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Climate

Older Coral Species Are Hardier Than Newer Ones
Today diseases have increased and are killing more corals.

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Loon, Interrupted: Chicks Dying, Social Chaos; Is Their Comeback Unraveling?
Often referred to as the “spirit of the North,” the common loon has long been a cultural icon across the Northern United States and Canada.

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Heavy Metal Songs: Contaminated Songbirds Sing the Wrong Tunes
After extensive research in Virginia, scientists have shown that mercury alters the very thing that many birds are known for - their songs.

Naomi Klein: People’s Climate March Is a “Glimpse of the Movement We Need“
Naomi Klein's powerful new book explains why not only can the climate movement win - but it's our best chance at overturning some of history's greatest injustices.

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Latin America on a Dangerous Precipice
In Latin America, a large portion of the region's rural people still live on less than two dollars a day.

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Carbon Capture and Clean Coal: Obama’s Multibillion-Dollar Climate Pipedream
Trapping carbon dioxide from burning coal and using it to extract more fossil fuels is a counterintuitive approach to addressing climate change.

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The People’s Climate March Is Over: What Now?
Here are eight reasons to be hopeful for climate action post-New York, and eight ways to stay active in movements for climate justice.

A Change in the Climate: The Climate Movement Steps Up
Less than two weeks have passed and yet it isn't too early to say it: the People's Climate March changed the social map.

How Carbon Is Changing the Price of Everything: An Interview With the Author of “Carbon Shock“
Author Mark Schapiro explains how climate change is affecting the cost of everything, but the wrong people are paying the price.

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Winged Warnings: Built for Survival, Birds in Trouble From Pole to Pole
Globally, one in eight - more than 1,300 species of birds - are threatened with extinction, and the status of most of those is deteriorating.