Environment

PHOTOS: National Geographic Goes To Everest

WATCH: This Mysterious, Swaying Plant Is Baffling

Killing With Sound: What Happens When the Whales Stop Singing?

For whales, such as the great blue, who can communicate over thousands of miles, such sonic stress affects reproduction and communication so much that some whales simply stop vocalizing. What happens to our oceans when the whales stop singing?
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PHOTOS: Gorillas, Flamingos, Lions And More Animals Of The Week

String Of Horrific Incidents Raise Focus On China's Zoos

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Diverting the Missouri River to the West: 'Can' Does Not Mean 'Should'

Terraforming is not science fiction but reality: humans are remaking the surface of our planet. We are altering the composition of the planet's atmosphere and fundamentally changing the entire global climate.
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Anger Mounts Over Gas Shortages, Power Outages Post-Sandy

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Can 'The Bay' Save The Real Chesapeake?

PHOTOS: Lioness Befriends Baby Antelope

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FiveThirtyEight: The Number of Things Nate Silver Gets Wrong About Climate Change

It's not that Nate revealed himself to be a climate change denier in his new book, The Signal and the Noise. But he falls victim to a fallacy that's all too common among those who view the issue through the prism of economics rather than science.
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