Black Death Outbreaks In Europe
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Warm Weather In Asia May Have Spurred Black Death Outbreaks In Europe

By Mary Beth Griggs

Worst Drought In 1,000 Years Forecasted For The U.S.
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Worst Drought In 1,000 Years Forecasted For The U.S.

By Mary Beth Griggs

Researchers Find Just How Much Plastic We’re Putting Into The Ocean
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Researchers Find Just How Much Plastic We’re Putting Into The Ocean

By Loren Grush

Shore Architecture
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Shore Architecture

By SURE HOUSE

Shining Light onto the Field of Photonics
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Shining Light onto the Field of Photonics

By SURE HOUSE

Australia Is Heating Up Faster Than The Rest Of The World
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Australia Is Heating Up Faster Than The Rest Of The World

By Lydia Ramsey

11 Ways Science and Technology Are Waging War on Winter
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11 Ways Science and Technology Are Waging War on Winter

By Dan Nosowitz