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acoustics
International Project Sees How Quiet of Covid-19 Affected Oceans
An orca chases herrings on Jan. 14, 2019 near the Norwegian northern city of Tromso.Photo: Olivier Morin (Getty Images) Between…
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The Midwest’s Active Fire Season Is a Warning for the West
Fires blaze in WisconsinPhoto: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (Other) It’s a climate cliché to say the world is on…
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antarctic
Antarctic Expedition Disrupted After Ship Catches Fire
MPV Everest traveling through ice floes from Davis to Mawson stations.Image: Wayde Maurer/Australian Antarctic Division None of the 109 expeditioners…
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earth sciences
Hundreds of Glacial Rivers Are Pouring Into Greenland’s Ice
A stream of meltwater flowing into a moulin on the Greenland Ice sheetScreenshot: NASA Goddard on Youtube (Other) We use…
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anne rolfes
Formosa Plastics Plant Tests Joe Biden on Environmental Justice
In March 2020, St. James Parish residents Myrtle Felton, Sharon Lavigne, Gail LeBoeuf, and Rita Cooper protest Formosa’s proposed plastic…
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algae
A Toxin From Blue-Green Algae Can Go Airborne, Study Finds
A blue-green algae bloom documented along the St. Lucie River in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, on July 5, 2016. Photo:…
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amazon
How Big Meat Is Funding Climate Denial and Polluting the Planet
A worker processes cuts of beef.Photo: Nati Harnik (AP) Move over, Big Oil, and make some room for Big Meat…
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3d publishing
Amazon Can’t Just Change Its Rules to Squash Activism, NLRB Finding Suggests
Amazon workers begin to gather in front of the Spheres, participating in the climate strike Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in…
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Florida Wastewater Reservoir Crisis Show Weak Infrastructure Risks
A drone view of Piney Point reservoir.Gif: Manatee County Government On Saturday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of…
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bob balaram
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Has Landed on the Surface of Mars
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is one step closer to taking its first flight on Mars. On Saturday, the space agency announced…
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