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How a 3-Ton Mess of Dead Pigs Transformed This Landscape
The unusual ecological experiment took place in Mississippi, and the scientists were awed by the results—especially the rivers of maggots. By Christie Wilcox.
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Are Humans A Plague On The Earth?
Having abandoned his lifelong quest to win friends and influence people, 86-year-old David Attenborough told The Independent that humans are a plague on the Earth. By Dave Cohen.
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Summer in the Heartsick Mountains
On a nearly moonless night in late May, as I stumbled down a wide, smooth path near a large campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, it suddenly occurred to me that I can’t see in the dark anymore... By Ellie Shechet.
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Tropical Depressions
Climate change means, quite plausibly, the end of everything we now understand to constitute our humanity. By Sam Kriss, Ellie Mae O’Hagan.
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Researchers find secret, warm oasis beneath Antarctica’s ice that could be home to undiscovered species
A study of the subglacial caves could reveal new undiscovered animal or plant species living comfortably due to the heat of an active volcano. By Victor Ferreira.
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A Very Scary Fish Story
The vanishing of an iconic river creature in Alabama poses terrifying questions about the water we swim in and fish in and drink. (Jul 24, 2017)
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In Poland, a Battle for the Fate of Europe’s Last Ancient Forest
Environmentalists are fighting to prevent logging in Bialowieza forest, a Unesco world heritage site, but the Polish government has dismissed their concerns.
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The ‘Rewilding’ of a Century-Old Cranberry Bog
Scientists are turning a cranberry bog back into coastal wetland. The experiment is seen as a path for dormant bogs and another chance for vanishing habitat.
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Trump’s alarming environmental rollback: what’s been scrapped so far
Since January, the White House, Congress and EPA have engineered a dizzying reversal of regulations designed to protect the environment and public health. By Oliver Milman.
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Three years to safeguard our climate
Christiana Figueres and colleagues set out a six-point plan for turning the tide of the world’s carbon dioxide by 2020.
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Plastiglomerate
Whichever (if any) start date is chosen, plastiglomerate—a substance that is neither industrially manufactured nor geologically created—seems a fraught but nonetheless incontrovertible marker of the anthropogenic impact on the world; it is evidence of human presence written directly into the rock. By Kirsty Robertson. (Dec. 2016)
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The Lunar Sea
The moon influences life in a surprising and subtle way: with its light. By Ferris Jabr.
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Dams could ‘permanently damage Amazon’
Scientists warn that hydroelectric dams in the Amazon could have a significant impact on the environment. By Rebecca Morelle.
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'A reckoning for our species': the philosopher prophet of the Anthropocene
The long read: Timothy Morton wants humanity to give up some of its core beliefs, from the fantasy that we can control the planet to the notion that we are ‘above’ other beings. His ideas might sound weird, but they’re catching on
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Twenty-one Places to Stay if You Care About the Planet
Sustainable, spectacular, and engaged with local communities, these lodges are tucked into some of the planet’s wildest places. By Costas Christ.
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The Case for Saving Endangered Species: 1964 and Today
The 1967 article “A Close Look at Wildlife in America” both defines and reflects our growing concern for endangered species.
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Visit Tsukiji, a ‘Great Wonder of the World,’ While You Still Can
Japan’s iconic fish market is still booming after 82-years—for now. By Shoko Oda. .
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The Watson Files
What if there were a blueprint for climate adaptation that could end a civil war? An English scientist spent his life developing one — then he vanished without a trace. By Laura Heaton.
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Maine Is Drowning in Lobsters
The market is booming, but it's not making anybody rich. By Justin Fox.
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These Wildlife Conservationists Haven’t Given Up Hope
A new book profiles people who have devoted their lives to protecting the world’s at-risk animals. By Colette Harris.
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