A beach and fishing community reels in the wake of a fatal shark attack that has everyone on edge. How will order be restored? You don’t have to make Jaws inferences; the new HBO documentary After the Bite does the work for you. “I’m not exaggerating, it was like Jaws,” …
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I remember the first time I saw dinosaurs roar to life on the big screen like it was yesterday. I was eleven years old and as I walked into the theater with a bag of popcorn and a large Coke, I was overcome with excitement. I rushed to get a …
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W hen the babysitter arrived to take care of Miju at around 11 a.m. on Monday, August 16, 2021, she was surprised to find the house empty. Miju was the one‑year‑old daughter of Jonathan Gerrish and Ellen Chung, who had recently fled the Bay Area to start a new life …
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Rapidly receding glaciers are leaving new tracts of Arctic land uncovered and causing a potent greenhouse gas to bubble out of the ground, according to scientists studying the region. The Washington Post reports that, thanks to climate change, glaciers on a Norwegian archipelago are retreating rapidly, exposing land that has …
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Tuesday, July 4, was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth. The average global temperature of 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit (17.18 degrees Celsius) is the highest since satellite record-keeping began in 1979. The Washington Post notes that some scientists believe it may have been one of the hottest days in the …
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As smoke lifts for East Coast cities this weekend, take a deep breath. And then hold it, because this might happen again. Parts of Canada and the eastern United States are at risk for an unusually active fire season this summer. So this week’s great eastern smoke-out might be just …
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Wildfires raging in Canada shrouded the East Coast in smoke this week, leading to hazardous air quality that has led cities to cancel outdoor events. The unprecedented rash of fires is a clear result of climate change, but nothing — not even a post-apocalyptic orange tint or the ever-present smell …
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Al Gore once told me, “When it comes to climate change, everyone has an ‘oh shit moment’ — that moment when it gets real, when they realize what is at stake.” East Coasters are having an ‘oh shit moment’ right now. You look up at the sky and it’s orange, …
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More than 400 active fires were burning in Canada on Tuesday, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. With 27 new fires reported and 200 out of control, Canada’s wildfires have engulfed the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast formore than a week. The air quality in New York City was the …
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The smoke and haze from raging wildfires in Canada covered the eastern United States this week, prompting air quality warnings across the eastern seaboard. New York City’s skyline is barely visible in pictures from the St. George Tower in Brooklyn on Wednesday afternoon. Orange skies in New Jersey on Tuesday …
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