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Despite Bitter Cold Weekend in US, Climate Models Indicate Global Warming is Intensifying

The Australian based Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science has released a new study arguing that climate models have underestimated the extent to which the doubli...

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U.S. Cold Snap Inspires Climate Change Denial, While Scientists See Little Room for Doubt

Mist rises from Lake Michigan as temperatures dipped well below zero on Monday in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago. But climate scientists say the weather does not invalidate pre...

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Environment

Huge Lake-Effect Snow Expected

As bitter Arctic air continues to spill east, temperatures will plummet to below 0 over the Tug Hill plateau through the overnight hours. Factoring in the winds, it will fe...

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Environment

Climate change affects mangroves in Florida

Washington, Jan 1: Mangrove trees, which are highly sensitive to cold, have expanded enormously on the Atlantic coast of Florida as the frequency of frosts has diminished, ...

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Environment

The Best Climate in the World?s Top Retirement Havens

Best climate in the world: Italy (scored 98/100) Altitude also plays a part. Italy?s highland areas regularly get snow during winter while the lower-lying land in...

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Thought Factory

Pages from the Diary of a Community Health Worker

It was just another day in the late summer of 1992. Fresh from the success of a community intervention that sought to limit the effects of an outbreak of a gastrointestinal...

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Thought Factory

Truth or Dare…? The Alchemy of Desire Deconstructed

I am completely compelled and driven by an intense need to write this piece because I’m no longer now, able to be in denial of the force driving me to give some persp...

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Health

Herbal Supplements Are Often Not What They Seem

Americans spend an estimated $5 billion a year on unproven herbal supplements that promise everything from fighting off colds to curbing hot flashes and boosting memory. Bu...

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Movies

Gravity Review

The overview effect is described as the phenomenon astronauts experience when looking back at the earth from space. It is described to inspire an enormous sense of awe at t...

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Environment

By 2047, coldest years will be warmer than hottest in past

Dr. Camilo Mora and his students at university of Hawaii suggest that the rise in emission of greenhouse gases will lead to hottest ever summers in the tropics by 2047. Rea...

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