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    World’s Glaciers Melting at Record Rate

    World’s Glaciers Melting at Record Rate

    The world’s glaciers are melting fast—probably faster than at any time in recorded history, according to new research. Many glaciers in the European Alps could lose about 50 percent of their present surface area. Photo credit: TonnyB / Wikimedia Commons Measurements show several hundred glaciers are losing between half and one meter of thickness every […]

    Neil deGrasse Tyson: Politicians, Stop ‘Cherry-Picking Science’ for Political Gain

    Neil deGrasse Tyson: Politicians, Stop ‘Cherry-Picking Science’ for Political Gain

    Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson participated in a Q&A panel on Monday night with doctors, mathematicians and other scientists. The panelists took questions on topics including climate change, extraterrestrial life and artificial intelligence. Tyson said it’s “one of the great tragedies of modern society that we have politicians who are cherry-picking science in the interest of social, cultural, political or religious belief systems.” Neil […]

    Clean Power Plan Paves Way Toward a Carbon-Free Economy

    Clean Power Plan Paves Way Toward a Carbon-Free Economy

    The long-awaited final Clean Power Plan rule was released yesterday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. “Suddenly I had this weird feeling, like I couldn’t breathe” —@POTUS on running in L.A. in 1979 #CleanPowerPlan http://t.co/0mjv24on1Z — The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 3, 2015 The summary of the final rule, states that the EPA is establishing: carbon dioxide […]

    Heat Index in Iran Hits 164 Degrees: Among Hottest Urban Temperatures Ever Endured by Mankind

    Heat Index in Iran Hits 164 Degrees: Among Hottest Urban Temperatures Ever Endured by Mankind

    A heat wave passing over the Middle East sent temperature skyrocketing to extreme levels over the weekend. A graphic showing temperatures on Thursday. Photo credit: @RyanMaue/Twitter In the Iranian city of Bandar Mahshahr—a city of more than 100,000 people atop the Persian Gulf—the heat index, reached an astonishing 73C (164F) on Friday afternoon, according to the […]

    Frightening Interactive Wildfire Map Shows That the West Is on Fire

    Frightening Interactive Wildfire Map Shows That the West Is on Fire

    Climate Central, a dedicated team of scientists and journalists researching climate change, has put together an interactive map that shows in real time the active wildfires in the U.S. Each flame icon indicates an active wildfire. Climate Central explains: Hover over a given fire to see its name, and if you zoom in you’ll be […]

    Startling Footage of California Reservoirs Shows Devastating Impact of Epic Drought

    Startling Footage of California Reservoirs Shows Devastating Impact of Epic Drought

    If you’re wondering how much damage four years of an epic drought can wreck, look no further than the condition of California’s depleted reservoirs. In new footage of the Folsom, Oroville and Shasta reservoirs—captured by the California Department of Water Resources (CA-DWR) on July 20—it’s genuinely startling to see how little water remains. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJhRNWvEIis […]

    Halfway to Hell: Global Temperatures Hit Critical Point, Warn Scientists

    Halfway to Hell: Global Temperatures Hit Critical Point, Warn Scientists

    As 2015 shapes up to be the hottest year on record, scientists warn the world could be halfway towards surpassing countries’ self-set red line of 2C temperature rise. Now with an El Nino underway and predicted to intensify, it looks as if the global average surface temperature could jump by around 0.1C in just one […]

    What You Need to Know About Ticks

    What You Need to Know About Ticks

    A few weeks ago, on a pleasantly cool day, this reporter and his dog, an Alaskan malamute named Bear, headed for a small set of trails in an area of woods not far from the New York-New Jersey border. With bicyclists plying their way on the shoulder of a nearby highway and the Hudson River […]