21 Shocking Photos Of The Venice Floods
An exceptionally high tide left 45 percent of Venice engulfed in water. The city’s mayor later tweeted, “Venice is on its knees.” 1 of 22...
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Oktoberfest ‘Produces 10 Times As Much Methane As Boston,’ Study Finds
While burps and farts are certainly contributing factors, they’re only responsible for around 10 percent of the gas output. Cooking and heating appliances are the...
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Bone-Thin Grizzly Bears Starve As Climate Change And Farming Decimate Salmon Population
“We haven’t been really noticing any salmon up here. So we’ve been noticing that [the bears] have been getting skinnier and skinnier and getting more...
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Blood-Red Skies Created By Manmade Fires Make Indonesia Look Like Mars
According to government officials and agencies, the peculiar red sky over Indonesia’s Jambi province was a result of the country’s severe forest fires. Syarif Abdullah/ANTARAAn...
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Thailand’s Drought Reveals A Sunken Buddhist Temple Submerged For 20 Years
Thailand’s in the middle of its worst drought in 10 years. The silver lining? A long-hidden temple has reemerged. TwitterA 13-foot headless statue of Buddha...
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Men Are Afraid That Recycling And Reusable Bags Will Make Them Look Gay, Study Shows
Researchers found that people may avoid certain pro-environmental behaviors simply because they don’t want to break from gender norms Wikimedia CommonsResearchers found that men were...
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Ethiopia Sets Tree-Planting Record With 353 Million Seedlings In Just 12 Hours
“Besides planting trees, besides coming together to do something good for our country, it was a national unity. Everywhere, everyone was doing it – starting...
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Satellite Images Reveal The Frightening Truth Of Climate Change: An Arctic Ablaze
June 2019 was the hottest month on record — so hot that it caused the Arctic Circle to catch on fire. Pierre MarkuseA wildfire rages...
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Scientists Find Organisms That Are Still Alive In The Arctic Ice
Million-year-old single-celled organisms have been brought back to life before, but now scientists are bringing back ancient moss — and even a 40,000-year-old worm. The...
