Environment

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Are Urinating Swimmers Killing Fish?

German officials have banned swimmers from Eichbaum Lake while studying the link between fish death and public urination.

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Poses New Threat to Marine Life

A landfill twice the size of Texas is floating in the middle of the Pacific, and scientists are starting to get worried.

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The Salton Sea Is Shrinking, and the California Supreme Court Isn’t Helping

The court’s recent ruling on a state water-transfer system exacerbates problems affecting the area’s delicate ecology

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Costa Concordia to Be Removed In One Piece

Months after its deadly shipwreck, the cruise liner will float again.

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National Weather Service Tests ‘Catastrophic’ Storm Warnings

“Mass devastation is highly likely, making the area unrecognizable to survivors” sounds more like an apocalyptic prediction than a severe weather warning. But this phrase and others like it are now part of a new initiative by the National Weather Service to recall attention to storm and tornado warnings that are often ignored.

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Where Are America’s Greenest Cities?

Travel + Leisure ranks the top 20 most environmentally friendly cities. Did your hometown make the cut?

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Earth Hour Continues Its Revolution Around the World

New countries joining in on the global lights-out hour this year are Libya and Algeria.

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Study: For Millennials, It’s Not So Easy Being Green

Do those coming of age in the wake of global warming simply see climate change as inevitable?

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Is the Washington Monument Sinking?

In light of last year’s quake, National Park Service officials are conducting a survey to determine the exact status of D.C.’s currently-shuttered Washington Monument.

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Study: Bees Have Distinct Personalities

Think all bees are drones? Far from it.