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How Fishing Quotas Are Set—and Why They Often Fail Science

How Fishing Quotas Are Set—and Why They Often Fail

Fishing quotas are meant to prevent overfishing, but the process that turns scientific advice into catch limits is riddled with political compromise....

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How Urban Evolution Works—Animals Adapting to Cities Science

How Urban Evolution Works—Animals Adapting to Cities

Cities are driving rapid genetic and behavioral changes in wildlife. From lizards with bigger toe pads to mice that digest junk food, urban evolution...

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How Ice Cores Work—and What They Reveal About Climate Science

How Ice Cores Work—and What They Reveal About Climate

Ice cores drilled from glaciers and ice sheets preserve up to 1.2 million years of climate history in layers of frozen snow, trapped gas bubbles, and...

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How El Niño Works—and Why Super Events Hit Harder Science

How El Niño Works—and Why Super Events Hit Harder

El Niño is a recurring climate pattern driven by warming waters in the tropical Pacific that reshapes weather worldwide. Here is how the ocean-atmosph...

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How Emperor Penguins Survive Antarctica—and Why They're at Risk Science

How Emperor Penguins Survive Antarctica—and Why They're at Risk

Emperor penguins endure the harshest conditions on Earth through an extraordinary breeding cycle that depends entirely on stable sea ice—a foundation...

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What Is the AMOC—and Why Its Slowdown Matters Science

What Is the AMOC—and Why Its Slowdown Matters

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is a massive ocean conveyor belt that carries heat northward, keeping Europe warm. Scientists warn it...

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What Are PFAS and Why Are They Called Forever Chemicals? Science

What Are PFAS and Why Are They Called Forever Chemicals?

PFAS are a vast family of synthetic chemicals found in everything from cookware to drinking water. Their near-indestructible carbon-fluorine bonds let...

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What Is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Why It Matters Science

What Is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Why It Matters

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is Earth's most powerful ocean current, carrying 135 times more water than all the world's rivers combined. It regul...

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How Oyster Reefs Work—and Why They Guard Coastlines Science

How Oyster Reefs Work—and Why They Guard Coastlines

Oyster reefs are among the most valuable yet imperiled marine ecosystems on Earth. This explainer covers how oysters build living reefs, why these str...

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World Health Day 2026: Lyon Summit Unites Science and Policy Health

World Health Day 2026: Lyon Summit Unites Science and Policy

The WHO marks World Health Day under the banner 'Together for health. Stand with science,' as France hosts the One Health Summit in Lyon and the inaug...

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What Is Permafrost and Why Its Thaw Threatens Earth Science

What Is Permafrost and Why Its Thaw Threatens Earth

Permafrost stores twice as much carbon as the atmosphere. As the Arctic warms, this frozen ground is thawing—unleashing greenhouse gases, destabilizin...

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What Are Nanoplastics and Why Are They Everywhere? Science

What Are Nanoplastics and Why Are They Everywhere?

Nanoplastics—plastic fragments smaller than a bacterium—have been found in oceans, blood, and even human brains. Here is how they form, where they end...

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