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Study: Even a small temperature increase will obliterate Greenland ice cap
If you’ve been enjoying the recent unseasonably warm weather, prepare for a buzzkill: A study published on Sunday by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research found that even a […]
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Baby sloths pooping
The next installment in your continuing Grist List coverage of baby sloths being incomprehensibly adorable:
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Nicaraguan military builds a battalion of climate-change-fighting soldiers
In Nicaragua, the military has a new mission — fighting climate change and, specifically, the illegal loggers that are exacerbating deforestation in the country. The Ecological Battalion’s 580 soldiers are […]
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Naomi Klein: Serious about climate? Throw out the free-market playbook
Climate solutions won't come from capitalism, Klein argues. They require government intervention; that's why climate change is such a polarizing issue.
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New species alert: Check out the Galapagos Catshark
Researchers recently announced a new species of shark, the Galapagos Catshark, or Bythaelurus giddingsi. Catsharks are one of the largest families of sharks, and are also known as dogfish, a […]
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New SimCity has SimClimateChange
SimCity is back (or will be in 2013), and looking pretty damn awesome. And now, along with public approval and municipal funds and Godzilla attacks, there’s a new factor to […]
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Philippines police to plant 10 million trees in one year
Police officers in the Philippines are trading their guns and billy clubs for weapons of mass construction: shovels, watering cans, and gardening gloves. That’s because they’re partnering with the country’s […]
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Oh my god, now there’s a live polar bear cam??
Apologies to anyone who thought they were ever going to get anything accomplished ever again.
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Entire nation of Kiribati has to move to avoid rising seas
The Pacific island nation of Kiribati is moving up in the world -- but not in the good way. The small country is looking to relocate to higher ground in order to escape rising seas brought on by climate change.
