Crop insurance helps ease the pain for the agricultural sector — but increases it for everyone else
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EcocentricOceans
Lobster: Now Available in Multiple Colors
If you thought living lobsters were red like The Little Mermaid’s Sebastian, you were wrong. The delicious hard-shelled crustaceans are usually greenish brown, but in recent years, lobstermen are finding more of them in mutant …
Tribute: Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space
Ride, who died Monday at age 61 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, did not dazzle easily
EcocentricTransportation
Who Needs Bike Trails? Denmark Has a Bicycle Superhighway
Cycle highways are making the commute safer, faster, cheaper, healthier and greener in a country where many of the capital’s residents already bike to work.
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VIDEO: Giant Iceberg Breaks Off Greenland Glacier
An enormous iceberg tore away from Greenland glacier on Monday. This incredible video shows how much the glacier has lost over the past few years
Spinning In the Heavens — Spiral Galaxies
Though the universe is full of spiral-shaped galaxies, no two look exactly the same. Here are some striking examples
EcocentricOil
It’s Not Just Spills—the Climate Risks of Arctic Drilling
Royal Dutch Shell is set to begin drilling in the Arctic waters off Alaska beginning next month, assuming the Obama Administrations doesn’t hold off on needed permits at the last-minute. (With President Obama fighting for …
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The Value of Google Earth’s Antarctic Expedition
Antarctica is the definition of remote. The southern-most continent on the planet is also the coldest and most forbidding; the only way to get there is via countless plane flights, and just about the only people who travel there …
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How the Drought of 2012 Will Make Your Food More Expensive
They call drought the slow-motion disaster, and for good reason. While earthquakes and volcanoes strike in a moment, and hurricanes unfold over a few days, a drought is simply a day without rain that becomes two days without …
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Google Street View Goes to Antarctica
New footage shows the interior of Shackleton’s hut, stocked with supplies used in early 20th century Antarctic expeditions.