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"Why 100,000 Dead Bats Fell From The Sky In Australia"

"Something unusual rained down on residents of Queensland, Australia, over the weekend. In a bizarre incident, thousands of bats reportedly fell from the sky in the northeastern state. While the mass deaths may seem baffling, it appears Australia's heat wave is to blame."

Source: Huffington Post, 01/09/2014

"Yeah, About That Global Warming 'Pause'"

"If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the ongoing noise about global warming, then you’ve heard of the so-called 'pause'. This is the idea that the planet hasn’t actually been warming for the past 15 years or so."

Source: Slate, 12/17/2013

"Contest Aims for a Cleaner-Burning Wood Stove"

"WASHINGTON -- Only blocks away, the Energy Department manages the search for quarks and NASA scours the heavens for Earth-like planets. But inside a big white tent on the National Mall, the focus is on something simpler: oak, ash and elm, and how to make them heat a house with as little pollution as possible."

Source: NY Times, 11/21/2013

"Scientists Warn of Hot, Sour, Breathless Oceans"

"WASHINGTON -- Greenhouse gases are making the world's oceans hot, sour and breathless, and the way those changes work together is creating a grimmer outlook for global waters, according to a new report Wednesday from 540 international scientists."

Source: AP, 11/14/2013

"Tepco Prepares to Remove Fuel Assemblies at Fukushima"

"TOKYO -- Operators of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant this month will begin a potentially hazardous operation to remove fuel rods from one of the reactor units, a critical step in what is expected to be a decadeslong cleanup of the site of one of the worst nuclear-energy accidents in history."

Source: Wall St. Journal, 11/08/2013

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