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Coral Reefs Die as El Niño Heats Up

The third mass coral bleaching in recent history is under way, as record ocean warmth creates a crisis in the tropics.

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A Motion for The Ocean: Obama Announces First Two New Marine Sanctuaries in 15 Years

This isn’t the first time protections for the country’s marine areas have improved on President Obama’s watch.

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Change

Free the Snake: Restoring North America’s Greatest Salmon River

The time has come to breach the deadbeat dams on the Snake River and reconnect wild salmon to this important watershed.

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‘Racing Extinction’ Goes Behind the Scenes of Manmade Mass Extinction

The sixth global mass extinction is happening right now. Racing Extinction is coming to a theater near you.

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Prophetic Author of Diet for a Small Planet on State of Food, Democracy

An interview with Frances Moore Lappè, author who helped awaken millions of people to the connections between our diets, our bodies, and the fate of the planet.

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One Poem That Saved a Forest

How the friendship between a poet and a timber baron kept a grove of California redwoods from clear-cutting.

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Betcha Don’t Know Where Clouds Come From (and Why it Really Matters)

A new study shows where clouds come from—and what that means for climate research.

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Bumbling Toward Extinction: Bees May Go Extinct Rather than Move North

As the climate warms, bumblebee species are being crushed as the ‘climate vice’ compresses their geographical ranges.

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As Above, So Below: Antarctica Ice Melting from Geothermal Heat, Too

Glaciologists drill deep into Antarctica and find that the ice is in a kind of panini press of heat from above and below.

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5 Medicinal Herbs You Can Grow in Your Backyard

These herbs aren’t just for cooking—here’s how you can use them to treat ailments from asthma to anxiety.