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Hypnotically beautiful real-time wind map of Earth created by supercomputers

The wind has never been this beautiful...




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ALL the rivers in the United States on a single beautiful interactive map!

A recent report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded that 55 percent of U.S. rivers and streams are in poor condition. When we see a number like that we might not realize how many rivers there are in the US...




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What's your bikeshed?

If you're in the Netherlands, your bikeshed must be huge, but what qualifies as a bikeshed in your city?




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Freedom UV Water Purifier from SteriPen is Lightweight, Rechargeable and Simple to Use

Making sure the water you're about to drink is free from pathogens is a snap with this portable UV Purifier.




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Buy a T-Shirt, Give the Gift of 25 Years of Clean Water

Help fund solutions to the global water crisis by purchasing a t-shirt from a company that donates to Thirst Relief for each shirt sold - enough money per shirt to give one person access to clean, drinkable water for 25 years!




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Revolve Water Bottle Filters Tap Water While You Drink

The Revolve Tap Water Filtration system is an easy way to start choosing to drink tap water over bottled water.




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New Backpack Could Ease Water Carrying Burden for Women and Children

In some areas of the world, transporting water to where it is needed is a major burden, in terms of both time and health, but a new solution may help to ease that process.




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Beetle-Inspired Design Uses Old Plastic Bottles to Pull Water from the Air

A concept water bottle pulls water from the air like the Namib Desert Beetle.




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Silver nanoparticles in porous gel becomes bacteria-killing sponge for water purification

A new cheap, lightweight sponge-like gel can quickly and efficiently disinfect drinking water for disaster victims.




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Solar wagon delivers a self-contained portable water purification system

One solution for purifying water in remote off-grid areas comes in the form of a wagon, complete with solar panel and water purification system.




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Self-filtering water bottle also acts as a flashlight

The ÖKO Odyssey water bottle actually has six functions!




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Stash this collapsible water bottle in your pocket and turn back to the tap

It's time we made water bottles part of our every day carry (EDC) kit. This handy little bottle squishes down small enough to go everywhere you do.




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9 energy boosting drinks that aren't coffee

You may love the energy kick from coffee, but too much can be a bad thing. Try some of these greener, cleaner-burning 'fuels' that will wake you up, nourish your body, and keep you going longer.




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Plastic debris found in tap water, beer, and sea salt

You may think you're ingesting a safe, clean product, but you're really putting synthetic microfibers into your body.




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19 fruits and vegetables to help keep you hydrated

These water-packed foods can lend a helpful assist for meeting your daily hydration needs.




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Crisis? What crisis? More coal being burned and more CO2 being released

We are going backward, not forward.




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Remember Peak Oil? It's back!

It seems that the biggest Saudi field is losing its punch.




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Party balloon store closing 45 outlets due to lack of helium. Let's hope they stay closed.

Why are we wasting such a valuable resource? Where will it come from if we don't drill for natural gas?




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Climate change could bring stronger winds, more wind power

A 1.5-degrees-Celsius warmer world would bring bigger gusts of wind more regularly.




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I don't believe in climate change

Hear me out...




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Sea level rise has caused $7.4 billion drop in home prices in Southeast US

You might want to rethink that dream house by the ocean.




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Severe drought means Belgium may not have enough potatoes for its famous frites

Lack of rain has reduced potato crop yields to a third of what they usually are.




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Does being indoors literally make you stupid?

More carbon in the air means less brainpower.




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Study shows that climate change is really bad for your health

Along with climate-killing CO2, there are a lot of people-killing pollutants. Perhaps we should change our message.




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Why global warming won't curtail big snowstorms

The harshest snowstorms along the Eastern Seaboard will remain as frequent in a warming world.




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Trump may use climate change funds to build his wall

Trump would rather keep humans out of the country than saltwater.




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Dead bodies are emerging from Mount Everest's melting glaciers

With a warming climate, the remains of unlucky mountaineers are beginning to rise from the ice.




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Why is there such a disconnect between climate reality and climate action?

How can we be moving away from fossil fuels and spending billions on building pipes for them at the same time?




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Wine has barely changed since Roman times, and that's a problem

Lack of diversity makes grapes vulnerable to climate change.




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New York's "radical traffic experiment" is based on a very successful Toronto prototype

What happens when you restrict cars? Transit use, cycling and walking increase dramatically.




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Should eating on public transport be banned? (Survey)

It is recommended in the UK to reduce obesity. I recommend it to reduce obnoxious smells and garbage.




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Streetfilms and a sock puppet ride the 14th Street Busway

Where have I seen this movie before?




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10th-century Anglo Saxon potion kills MRSA superbug

A microbiologist and an Anglo Saxon scholar decided to test a recipe from an Old English medical compendium called Bald's Leechbook, what they found surprised everyone.




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Teens don't want to drive. Is this a problem?

A series of newspaper articles ask the wrong question.




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What does a polar bear smell like?

In which we tackle one of life's more pressing queries.




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A remarkable video of the ever elusive snow leopard

Ever wonder what it would look like to be in the maw of a snow leopard? Wonder no more.




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7 things to know about the amazing fruit bat quarters

New quarters are coming and they star FRUIT BATS!




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Bumble bees could vanish forever within a few decades

The most important pollinators on the planet are disappearing in areas where temperatures are getting hotter.




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14 pink animals to celebrate St. Valentine

Consider these blushing beauties a love letter from Mother Nature.




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Cute new snail named after Greta Thunberg

The Swedish activist is 'delighted' that the new-to-science species will bear her name.




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Free-range meat can be worse for the planet than long-haul flights

George Monbiot wades into the meat-and-climate debate by explaining how 'ethically' raised meat is actually worse for the planet than those raised in confined spaces. It leaves omnivores in an awkward position.




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Red meat may be taxed in Denmark to fight climate change

Climate change has become an ethical issue in the eyes of the Danish Council for Ethics, which suggested last week that the government consider a tax on beef, and eventually all foods depending on climate impact.




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Global treaty signed to ban HFC refrigerants

This is a very big deal, but just the first of many more bigger and harder deals that we need.




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Nobody is taking away your air conditioner; there are lots of alternatives to HFCs

Only in America are they hard to find. How does that happen?




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This is your contribution to melting Arctic ice

New research calculates how individual CO2 emissions affect the Arctic's shrinking summer sea ice.




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Methane impact on global climate change 25% greater than previously estimated

Carbon dioxide continues as the main concern, but we ignore methane at our own risk




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Solving global dietary problems is a bigger challenge than climate change, scientist says

The director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre says it's a huge problem that meat is so "culturally embedded in Western societies."




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Worried about the planet? Avoid that extra kid

Forget light bulbs and cloth bags. The actions that will mitigate climate change most effectively are the ones nobody's talking about.




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Cutting out meat and dairy is the best thing you can do for the planet

Huge new study reveals that going vegan offers far greater benefits than quitting flying or driving an electric car.




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Two cute videos teach kids about climate change and smog

Explaining climate science to kids is challenging, which is why clever animated videos can help.