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An Installation in Nature has Climate Lessons for Humans
For the artist Antti Laitinen, his childhood playground among the trees and streams of central Finland has become an experiment…
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Rainforests Can Bounce Back Much Faster Than Thought, Researchers Say
Scientists once thought it would take a century or more for animals to return to deforested land in the tropics.…
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E.P.A., Maryland Sue D.C. Utility Over Potomac River Sewage
The Environmental Protection Agency and Maryland regulators filed separate lawsuits Monday seeking to hold the Washington, D.C., public water utility…
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Strait of Hormuz May Not Return to Normal, Whether It’s Open or Closed
Even if the Strait of Hormuz opens again, energy executives and analysts say the industry will no longer be able…
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Where Are All These Meteors Coming From?
It seems as though stars have been shooting across the heavens far more than usual lately. In March, fireball after…
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Mars rover carries out chemistry experiment never done beyond Earth, discovers more building blocks of life
NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered more building blocks of life on Mars after carrying out a chemistry experiment never before conducted…
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What’s in a Name? For These Snails, Legal Protection
The sun had barely risen over the Pacific Ocean when a small motorboat carrying a team of Indigenous artisans and…
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A Rocky, Snow-Barren Ski Season Concludes in Colorado
Skiers and snowboarders in 1990s neon fashion and other colorful regalia danced on a restaurant deck atop Aspen Mountain while…
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‘Earthset’ Is Captured on Video for First Time
The world watched as the Earth disappeared behind the pockmarked moon, in the first video showing humanity’s home planet sinking…
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Cementing a more sustainable alternative to concrete
The process of making 30 billion tons of concrete every year produces more carbon pollution than all the world’s ships…
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