Environment

  1. Environment

    Polar ice feels the heat

    This is the first of a two-part series on global climate change.

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  2. Environment

    Fear Matters

    Halloween can scare kids and make them act strange. But animals and ecosystems respond to fear every day of the year.

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  3. Environment

    Acid snails

    Changing chemistry in the world's oceans could affect the ability of a snail to defend itself.

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  4. Environment

    Lessons from a lonely tortoise

    In the Galapagos Islands, scientists are struggling to save some of the most endangered creatures in the world.

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  5. Environment

    Where have all the bees gone?

    More than one-fourth of the honeybees in the United States have disappeared since last fall, and scientists are trying to figure out why.

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  6. Environment

    Food web woes

    If sharks disappeared from the oceans, rays might thrive, but shellfish would probably suffer.

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  7. Environment

    Hazy with a chance of sunshine

    Air pollution may reduce rainfall.

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  8. Environment

    Life under ice

    Researchers unexpectedly find a community of sea creatures in the ocean beneath an ice shelf.

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  9. Environment

    Shrimpy invaders

    A shrimplike creature that has invaded the Great Lakes could spell big trouble for young fish.

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  10. Environment

    Earth-friendly fabrics

    Shirts made from bamboo, socks made from corn, and jackets made from chicken feathers may be in your fashion future.

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  11. Environment

    To catch a dragonfly

    Dragonflies are giving researchers new ways to think about relationships among animals.

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  12. Climate

    Hot summers, wild fires

    Rising temperatures and earlier snowmelts in the western United States have intensified forest fires.

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