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more about #ecodystopia Klebert L. Hall: Sure, bears are delicious - but this seems like an inefficient way to fight hunger. -Kle. more » KryptonZero: Personally, I found the commercial hilarious. The people who make commercials like this obviously dont take into account the people who (for example) ... more » Kpibca: "FLYING SUCKS, SO USE THE ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS...uhhh..." Come back when you have more than half an idea, guys. more » rebelminion: Good lord.... that is just 10 pounds of stupid in a 5 pound bag. How in the world did a concept like this make it past story boarding, story pitch, f... more » AmishJohn: I guess the swallows lost their grip... OR: This is why having Animal Planet sponsor the Punkin Chunkin competition was a baaaad idea. more » geofforyeide: Previously on LOST. more » 0kami: GRRRR PLANE STUPID! HULK SMASH! more » Akitsu: I love the whole "save the cute polar bears" thing... it's so utterly absurd that you just have to laugh. In the US they show us the same clip of a m... more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I have no idea what this advert is trying to say?? Do polar bears keep randomly jumping from planes. Is it an invasion force of zombie polar bears? WH... more » Cash907Censored: Huh. I guess Santa got tired of giving coal to the naughty European children. Or was this a deleted scene from 2012? more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: So what, I'm supposed to wlak to europe? Or maybe we should just go back to the 16th century? I'm all for the environment, but this was way over the... more » Atomictao: And here I thought I was the only one who used 'dead bears from the sky' as a metric. more » tetracycloide: i'm not sure the ad had the intended effect because all i'm left wondering after watching it is what polar bear meat tastes like. more » MargaretMoony: BEARS!!! They have found a new way to attack us!! more » TotalFanGirl: The on the website listed at the end of the ad - planetstupid.com - I expect to find nothing but pictures of the folks that made this, as they appear... more » Kenro199x: Gonna need a bigger umbrella. more » Alchemistmerlin: Oh man, I'm going to Europe and flying around in circles! Doing my part to eliminate the bear menace. more » mattycakes: Good lord! I'm not usually one to be affected by gore or violence or anything, but imagine being a kid and having this play between Saturday morning c... more » BangarangRufio867: what also scares me is the fact that they did not put a message at the end that said "no polar bears were hurt in the making of this commercial"....yo... more » shauntacular: You had me at 'bloody bodies of polar bears rain from the skies'! more » -
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The Bloody Bodies Of Polar Bears Rain From The Skies, Because Of You!
In what might be the most frighteningly graphic commercial we've ever seen, it's raining polar bears. The giant bloody bodies are destroying this town, sending the message: Go green, or be smashed by flying bear corpses. Really horrible. [Geekologie] -
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Photographer Documents Melting Icecaps, Celebrates Our Cyborg Evolution
Photographer James Balog is best known for his death-defying trips to Iceland, Greenland and Alaska, where he's documented the melting icecaps using photos and time-lapse images. But he's also made stunning images of cyborgs and "techno sapiens." More » -
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The New York Times Columnist Who's Helping To Ruin The Future
Why is John Tierney so skeptical, and yet so gullible? The New York Times' science columnist is one of the most vocal global-warming doubters in the media, but when it comes to Ray Kurzweil's Singularity and geo-hacking, he's suddenly wide-eyed. More » -
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A Deadly Fungus Is Stalking This Creature
This alien-looking creature is actually a newly discovered species of tree frog, Ecnomiohyla rabborum. And now it's one of 47,000 species on the latest endangered-species list. The culprit is an aggressive fungal infestation, introduced into the frog's habitat. More » -
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An Island Sinks Into The Ocean, Lost To Human Habitation
Global warming has displaced the first of many refugees: Papua New Guinea has begun evacuating the Carteret Islands, which have been sinking into the ocean for years now, but they're finally lost to human habitation. More » -
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The Agonizing Loveliness Of Global Warming Maps
The maps over at GlobalWarmingArt are astonishingly fierce and beautiful, including this map showing the intensity of tropical storms. Other maps, below, show rising global temperatures and melting icecaps. More »
