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Poison in the Arctic and the human cost of 'clean' energy

Methylmercury, a potent neurotoxin, is especially high in Arctic marine life but until recently, scientists haven't been able to explain why. Now, research…

California rising

For millions of years, the Pacific and North American plates have been sliding past — and crashing into — one another. This ongoing conflict creates uplift,…

NASA's Aqua Satellite sees Typhoon Kilo headed west

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Kilo and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument took an image of the storm that showed Kilo…

Saving coral reefs depends more on protecting fish than safeguarding locations

A new study by WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) has found that coral reef diversity 'hotspots' in the southwestern Indian Ocean rely more on the biomass of…

Typhoon Kilo moving through northwestern Pacific Ocean

At 11 a.m. EDT on September 2, Typhoon Kilo's maximum sustained winds were near 90 knots (103.6 mph/166.7 kph). It was centered near 24.3 North and 179.1 East,…

Seabird SOS

Plastic debris in the ocean has been an environmental issue for almost half a century. Now, for the first time, scientists can predict the global impact of…

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