Doubts about safety of Flint's water 6 years after crisis
Authorities say Flint's water meets federal safety guidelines, outperforming comparable cities. Residents remain unconvinced.
Authorities say Flint's water meets federal safety guidelines, outperforming comparable cities. Residents remain unconvinced.
Environment
Oct 29, 2020
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Early one morning in Cairo, volunteers paddle their kayaks across the Nile, fishing out garbage from the mighty waterway that gave birth to Egyptian civilisation but now faces multiple threats.
Environment
Mar 20, 2020
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Newcastle University research has uncovered the presence of plastic in a new species of deep-sea amphipods which has been discovered in one of the deepest places on earth.
Environment
Mar 6, 2020
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It's 1 p.m. and you're only halfway through a six-hour hike, climbing in steep terrain under a 100° cloudless sky. Your water bottle is nearly empty, and you've heard the worst of this hike is yet to come.
Plants & Animals
Feb 25, 2020
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Washington state, land of sprawling rainforests and glacier-fed rivers, might soon become the first in the nation to ban water bottling companies from tapping spring-fed sources.
Environment
Feb 14, 2020
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Sometimes, in the enormity of the global climate emergency, we forget about the importance of the small stuff.
Environment
Feb 10, 2020
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The bushfires raging across Australia have had a devastating impact on the country's unique flora and fauna, with some estimates putting the death toll at nearly half a billion animals in one state alone, and experts believe ...
Environment
Jan 3, 2020
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Dressed in her protective wetsuit and scuba gear, Antigone Kouteri jumps into the murky waters of Zakynthos harbour in search of plastics—and promptly snags her arm on a submerged object.
Environment
Dec 1, 2019
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Scientists have detected microplastic pollution in Lake Tahoe's deep blue waters for the first time. Now they are trying to determine its source and potential harm to the lake's flora and fauna.
Environment
Aug 27, 2019
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Single-use plastics have been banned in the Everest region to reduce the vast amounts of waste left by trekkers and mountaineers, Nepali authorities said Thursday.
Environment
Aug 21, 2019
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