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Environment Oct 30, 2020

How the waters off Catalina became a DDT dumping ground

Not far from Santa Catalina Island, in an ocean shared by divers and fishermen, kelp forests and whales, David Valentine decoded unusual signals underwater that gave him chills.

Plants & Animals Oct 26, 2020

Surprised researchers: Number of leopards in northern China on the rise

Leopards are fascinating animals. In addition to being sublime hunters that will eat nearly anything and can survive in varied habitats from forests to deserts, they are able to withstand temperatures ranging from minus 40 ...

Environment Oct 6, 2020

Dangerous Hurricane Delta closing in on Mexico's Yucatan

Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a dangerous Category 4 storm Tuesday while on a course to hammer Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and then continue on to the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week.

Ecology Sep 21, 2020

Open-ocean fish farm proposed off San Diego coast could be first in federal waters

A prestigious San Diego research institute and a Long Beach social benefit investment group are teaming to create what could be the first fish farm in federal waters.

Environment Sep 10, 2020

Climate change will ultimately cost humanity $100,000 per ton of carbon, scientists estimate

Economists frequently try to estimate the societal cost of releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but few of their projections go beyond the year 2100—far short of the millennia it takes for the climate changes from ...

Environment Sep 2, 2020

Regional variations in freshwater overconsumption

Freshwater—which falls to the earth as precipitation or exists beneath the surface as groundwater—is desperately needed to sustain people, plants and animals. With an ever-increasing human population, water shortages ...

Plants & Animals Aug 6, 2020

Seal-eating killer whales accumulate large amounts of harmful pollutants

Research of killer whales in the southern Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean have shown that their blubber contains high levels of pollutants called PCBs, whilst killer whales found along the Norwegian coast have been assumed ...

Plants & Animals Jul 31, 2020

10 things we do that puzzle and scare horses

Horses, like our dogs and cats, are familiar to many of us, be they racehorses, police horses, or much-loved pony club mounts. So it might surprise you that horses, in Australia, are more deadly than snakes, and indeed all ...

Ecology Jun 24, 2020

Macaque attack: humans try to take back Thai city from monkeys

Residents barricaded indoors, rival gang fights and no-go zones for humans. Welcome to Lopburi, an ancient Thai city overrun by monkeys super-charged on junk food, whose population is growing out of control.

Economics & Business Jun 18, 2020

100 days of coronavirus has sent shock waves through the food system

The COVID-19 lockdown has exposed a large number of problems in the food system.

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