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World oceans rising dangerously, says NASA – The Economic Times on Mobile http://m.economictimes.com/news/science/world-oceans-rising-dangerously-says-nasa/articleshow/48697317.cms WASHINGTON: Oceans around the world have risen an average of nearly eight

Why climate change is pushing Earth’s boreal forests to ‘tipping point’ – CSMonitor.com http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2015/0821/Why-climate-change-is-pushing-Earth-s-boreal-forests-to-tipping-point International policy makers should set their sights on the protection of

Eight months after homelessness hit a record in New York City, you can still see the need of the city’s most vulnerable in Tompkins Square

How Google Could Rig the 2016 Election – Robert Epstein – POLITICO Magazine http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/how-google-could-rig-the-2016-election-121548.html#.VdnuPGZHaJJ America’s next president could be eased into office not just by

Five Years In, Sit/Lie Law May Come Under Review | Hoodline http://hoodline.com/2015/08/five-years-in-sit-lie-may-come-under-review Five years after it was passed by 54 percent of San Francisco voters

http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/article/Bay-Area-median-home-price-approaches-record-6454098.php?google_editors_picks=true Photo: Joe Raedle, Getty Images MIAMI, FL – FEBRUARY 25: A home is seen for sale on February 25, 2014 in Miami, Florida. The

City grime ‘breathes back out’ polluting nitrogen gases – BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33970233 Science reporter, BBC News, Boston Field experiments were done in the German city

July 2015 was very likely Earth’s hottest month on record http://mashable.com/2015/08/17/july-hottest-month-on-earth/ The warmest year on record so far may have claimed another milestone, and this

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/us/politics/obama-administration-warns-beijing-about-agents-operating-in-us.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 President Xi Jinping of China, who met with President Obama last year, will be making a state visit to Washington next month. Credit Doug

NSA Spying Relies on AT&T’s ‘Extreme Willingness to Help’ – ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/article/nsa-spying-relies-on-atts-extreme-willingness-to-help The National Security Agency’s ability to spy on vast quantities of Internet traffic