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Think States Alone Can’t Handle Sea Level Rise? Watch California
The California governor has tasked seven scientists to sift through new projections for sea level rise—and think about what it could mean for the golden state’s coast.
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History of global temperature 1880-2016
Take 14 seconds to watch the change in Earth’s surface temperature from 1880 through 2016.
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Circumpolar stars never rise or set
Circumpolar stars always reside above the horizon, and for that reason, never rise or set. All the stars at the Earth’s North and South Poles are circumpolar. Meanwhile, no star is circumpolar at the equator.
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Groundhog Day has roots in astronomy
Groundhog Day is tied to the movement of Earth around the sun. It’s the year’s first “cross-quarter” day.
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Humans Almost Drove These 6 Animals To Extinction. But We Saved Them Instead. | The Huffington Post
These conservation success stories remind us that the mass extinction of the world’s species doesn’t have to be inevitable.
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Can This Trash Can Turn Food Waste Into Garden Treasure?
The Zera Food Recycler may not transform scraps into ready-to-use soil, but it could still help take a bite out of landfill-bound waste
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Opportunity Rover celebrates 13 years on Mars
On January 24, 2017, NASA’s Opportunity rover celebrated 13 Earth years exploring Mars. She’s officially a teenager. Here are 6 ways she’s behaving like one
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What So Many People Don’t Get About the U.S. Working Class
The reasons for Trump’s win are obvious, if you know where to look.
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“Rogue” Science Agencies Defy Trump Administration on Twitter
Anonymous accounts are purportedly linked to NASA, National Parks and other agencies
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See a faint star cluster near bright Sirius
Tonight, look for the sky’s brightest star, Sirius, and the faint star cluster near it. Sirius is easy to see because it’s so bright and because the three prominent Belt stars in the constellation Orion – three stars in a short, straight row – always point to it.
