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More Antartic Protections Urged On #WorldPenguinDay

The world needs to do more to protect the Antarctic wilderness and its wildlife, scientists warned Tuesday, as they marked World Penguin Day. The flightless seabirds -- a f...

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Sustainable Development

How Singapore Is Creating More Land For Itself

Jurong Island, a man-made smear of sand, lies just off the southern coast of Singapore. A quarter the size of Nantucket, it is thoroughly given over to the petrochemical in...

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Environment

New Study Shows Worrisome Signs For Greenland Ice

As humans put more heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, like carbon dioxide, ice around the planet melts. This melting can be a problem, particularly if the melting ice...

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Environment

Japan kills More Than 300 Whales In Annual Antarctic Hunt

Whaling fleet returns to port after slaughtering hundreds of minke whales, in defiance of moratorium on hunting and global criticism A Japanese whaling fleet returned to po...

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Environment

Boaty McBoatface to go on its first Antarctic mission

A small yellow robot submarine, called Boaty McBoatface after a competition to name a new polar research ship backfired, is being sent on its first Antarctic mission.

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Environment

Australia Placed On El Niño 'Watch' As Weather Bureau Puts Chance At 50% for 2017

Analysis shows steady warming in the Pacific Ocean and that Australia could be in for a warmer and drier year Australia could be heading into another El Niño year ac...

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Environment

NASA Filmed Water Escaping Down Giant Cracks In The Greenland Ice Sheet

The Greenland ice sheet is melting, pushing more water out into the ocean, and contributing to global sea level rise—one of the major risks of climate change. Now, NA...

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Environment

Images Of New Bleaching On Great Barrier Reef Heighten Fears Of Coral Death

The embattled Great Barrier Reef could face yet more severe coral bleaching in the coming month, with areas badly hit by last year’s event at risk of death. Images ta...

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How One Man Repopulated A Rare Butterfly Species In His Backyard

The California pipevine swallowtail butterfly is a wonder to behold. It begins its life as a tiny red egg, hatches into an enormous orange-speckled caterpillar, and then &m...

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Human Rights

Celebrating The legacy of Sarojini Naidu, The Driving Force Behind Women’s Equality In India

She was called the ‘Nightingale of India’ with good reason, a woman who called out the patriarchy at a time when our own country didn’t understand the urg...

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