Environment
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The Algae That Might Save Earth’s Coral Reefs
A relationship story.
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The Mystery of the Healthy Coral Reef
A reef off the coast of Honduras should be a disaster. Instead it’s thriving.
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The Oceanic Fallout of Deep-Sea Mining
What happens in the deep sea doesn’t stay in the deep sea.
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The Ancient Wisdom Stored in Trees
What very old trees can teach us about life, death, and time.
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Why We Need Muck to Fight Rising Sea Levels
We’ve starved marshes of their essential sediment—now can we repair them in time?
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Coral Restoration Goes Big
Saving reefs is possible—but there are challenges.
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To Save the Deep Ocean, We Should Mine the Moon
The moon contains a lot of mineral wealth—but how practical is mining it?
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It’s High Time to Protect Our High Seas
The oceans belong to no one. But we can all take part to protect them.
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Two Distinguished Scientists on How to Rescue Humanity
The Anthropocene demands a massive realignment of priorities.
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We Only Think We Flush It Away
8 waste products that come back to haunt us.
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Humans Are Overzealous Whale Morticians
We hastily dispose of dead whales, ignoring the ecological significance of their carcasses.
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Snorkeling in Their Own Plastic
Dave Ford chartered a cruise for Fortune 500 company leaders and activists to dive into an environmental crisis.
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How Are the Bees?
The collapse of our pollinators may no longer be headlines, but we’re still killing their buzz.
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Reshuffled Rivers Bolster the Amazon’s Hyper-Biodiversity
The lush biodiversity of the Amazon may be due in part to the dynamics of branching rivers, which serve as invisible fences that continuously barricade and merge bird populations.
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Who Are the Scientists Here?
Mo’orea, a Pacific Island, spotlights the rift in conservation between foreign scientists and Indigenous people.
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The Race to Explore the Ocean’s Twilight Zone
As marine scientists strive to understand the mysteries of the deep, the miners are moving in.
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The Oceans Are Teeming with Unknown Species
Scientists are finding 2,000 new marine species a year. Why it matters to name and categorize them.
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The Return of New York Harbor’s Oysters
This entrepreneur plans to revive the famous urban ecosystem with a billion oysters.
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The Genius of Fishing with Tidal Weirs
Native and non-native scientists have come together to counter overfishing with an ancient practice.
