Maddie Stone
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What You Can Actually Do To Fight Climate Change, According To Science
There’s no doubt that if we’re going to stop or even slow down climate change, we have to get our collective crap together. But collective action starts with individual choices, and for all the data-driven decision makers out there, the path forward just got a bit more lucid. A new study in Environmental Research Letters…
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The Black Death May Have Had A Surprising Effect On The Environment
From 1347 to 1351, a nightmare disease ravaged Europe, afflicting victims with putrid black boils, fevers, vomiting, and in short order, death. Daily life ground to a halt as the Black Death spread along medieval trade routes, claiming an estimated 20 million lives with ruthless efficiency. Now, a team of researchers is asserting that the…
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A Delaware-Sized Iceberg Is Tearing Off Antarctica Right Now
Like that painful hangnail you’ve been eyeing for days — except billions of times larger, made of ice not keratin, and studied by dozens of scientists worldwide — a Delaware-sized glacier along Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf is hanging by a thread, poised to break off into the ocean any day now.
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Some Good News On Coral Reefs For A Change
A global coral bleaching event that’s been killing reefs around the world since early 2015 finally appears to be ending, according to a report just released by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. That said, reefs aren’t out of hot water yet.