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The first rains in centuries in the Atacama Desert devastate its microbial life
These recent rains are attributed to changing climate over the Pacific Ocean.
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The History of the Oceans Is Locked in Whale Earwax
The massive plugs contain spikes and dips of stress hormones that perfectly match the history of modern whaling. By Ed Yong.
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Climate change is unraveling this Antarctic ecosystem
As the Antarctic Peninsula heats up, the rules of life there are being ripped apart. Alarmed scientists aren’t sure what all the change means for the future. By Craig Welch, photographs by Paul Nicklen, Cristina Mittermeier, Keith Ladzinski.
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Trump’s Interior Secretary Plans to Destroy Department Records
Throughout his time as the Trump administration’s Interior Secretary, Zinke has been at odds with conservationists on the Endangered Species Act. By Stephan Cho.
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Climate Change, the Rio Grande and Border Water
In a warming world, the fight for water can push nations apart—or bring them together.
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The world's largest organism, known as 'the trembling giant', is collapsing
The largest organism on earth is a giant underground root system that sends up thousands of genetically identical clone aspen trees. But it's collapsing, according to researchers.
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Belonging to the Universe: Fritjof Capra in Conversation
In this guest edition of The Interview, Vikram Zutshi talks to physicist, activist and author Fritjof Capra. (Apr. 15, 2018)
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Of Roe, Rights, and Reconciliation
On the British Columbia coast, the Heiltsuk First Nation asserts its rights to manage its resources, and who has access to them, through the seasonal herring harvest. By Ian Gill.
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Scientists thought they had created the perfect tree. But it became a nightmare
A pear seedling selection named Bradford was cloned by the gazillion to become the ubiquitous street tree of America’s postwar suburban expansion. Then it turned invasive. By Adrian Higgins.
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Human survival cannot be left to politicians. We're losing our life support systems
In a world of increasingly complex issues, survival cannot be left to political opinion — it has to be guided by our best scientific and technological minds.
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Mt. Vernon starts growing hemp as tribute to Washington's original farming plans
Hemp was harvested on George Washington's historic estate, Mount Vernon, on Wednesday for the first time in centuries. By Aris Folley.
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A Journey Through Contested Lands
Six photographers went out into remote regions around the world where indigenous communities are waging unseen battles against governments and commercial interests to remain on their ancestral land. Here's what they found.
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Baffling Viral Video Shows Ants Carrying Flowers to a Dead Bee
It looks like something out of a sad fairy tale. Tiny ants are pulling over petals, making a pile, and on top rests a dead bumblebee. By Jacinta Bowler.
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Red Tide Is Devastating Florida's Sea Life. Are Humans to Blame?
"Anything that can leave has, and anything that couldn't leave has died." By Maya Wei-Haas, photographs by Ben Depp.
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How far this [Strayan] farmer travels to keep his livestock alive
Farmers across the country are waiting for the ants to come. By Han Nguyen.
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Watch Corals Form a ‘Wall of Mouths’ to Catch and Eat Jellyfish
When your mouth is tiny, teamwork can help to take down enormous prey. By Christie Wilcox.
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Bruno Latour Tracks Down Gaia
Bruno Latour elaborates upon Gaia, a political biological theory concerning the Earth. By James Lovelock.
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The Loudest Sound Ever Heard
When Krakatoa erupted, the sound it made circled the globe not one, but four times. By Aatish Bhatia.
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Visiting the Mysterious Fairy Circles of the Namib Desert
In the landscape where Mad Max: Fury Road was filmed, a scientist is trying to understand a natural phenomenon that has eluded explanation for decades. By Joshua Sokol.
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The Future of Castro’s Crocs | Hakai Magazine
As a breeding facility works to retain a pure lineage of the Cuban crocodile, out in the wild the division between species is getting murkier all the time.
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