| Twelve Awesome Outdoor Poufs
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 Add one or more of these soft, weather-resistant outdoor ottomans to your indoor-outdoor space, and… pouf ! you've got a relaxed area for gathering or just putting your feet up. From Fatboy, one of my favorite brands. Move this large …
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| Decade-Long Geology Project Rewrites Origins of Earth's Methane
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 Turkey's Mount Chimaera is on fire, and has been for millennia. Dozens of campfire-sized flames burst straight of the mountain's rocky, sea-facing slope. These eternal flames are fueled by methane, the odorless, colorless substance that provides much of our natural gas for fuel, as well as a potent greenhouse gas. Most methane (a single carbon atom surrounded by four hydrogens) forms from the decay of ancient plants, animals and other life. But the Earth itself can create methane, too. Wh
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| In Praise of Parasites
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 Kevin Lafferty gets more than his share of intimate disclosures from strangers about their anatomy and bodily functions. Graphic details and pictures arrive steadily via email, from people all over the world — a prison inmate in Florida, a social psychologist in Romania, a Californian afraid he picked up a nasty worm in Vietnam — begging for help, often after explaining that doctors will no longer listen. Do I have bugs burrowing into my brain? Insects poking around under my skin? Creatur
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| Feeling the heat is not enough
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| Feeling the heat is not enough, Published online: 22 April 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0464-2 Climate change exposes more people to heat waves and other extreme weather events. New research shows that experiencing a heat wave can affect concerns about energy security, but not enough to change behaviour.
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| Tropical influence on the North Pacific Oscillation drives winter extremes in North America
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| Tropical influence on the North Pacific Oscillation drives winter extremes in North America, Published online: 22 April 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0461-5 Interdecadal modulations in the North Pacific Oscillation (NPO) influence North American winter temperatures. An eastward shift of the NPO in recent decades has increased its influence, resulting in more extremes, depending on the NPO phase.
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| Oscillating American winter temperatures
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| Oscillating American winter temperatures, Published online: 22 April 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0469-x North American winters have varied from mild to extremely cold in recent years. Now, research provides a framework for understanding these changing temperature extremes.
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| Amazonian rainforest tree mortality driven by climate and functional traits
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| Amazonian rainforest tree mortality driven by climate and functional traits, Published online: 22 April 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0458-0 Fifty years of monthly observation of rainforest canopy trees in the Central Amazon reveals that drought, heat, storms and extreme rain can all increase tree mortality. Pioneers, softwoods and evergreen functional groups were particularly vulnerable.
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