After A Crack Opened Up In The Ground, This Entire River Disappeared

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Despite hundreds of years of research into how the Earth works, it still manages to surprise us fairly often. Sometimes these surprises are interesting and beneficial to life, other times though, they catch us off guard with devastating consequences. What recently happened in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz falls into the latter category. For […]

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I Thought I Was Just Looking At A Beach, But When You Zoom In? This Is Sad.

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From afar this may just look like a rocky beach, but if you look a little closer, you’ll see that this isn’t sand. This stretch of coast is actually covered in misplaced walruses. Late last month, an estimated 35,000 walruses were spotted hauling themselves onto the shore near Point Lay, Alaska. Corey Accardo Things are […]

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How Climate Change Will End Wine As We Know It

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Hotter and less predictable temperatures mean that much of the world’s premium wine regions are now under threat and new ones are emerging. How the wine industry is — and isn’t — reacting says a lot about the future of agriculture. View this image › BuzzFeed “All the grapes were ripening at once,” Wendy Cameron […]

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Forget ISIS, Hagel says DoD must be ‘pro-active’ on climate change

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http://twitter.com/#!/RightGlockMom/status/521752781183791104 Radical Islam is on the march but our Secretary of Defense appears to be taking direction from White House juice boxers about national security issues. “A changing climate will have real impacts on our military & the way it executes its missions.” —Hagel: http://t.co/ih5xpIyRNt #ActOnClimate — The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 13, 2014 @WhiteHouse tone […]

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Greenpeace Probe Of Climate Naysayer Implicates Exxon Mobil

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Despite a 2007 pledge to stop funding climate naysayers, Exxon Mobil kept supporting at least one: Smithsonian astrophysicist Willie Soon, who is now under investigation for shady research practices. Just-released public records show how the oil industry helped bankroll climate skepticism. View this image › LM Otero / AP Photo / Via apimages.com Oil industry […]

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These Spiders In Australia Are Getting Too Smart — Not Even Floods Can Stop Them

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Australia is a land of extremes. The continent is known for its deadly assortment of wildlife, but that’s not the only extreme thing about it. There’s also the weather. Recent floods in areas of Tasmania have caused unprecedented damage to residents’ homes and businesses. However, the extreme flooding has also caused wildlife — specifically spiders […]

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what this is’: EPA admin proudly admits waging War on Coal [video]

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http://twitter.com/#!/jjauthor/status/478565052157403136 That’s pretty much how it’s supposed to work. Nice of the EPA to finally admit it. Earlier this month, EPA administrator Gina McCarthy was pleased as punch to announce a set of new regulations on power plants, in the name of “environmental justice.” Last week, she gave Bill Maher a little more information about […]

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Not funny because it’s true: Kiev, Shmiev! Greg Gutfeld slams John Kerry

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http://twitter.com/#!/drawandstrike/status/436029090131222529 As Twitchy reported, the anti-government protests in Kiev, Ukraine, have become deadly. But it’s cool, guys! Jay Carney says the White House is totally “appalled” and stuff.  And where is Secretary of State Kerry? Surely he is on the case and the world can rest easy: http://twitter.com/#!/CAAmyO/status/435864792817868800 That’s not a joke. Kerry was actually […]

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Washington Post defies petition, publishes Krauthammer’s ‘climate lies’

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http://twitter.com/#!/climatebrad/status/436696269902188544 In defiance of the members of progressive petition site Credo Mobilize and Forecast the Facts, the Washington Post published Charles Krauthammer’s column, “The myth of ‘settled science.’” The publishers also appear to have ignored the wishes of @climatebrad and his novelty giant red marker. http://twitter.com/#!/dangainor/status/436710215963381760 http://twitter.com/#!/dangainor/status/436711856649306112 http://twitter.com/#!/bfolson18/status/436716413810520064 Us too. Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/02/20/washington-post-defies-petition-publishes-charles-krauthammers-climate-lies/

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