Environment

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Why Great White Sharks Are Vanishing From the Mediterranean Science

Why Great White Sharks Are Vanishing From the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean's great white sharks are critically endangered — fewer than 250 likely remain. Scientists are racing to understand a population that...

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What Is Coral Bleaching and Why It Threatens Reefs Science

What Is Coral Bleaching and Why It Threatens Reefs

Coral bleaching occurs when rising ocean temperatures sever the vital partnership between corals and their food-producing algae, turning reefs white a...

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WHO: Iran 'Black Rain' Threatens Health After Oil Strikes Science

WHO: Iran 'Black Rain' Threatens Health After Oil Strikes

The World Health Organization has warned of toxic 'black rain' falling across Iran after US-Israeli strikes set oil depots ablaze, releasing hydrocarb...

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What Is Rubisco and Why Scientists Want to Fix It Science

What Is Rubisco and Why Scientists Want to Fix It

Rubisco is the most abundant protein on Earth and the engine of all plant life—yet it is surprisingly inefficient. Understanding why scientists are ra...

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How Textile Recycling Works—and Why It's So Hard Science

How Textile Recycling Works—and Why It's So Hard

The fashion industry generates 92 million tonnes of textile waste every year, yet less than 15% is recycled. Here's why recycling clothes is so techni...

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How Perovskite Solar Cells Work and Why They Matter

Perovskite solar cells have leapt from a lab curiosity to a commercial reality in under two decades, threatening to upend silicon's decades-long domin...

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Earth's Biodiversity Boom: 16,000 New Species Found Yearly

A landmark University of Arizona study in Science Advances finds scientists are identifying more than 16,000 new species every year — the fastest rate...

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What Are Cryptic Species and How Are They Found? Science

What Are Cryptic Species and How Are They Found?

Beneath the surface of Earth's known biodiversity hides a vast shadow catalogue of look-alike species, genetically distinct but visually indistinguish...

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What Is Coltan and Why It's in Every Smartphone Technology

What Is Coltan and Why It's in Every Smartphone

Coltan is a rare mineral found largely in the Democratic Republic of Congo that is refined into tantalum — a critical component inside nearly every mo...

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How Tornadoes Form and Why They're So Destructive Science

How Tornadoes Form and Why They're So Destructive

Tornadoes are among the most violent weather phenomena on Earth. Here is the science behind how they develop from ordinary thunderstorms into spinning...

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How Harmful Algal Blooms Form—and Why They're Spreading Science

How Harmful Algal Blooms Form—and Why They're Spreading

Harmful algal blooms—explosive growths of toxic algae—shut down beaches, poison drinking water, and kill fish. Here's the science behind why they form...

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Nature's Engine Slows: Species Turnover Down by a Third Science

Nature's Engine Slows: Species Turnover Down by a Third

A landmark global study finds that the rate at which species replace each other in ecosystems has slowed by roughly one-third since the 1970s — a para...

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