China says 16 endangered finless porpoises have been found dead since the beginning of the year and experts blame water pollution and climate change for pushing the species toward extinction.
Plants & Animals
Apr 19, 2012
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The search for life on Mars has taken a step forward with the NASA Curiosity rover's discovery of organic matter on the bottom of what was once a lake. It may once have been part of an alien life form or it might have a non-biological ...
Space Exploration
Jun 11, 2018
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Key factors have been identified that help determine the vulnerability of public-supply wells to contamination. A new USGS report describes these factors, providing insight into which contaminants in an aquifer might reach ...
Environment
Aug 5, 2013
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The famed cobalt blue waters of Lake Tahoe became more clear last year, gaining 10 feet in visibility from the year before, according to a new study released Thursday by scientists at the University of California, Davis.
Environment
May 24, 2019
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This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features Tunisia's capital Tunis, in North Africa, and highlights some of the country's important wetlands.
Earth Sciences
Feb 2, 2018
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Competing in a bass fishing tournament two years ago, Todd Steele cast his rod from his 21-foot motorboat—unaware that he was being poisoned.
Environment
Nov 16, 2017
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Myanmar's famed Inle Lake has enchanted tourists for decades with its floating gardens and the graceful leg-rowing style of its fisherman, but experts warn the lake is drying up and urgent action is needed to avoid disaster.
Environment
Feb 19, 2019
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(AP)—A new government study says live Asian carp don't have to be present for their DNA to turn up in the environment.
Ecology
Feb 20, 2013
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A huge lake in Bolivia has almost entirely disappeared. Lake Poopó used to be the country's second largest, after Lake Titicaca, and just a few decades ago in its wet season peak it would stretch almost 70km end to end and ...
Environment
Jan 12, 2021
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A white mineral ring as tall as the Statue of Liberty creeps up the steep shoreline of Lake Mead, a Colorado River reservoir just east of Las Vegas on the Nevada-Arizona border. It is the country's largest reservoir, and ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2022
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