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"Climate change is hitting plants and animals just as hard as us."

— One of six major takeaways from the new report by the US Global Change Research Program.

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Is the Pentagon Planning to Inject Us All With Super-Human Invincibility Juice?

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How NASA used social media to tell America that the world is not coming to an end in 2012.

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According to an exhaustive review by Prof. James Lawrence Powell, only 0.17 percent of thousands of peer-reviewed papers question global warming or whether rising emissions are the cause. Yup.

"It’s not your imagination, or a bad trip: Your couch could be trying to kill you."

— Says science.

"Which means, according to new research emerging from many quarters, that our continued devotion to growth above all is, on balance, making our lives worse, both collectively and individually."

— In other words, money ≠ happiness. (An analysis.)

"I’m not a scientist, man. I can tell you what recorded history says, I can tell you what the Bible says, but I think that’s a dispute amongst theologians and I think it has nothing to do with the gross domestic product or economic growth of the United States. I think the age of the universe has zero to do with how our economy is going to grow. I’m not a scientist. I don’t think I’m qualified to answer a question like that. At the end of the day, I think there are multiple theories out there on how the universe was created and I think this is a country where people should have the opportunity to teach them all. I think parents should be able to teach their kids what their faith says, what science says. Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I’m not sure we’ll ever be able to answer that. It’s one of the great mysteries."

— Marco Rubio, you guys.

Founding father Carl Sagan approves.

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Via 350.org:

As Hurricane Sandy approaches the city, New Yorkers gathered in Times Square to send our politicians and the media a message:

End the climate silence. Connect the dots between extreme weather and climate change.

“A Chinese scientist says that humans used to eat pandas.”

Pennsylvania Fracking Law Opens Up Drilling on College Campuses

A F^&*KING PLANET MADE OUT OF F^&*KING DIAMOND.

The rocky planet, called ‘55 Cancri e’, orbits a sun-like star in the constellation of Cancer and is moving so fast that a year there lasts a mere 18 hours.

Discovered by a U.S.-Franco research team, its radius is twice that of Earth’s but it is much more dense with a mass eight times greater. It is also incredibly hot, with temperatures on its surface reaching 3,900 degrees Fahrenheit (1,648 Celsius).

“The surface of this planet is likely covered in graphite and diamond rather than water and granite,” said Nikku Madhusudhan, the Yale researcher whose findings are due to be published in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters.

BREAKING: BAIN & CO. TO PURCHASE DISTANT PLANET.

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Is climate change the sleeper issue of 2012?

(The awesome Chris Mooney’s inaugural story for Climate Desk and Mother Jones!…)

Study: Stupid Photos of Adorable Cats Boost Workplace Productivity

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Frequency of climate change-related words in the Republican platform (left) and Democratic platform (right).

For a full rundown of how the environment fared in convention talk this week, check out this Climate Desk collaborative feature: 

Obama: Climate Change Not a Hoax, Extreme Weather Not a Joke