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India Use Drones to Protect Rhinos From Poachers
Wildlife authorities used drones on Monday for aerial surveillance of a sprawling natural game park in northeastern India to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from armed poachers. Security officers conducted flights of the unmanned aircraft over the Kaziranga National Park.
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6 New Electric Cars for 2014
A full run-down of the most important plug-in vehicles debuting over the next year.
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World on course for catastrophic 6° rise, reveal scientists
The world is now firmly on course for the worst-case scenario in terms of climate change, with average global temperatures rising by up to 6C by the end of the century, leading scientists said yesterday. Such a rise – which would be much higher nearer the poles – would have cataclysmic and irreversible consequences for the Earth.
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Why Leave Job in Beijing? To Breathe
Soaring levels of pollution are driving expatriates out of Chinese cities, and dissuading others from coming. That is a problem for many multinationals who need to attract executives to China at a time when the Chinese market is central to their global success.
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Antarctic ice melting at record rate, study shows
The evidence comes from a 364-metre ice core containing a record of freezing and melting over the previous millennium
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Mysterious structure found at bottom of ancient lake
A mysterious, circular structure, with a diameter greater than the length of a Boeing 747 jet, has been discovered submerged about 30 feet (9 meters) underneath the Sea of Galilee in Israel. Scientists first made the discovery by accident in 2003 using sonar to survey the bottom of the lake but published their findings only recently.
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This is why you shouldn't litter
Poor guy.
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Report: Nuclear Power Saves Millions Of Lives
1.8 million lives have been saved over the last 40 years because we've replaced fossil fuel sources with nuclear power.
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How Do We Know Humans are Responsible for Global Warming?
By the mid-1990s, it was possible to investigate the causal mechanisms behind changes in Earth's climate using relatively sophisticated mathematical models of Earth's climate.
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Eat Away Your Carbon Footprint With This Eco-Friendly Edible Spoon
The idea of an edible utensil isn't exactly new, but nothing's been quite as convenient (and non-sticky) as Triangle Tree's brilliant if not entirely appetizing-appearing Eco-Spoon.
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Forget a Chicken in Every Pot - America Needs a Solar Panel on Every Roof
A man carries a solar panel onto a rooftop—is this something every American should get ready for?
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What If We Never Run Out of Oil?
New technology and a little-known energy source suggest that fossil fuels may not be finite. This would be a miracle—and a nightmare.
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Sea surface temperatures reach highest level in 150 years
Sea surface temperatures in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem during 2012 were the highest recorded in 150 years, according to the latest Ecosystem Advisory issued by NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC).
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Small Blenny
Small blenny fish hiding in a coral hole, Red Sea, Egypt
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China is plundering the planet’s seas—and it’s doing it 12.5 times more than it’s telling anybody
China might be cracking down on luxury spending in watches, cars, banquets and really foul liquor. But the market for pricey fish parts continues relatively unabated. US border officials recently busted a ring smuggling bladders of an endangered fish used for medicinal Chinese soups (here are some images of these prized bladders).
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Researchers find high-fructose corn syrup may be tied to worldwide collapse of bee colonies
A team of entomologists from the University of Illinois has found a possible link between the practice of feeding commercial honeybees high-fructose corn syrup and the collapse of honeybee colonies around the world.
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A one-way ticket to Mars, apply now
Step right up and prove why you should get a one-way ticket to Mars! Well, wait -- you might want to know a little more about the venture first.
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Tribes vow to fight-to-the-death to save Amazon rainforest
Bomeno is home to the rarely seen people of the Waorani Tribe. The tribe and the rainforest they call home is increasingly being threatened by environmental damage caused by oil drilling.
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Rain will get more extreme thanks to global warming, says NASA study
The forecast for the future of rainfall on Earth is in: over the next hundred years, areas that receive lots of precipitation right now are only going to get wetter, and dry areas will go for longer periods without seeing a drop, according to a new NASA-led study on global warming.
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Psychological scars run deep after BP oil spill
Sociology professor Matthew Lee discusses the emotional impact of the 2010 spill and how residents are handling the stress years later.
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