Environment
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Environment
Coral gardens
An expedition to an undersea mountain reveals large corals, brilliant sponges, and other strange sea creatures.
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Environment
Plant gas
Trees, grasses, and other plants may produce the greenhouse gas methane.
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Environment
Out in the cold
With pollution, over-fishing, and shrinking habitats, the life of a penguin isn't getting any easier.
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Forests as a tsunami shield
Trees appear to protect seaside settlements from the worst effects of a tsunami.
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Unnatural disasters
The actions of people can make the destruction caused by hurricanes worse than it would be otherwise.
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Environment
Shrinking glaciers
Most glaciers around the world appear to be getting smaller.
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Seabirds deliver Arctic pollutants
When birds look for food at sea, they pick up and carry pollutants back to their nesting areas.
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Environment
Cleaning up fish farms
Although fish farms can supply lots of food, these operations may also cause pollution and hurt wild populations.
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Saving wetlands
In Louisiana and elsewhere, wetlands are disappearing, threatening plant and animal life.
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Whale watch
Unraveling the secret lives of whales may help keep them from dying out.
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Shrinking fish
Because of fishing, fish are becoming smaller and growing more slowly.
By Emily Sohn