Why are Alaska’s rivers turning bright orange?

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Why are Alaska’s rivers turning bright orange?
Why are Alaska’s rivers turning bright orange?

Why hurricanes are getting more powerful—more quickly

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Why hurricanes are getting more powerful—more quickly
Why hurricanes are getting more powerful—more quickly

Inside the fight to protect Canada’s most iconic bays

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Inside the fight to protect Canada’s most iconic bays
Inside the fight to protect Canada’s most iconic bays

Revealing America’s brutal new firestorms

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Revealing America’s brutal new firestorms
Revealing America’s brutal new firestorms

The future of food is regenerative farming

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The future of food is regenerative farming
The future of food is regenerative farming

Why deforestation matters—and what we can do to stop it

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Why deforestation matters—and what we can do to stop it
Why deforestation matters—and what we can do to stop it

Inside the rush to buy an electric vehicle

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Inside the rush to buy an electric vehicle
Inside the rush to buy an electric vehicle

How overfishing threatens the world’s oceans

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How overfishing threatens the world’s oceans
How overfishing threatens the world’s oceans

The environmental impacts of cars, explained

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The environmental impacts of cars, explained
The environmental impacts of cars, explained

Flesh-eating bacteria are becoming more pervasive—here’s why

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Flesh-eating bacteria are becoming more pervasive—here’s why
Flesh-eating bacteria are becoming more pervasive—here’s why

Desert threats and why they matter

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Desert threats and why they matter
Desert threats and why they matter

Every season actually begins twice—here’s why

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Every season actually begins twice—here’s why
Every season actually begins twice—here’s why

Grasslands, explained

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Grasslands, explained
Grasslands, explained

Regenerating the soil of America’s heartland

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Regenerating the soil of America’s heartland
Regenerating the soil of America’s heartland

How Sylvia Earle fell in love with the ocean

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How Sylvia Earle fell in love with the ocean
How Sylvia Earle fell in love with the ocean

Why the Drake Passage is one of Earth's most dangerous places

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Why the Drake Passage is one of Earth's most dangerous places
Why the Drake Passage is one of Earth's most dangerous places

How diamonds are helping to preserve the Okavango River Basin

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How diamonds are helping to preserve the Okavango River Basin
How diamonds are helping to preserve the Okavango River Basin

What is a haboob? The science behind the towering wall of dust

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What is a haboob? The science behind the towering wall of dust
What is a haboob? The science behind the towering wall of dust

The rose that survived Hurricane Katrina

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The rose that survived Hurricane Katrina
The rose that survived Hurricane Katrina

Ocean threats changing the planet

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Ocean threats changing the planet
Ocean threats changing the planet

Why Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst storms in U.S. history

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Why Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst storms in U.S. history
Why Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst storms in U.S. history

Will Mexico's train of the future leave its past behind?

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Will Mexico's train of the future leave its past behind?
Will Mexico's train of the future leave its past behind?

The fight to preserve Mexico’s portals to the underworld

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The fight to preserve Mexico’s portals to the underworld
The fight to preserve Mexico’s portals to the underworld

Why the Amazon doesn’t really make 20% of the world’s oxygen

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Why the Amazon doesn’t really make 20% of the world’s oxygen
Why the Amazon doesn’t really make 20% of the world’s oxygen

What is acid rain?

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What is acid rain?
What is acid rain?

What is a tsunami? Here’s what causes the deadly ocean waves

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What is a tsunami? Here’s what causes the deadly ocean waves
What is a tsunami? Here’s what causes the deadly ocean waves

‘Corn sweat’—and other weird weather phenomena—explained

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‘Corn sweat’—and other weird weather phenomena—explained
‘Corn sweat’—and other weird weather phenomena—explained

Tornadoes, explained

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Tornadoes, explained
Tornadoes, explained

Athens is reviving a 2,000-year-old ancient Roman aqueduct

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Athens is reviving a 2,000-year-old ancient Roman aqueduct
Athens is reviving a 2,000-year-old ancient Roman aqueduct

This tree's destruction prompted outrage—and now a guilty verdict

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This tree's destruction prompted outrage—and now a guilty verdict
This tree's destruction prompted outrage—and now a guilty verdict

Tornado alley is moving east—and it's deadlier than ever

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Tornado alley is moving east—and it's deadlier than ever
Tornado alley is moving east—and it's deadlier than ever

Australia’s famous pink lakes are disappearing

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Australia’s famous pink lakes are disappearing
Australia’s famous pink lakes are disappearing

What is cloud seeding? Here's what the tech can—and can't—do

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What is cloud seeding? Here's what the tech can—and can't—do
What is cloud seeding? Here's what the tech can—and can't—do

Meet the man who sinks the world’s biggest ships for a living

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Meet the man who sinks the world’s biggest ships for a living
Meet the man who sinks the world’s biggest ships for a living

What causes coral bleaching—and how we can stop it

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What causes coral bleaching—and how we can stop it
What causes coral bleaching—and how we can stop it

How flash floods get so destructive so quickly

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How flash floods get so destructive so quickly
How flash floods get so destructive so quickly

A village was buried under a mountain—this town could be next

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A village was buried under a mountain—this town could be next
A village was buried under a mountain—this town could be next

Humidity really has gotten worse in the last 40 years

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Humidity really has gotten worse in the last 40 years
Humidity really has gotten worse in the last 40 years

What is a heat dome? The science behind the weather phenomenon

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What is a heat dome? The science behind the weather phenomenon
What is a heat dome? The science behind the weather phenomenon

What fracking is doing to the Earth—and to our bodies

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What fracking is doing to the Earth—and to our bodies
What fracking is doing to the Earth—and to our bodies

What makes the North Sea’s waves so treacherous

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What makes the North Sea’s waves so treacherous
What makes the North Sea’s waves so treacherous

A giant mass of seaweed threatens beach season again

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A giant mass of seaweed threatens beach season again
A giant mass of seaweed threatens beach season again

Jellyfish are finally giving up their secrets

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Jellyfish are finally giving up their secrets
Jellyfish are finally giving up their secrets

Niassa was conservation paradise. Then ISIS attacked.

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Niassa was conservation paradise. Then ISIS attacked.
Niassa was conservation paradise. Then ISIS attacked.

How conservation icon David Attenborough holds onto hope

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How conservation icon David Attenborough holds onto hope
How conservation icon David Attenborough holds onto hope

This motorcycle took the world’s first ride powered by solar fuel

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This motorcycle took the world’s first ride powered by solar fuel
This motorcycle took the world’s first ride powered by solar fuel

The world’s plastic pollution crisis, explained

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The world’s plastic pollution crisis, explained
The world’s plastic pollution crisis, explained

Why the future of fashion is ‘farm to closet’

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Why the future of fashion is ‘farm to closet’
Why the future of fashion is ‘farm to closet’

The surprising real world uses of zombie fungi

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The surprising real world uses of zombie fungi
The surprising real world uses of zombie fungi

Fish flee for their lives in rare video of bottom trawling

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Fish flee for their lives in rare video of bottom trawling
Fish flee for their lives in rare video of bottom trawling
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