Earth

  1. Humans

    Predatory pythons shift Everglades ecology

    As invasive snakes expand territory, some mammal populations drop by more than 90 percent within a decade.

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  2. Climate

    Humans’ greenhouse gas emissions throw next ice age off schedule

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  3. Life

    Deep Life

    Teeming masses of organisms thrive beneath the seafloor.

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  4. Earth

    ‘Nonstick’ pollutants may cut efficiency of vaccines in kids

    Antibodies from immunizations are halved among children with the highest exposure levels to common chemicals.

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  5. Climate

    Amazon may become greenhouse gas emitter

    South America’s massive rain forest may soon release more carbon into the atmosphere than it absorbs.

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  6. Life

    Boxwood blight invades North America

    The devastating fungus has already stripped shrubbery down to sticks in Europe and New Zealand.

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  7. Earth

    Carbonation brings diamonds to surface

    Chemical reactions deep inside the Earth fuel magma’s gem-laden upward journey.

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  8. Life

    Rising carbon dioxide confuses brain signaling in fish

    Nerve cells respond to acidifying waters.

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  9. Climate

    Soil’s Hidden Secrets

    Shocking discoveries from the underground may shake up climate science.

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  10. Earth

    Small efforts to reduce methane, soot could have big effect

    Simple measures could slow global warming and reduce premature deaths.

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  11. Humans

    Bush meat can be a viral feast

    Monkeys and apes are considered edible game in many parts of Africa. As Africans have emigrated to other parts of the world, some have retained their love of this so-called bushmeat. A new study now finds that even when smoked, meat from nonhuman primates — from chimps to monkeys — can host potentially dangerous viruses. Smuggled imports confiscated at U.S. airports provided the samples tested in this investigation.

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  12. Life

    Crabs hither, shrimp thither

    Biologists document surprising differences among deep-sea animals at hydrothermal vent fields.

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