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Galapagos: How to protect the islands' amazing marine life from huge Chinese fishing fleets
More than 300 foreign fishing ships, almost all Chinese, have been sitting in international waters surrounding…
Forests scorched by wildfire unlikely to recover, may convert to grasslands
With flames racing across hundreds of square miles throughout Colorado and California this summer and a…
From cotton field to store rack, blue jeans leave a massive water footprint
The fact that blue jeans typically need only a passing acquaintance with the washing machine has…
New voting laws continue disenfranchisement, put elections administrators in difficult positions, study finds
In the years since a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling struck down key provisions of the…
AstroSat observations detect thermonuclear X-ray bursts on Cygnus X-2
Using the AstroSat spacecraft, Indian astronomers have identified thermonuclear X-ray bursts on the low-mass X-ray binary…
Willie wagtails: The werewolves of the bird world
“A poet is a nightingale who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude…
What social media can teach us about human-environment relationships
Recent ecological research used Instagram posts to analyze the preferences of visitors to natural areas around…
School run: Cutting car use will take much more than educating children and parents
As the summer holidays come to an end and children return to school following lockdown, there…
COVID-19 and schools reopening: Now is the time to embrace outdoor education
Whether and how schools will reopen in September given COVID-19 has been discussed in news and…