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I'm Pretty Much The Dumbest Guy On Earth So My Mind Just Got Blown After Seeing These 25 Absolutely Incredible Pictures For The First Time Last Week
You learn something new every day.
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Grolar bear hybrids in N.W.T. all traced back to same 'strange' female polar bear
A family of polar and grizzly bear hybrids, or grolars, in Canada's western Arctic — which all started with a "pretty strange" female polar bear — is "quite rare," according to a new study. The research paper, published last week in the journal Conservation Genetics Resources, used a new tool to look at samples from 371 polar bears and 440 grizzly bears across Canada, Alaska and Greenland. The samples had been collected between 1975 and 2015. Ruth Rivkin, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Un
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Watch: Thieving bear steals workers' lunch from pickup truck in California
A black bear was caught on camera in California stealing a cooler from the back of a truck and settling in to eat lunch.
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Calgary officials aiming for 'low end' of repair timeline after pipes arrive from San Diego
Two key pieces of pipe needed to complete repairs to a water feeder main that ruptured, triggering citywide water restrictions, arrived Tuesday night from San Diego and are being prepped for installation.City of Calgary officials now say repairs could move quicker than previously expected.On Wednesday afternoon, the city's general manager of infrastructure services, Michael Thompson, provided an update on the repair timeline."As we look at the work completed to date — specifically the excavation
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Property owners learning rules around septic tanks the hard way as landfill halts access
Ron Nugent says he figures his septic tank is just days away from overflowing. And like many others who are in a similar situation, he says he's coming to realize no one is coming to help."I'm losing sleep over it. My stress level is high. I'm nervous about flushing my toilets. I've instructed my family to take two-minute showers," he says."This should not be a problem," he adds. "This problem is created for some unknown reason I don't comprehend."Nugent's septic tank is under the deck at his wa
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The Shoebill Stork: One Freaky and Formidable Bird
Biochemically like a heron and anatomically similar to a pelican, the shoebill stork has been called "Monsterface" and even "Death Pelican." But wait until you hear the staccato rat-a-tat-tat of its booming machine-gun call.
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Alberto, season's first named tropical storm, dumps rain on Texas and Mexico, which reports 3 deaths
TAMPICO, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto formed Wednesday in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the first named storm of what is forecast to be a busy hurricane season. Authorities in Mexico reported three deaths from its rains.
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Could Toronto legislate a maximum temperature in apartments?
A coalition of tenant and environmental advocacy organizations are demanding Toronto bring in a maximum temperature bylaw. Similar to the way landlords must keep units heated when it's cold, the coalition wants the city to legislate protections to keep residences no warmer than 26 degrees when outdoor temperatures increase. A punishing heat wave has descended over large parts of Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. (June 18, 2024)
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Calgary can now allow access to river water for businesses
A plan to get untreated water to industrial customers is in the works while restrictions and conservation efforts — triggered by a massive water main break in northwest Calgary — continue for the city's potable water.The provincial government issued two temporary diversion licences to the City of Calgary on Tuesday. This allows 200,000 cubic metres (200 million litres) for non-potable industrial use, with diversion points out of the Bow River.It means the city can track and manage water withdraw
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Food has a climate problem: Nitrous oxide emissions are accelerating with growing demand for fertilizer and meat – but there are solutions
The most comprehensive assessment yet of a powerful greenhouse gas shows which countries are driving the increase, and which ones are successfully cutting emissions.
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'How Did It Get Up There?': New 'Mysterious' Monolith Found in Nevada Desert
The Las Vegas Police Department confirmed that the monolith was found along a popular hiking trail over the weekend
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The Iberian lynx is back from the brink of extinction, thanks to conservation efforts
MADRID (AP) — Things are looking up for the Iberian lynx. Just over two decades ago, the pointy-eared wild cat was on the brink of extinction, but as of Thursday the International Union for Conservation of Nature says it's no longer an endangered species.
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Tropical system strengthens on way to Mexico. And there’s another disturbance behind it
None of the systems are expected to hit South Mississippi, but they could bring rain and other effects to the region. Here’s the forecast.
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Is your name on this year’s Atlantic and Pacific hurricane list? Check 2024’s lists here
NOAA recycles name lists every six years, but sometimes names need to be replaced as they’re retired from use.
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Alberto kicks off the Atlantic hurricane season as first named storm
Alberto is currently moving over the western Gulf of Mexico and is anticipated to bring heavy rains, coastal flooding and blustery winds along the coasts of Texas and northeastern Mexico through Thursday.
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European lynx species rebounds from brink of extinction
A species of lynx found in remote areas of Spain and Portugal has rebounded from near extinction, with its adult population growing more than tenfold since the start of the millennium. Wildlife experts are calling the recovery of the Iberian Lynx unparalleled among felines in an age of extinction in which species are vanishing at a rate not seen in 10 million years due to climate change, pollution and habitat loss. The International Union for Conservation of Nature, which categorises species according to the level of risk they face in a "Red List" produced several times a year, bumped up the Iberian Lynx from "endangered" to "vulnerable" on Thursday.
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How US military bases became proving grounds for clean energy technology
The cost and security advantages of renewable energy are driving their adoption on U.S military bases — a development with significant long-term implications for the civilian market. The military’s demand for inexpensive, hard-to-disable power for its constellation of bases has driven it to collaborate with civilian contractors in exploring a new generation of “off the…
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‘This is like a slow death’: Environmental toll of Gaza war laid bare in first UN assessment
The new assessment from UNEP follows a call from the State of Palestine to take stock of the environmental damage.
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Quesnel, B.C., concrete company fined $18K over air emissions
A B.C. company has been handed an $18,281 administrative penalty after discharging air emissions from four unauthorized sources at a Quesnel concrete and glass abrasives manufacturing facility.United Concrete & Gravel (UCG) was handed the penalty last Monday, with the Ministry of Environment saying the unauthorized emissions occurred over three years — from April 10, 2021, to April 3, 2024.The ministry says that the company was made aware of the emissions as early as 2019 and warned about them i
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Scorching temperatures, humidity making life miserable for millions from Midwest to Maine
BOSTON (AP) — A blistering heat wave Wednesday extended from the Midwest to New England, leaving millions of people sweltering through the Juneteenth holiday, including in places like northern Maine where they rarely experience such conditions this early in the year.

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Brita Celebrates World Ocean Day With New Beach-Cleaning Bot

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I'm Pretty Much The Dumbest Guy On Earth So My Mind Just Got Blown After Seeing These 25 Absolutely Incredible Pictures For The First Time Last Week

Grolar bear hybrids in N.W.T. all traced back to same 'strange' female polar bear

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Calgary can now allow access to river water for businesses

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'How Did It Get Up There?': New 'Mysterious' Monolith Found in Nevada Desert

The Iberian lynx is back from the brink of extinction, thanks to conservation efforts

Tropical system strengthens on way to Mexico. And there’s another disturbance behind it

Is your name on this year’s Atlantic and Pacific hurricane list? Check 2024’s lists here

Alberto kicks off the Atlantic hurricane season as first named storm

European lynx species rebounds from brink of extinction

How US military bases became proving grounds for clean energy technology

‘This is like a slow death’: Environmental toll of Gaza war laid bare in first UN assessment

Quesnel, B.C., concrete company fined $18K over air emissions

Scorching temperatures, humidity making life miserable for millions from Midwest to Maine