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(Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP via Getty Images) Scientists Are Dumping Fake Whale Poop Into the Ocean
The fewer whales dumping gallons of shit into the oceans at a time, the fewer nutrients keeping our oceans vibrant.
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Photo by Aliverdibayli Sadig A Rotting Dead Whale is Drawing a Massive Crowd at the World’s Largest Lake
A statue of a beached whale, complete with the smell of rotting fish and actors playing scientists, is a hyper-realistic call to action for climate change.
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(Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Blowing Up Dead Horses No Longer an Option for Wyoming Forest Rangers, Thanks to Climate Change
Climate change has forced a change in the practice of exploding the carcasses of dead horses.
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Two-fingered sloth Photo by Erhard Nerger/imageBROKER/Shutterstock Are Sloths Too Slow to Survive a Warming Planet?
Rising global temperatures could wreak havoc on the metabolic responses of two-fingered sloths.
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A car is stuck in floodwaters in St. Pete Beach as Hurricane Helene makes its way toward the Florida panhandle. Photo by Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Press. NOAA: Hurricane Helene Threatens Widespread Inland Flooding
Hurricane Helene poses unprecedented inland flooding risk across southeastern US states, says the NOAA in a rare news release.
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Photo by WESTOCK PRODUCTIONS California Re-Bans Plastic Bags After Last Attempt Backfired
An initial ban led to an uptick in the number of plastic bags people disposed of.
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Tailed-Jay Butterfly Photo by Gerard Lacz/Shutterstock ‘Butterfly Emergency’ Declared, After the UK’s Record-Low Butterfly Count
Butterfly Conservation is calling for pesticide bans after its 2024 Big Butterfly Count found the lowest number of butterflies since the survey began.
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Flooding in Nigeria in 2022. Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock. Flooding in Nigeria Destroys Prison, Frees Boko Haram Militants
A dam collapse swept deadly zoo animals and more than 250 inmates into local communities in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
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An isopod enjoying its sargassum dinner. (Photo: Daniel Hentz, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Could This Deep-Sea Isopod’s Algae Fetish Help Reverse Climate Change?
An ocean research team’s accidental discovery could have significant ramifications for the planet.
