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3-D Maps Pictured Sandy’s Devastation–Five Years Ago
Five years ago, a report called “Nation Under Siege” illustrated the vulnerability of 31 U.S. coastal cities to flooding....
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Will Hurricane Sandy Be Our Wake-Up Call?
We’ve had two once-in-a-century storms within a decade. Hurricane Sandy seems likely to become the second-costliest storm in U.S....
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Experts Warn of Superstorm Era to Come
Superstorm Sandy was no freak, say experts, but rather a hint of a coming era when millions of Americans...
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It May Be Too Late to Stop Global Warming
Here’s a dark secret about the earth’s changing climate that many scientists believe, but few seem eager to discuss:...
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Thawing Permafrost Could Release 850 Billion Tons of Carbon
As much as 44 billion tons of nitrogen and 850 billion tons of carbon stored in arctic permafrost, or...
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Climate Change May Alter Amphibian Evolution
Most of the more than 6,000 species of frogs in the world lay their eggs in water. But many...
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Evidence of Viking Outpost Found in Canada
For the past 50 years—since the discovery of a thousand-year-old Viking way station in Newfoundland—archaeologists and amateur historians have...
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Could Solar Geoengineering Prove Effective?
Geoengineering has been a hot topic of late and now comes a new study looking at the possibility of...
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“Lethally Hot” Earth Was Devoid of Life—Could It Happen Again?
Extinctions during the early Triassic period left Earth a virtual wasteland, largely because life literally couldn’t take the heat,...
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Why Are Coastal Saltmarshes Falling Apart?
A nine-year study conducted in the Plum Island estuary indicates that sewage and fertilizers may be seriously damaging salt...