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Meat industry blamed for largest-ever ‘dead zone’ in Gulf of Mexico

The global meat industry, already implicated in driving global warming and deforestation, has now been blamed for fueling what is…

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West Coast Ocean Acidification Rates Among Highest In World

The United States is stepping away from the Paris Climate Agreement, but the consequences of climate change will be more…

7 years ago

Satellite Snafu Masked True Sea Level Rise for Decades

Credit: Joe Raedle Getty Images The numbers didn’t add up. Even as Earth grew warmer and glaciers and ice sheets…

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The Effect of Clean Water on the Economy

Water pollution, chemical spills, and algae blooms can wreak havoc on a community, not only by affecting the water supply…

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EPA to Allow Fracking Waste Dumping in the Gulf of Mexico

A fracking site situated on the outskirts of town at dawn in the Permian Basin oil field on January 21,…

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An Iceberg Flipped Over, and Its Underside Is Breathtaking

Image by filmmaker Alex Cornell The underside of this recently flipped iceberg is glassy and free of debris. Snow-covered icebergs…

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Scientists Listen to Fish to Figure Out How to Save Them

New acoustic techniques that measure fish populations could potentially be used to help endangered species like the totoaba — and…

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The race to save Florida’s devastated coral reef from global warming

The Paris climate agreement is a key factor in preventing further damage to the ecosystem, and the tourism and seafood…

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2017 Summer Gulf ‘Dead Zone’ Could Be Bigger Than Connecticut

Summer is almost here, and you know what that means. Sun, sand and ... a watery wasteland devoid of all…

7 years ago

Rewilding Santa Monica’s Thoroughly Artificial Beach

Shorebirds work the surfline at Santa Monica Beach : Photo: Jason Goldman In the early 1900s, L.A. County beaches were…

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