Earth

  1. Earth

    Watering the air

    Crop irrigation and farming practices could mean a cooler, wetter Midwest.

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  2. Environment

    A global warming flap

    Differences in butterfly and moth breeding patterns are linked to a changing climate.

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  3. Environment

    Pollution at the ends of the Earth

    Chemicals are turning up in small Arctic villages far from factories and cities.

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  4. Environment

    Watching out for vultures

    Farmers giving medicine to cows are accidentally poisoning vultures, again.

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  5. Environment

    Deck the halls with DCA

    A plastic ornament was caught giving off poisonous vapors.

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  6. Environment

    Flu river

    Rivers polluted with Tamiflu could help a resistant flu strain develop in birds.

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  7. Environment

    A gassy threat from above

    In Earth’s atmosphere, nitrous oxide threatens the ozone layer.

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  8. Animals

    A grim future for some killer whales

    An oil spill off the U.S. coast 20 years ago still threatens marine life.

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  9. Environment

    Springing forward

    Climate change affects the timing of flowering, migration and other natural cycles, meaning spring is coming earlier in many parts of the world.

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  10. Animals

    Bringing fish back up to size

    Changing the way we fish may help rescue a population's shrinking fish.

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  11. Environment

    Getting the dirt on carbon

    The circle of life continues thanks to the carbon cycle.

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  12. Animals

    Sponges’ secret weapon

    An aquatic animal provides a possible new kind of disease resistance.

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