Earth

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    Hammered Saws

    Sawfish, shark relatives that almost went extinct several decades ago, have now gained protection by international treaty.

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    Asian Forecast: Hazy, Warmer—Clouds of pollution heat lower atmosphere

    Clouds of smoke and soot that blanket many regions of Asia heat the lower atmosphere by the same amount that rising greenhouse gases do.

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    Slick Death: Oil-spill treatment kills coral

    Chemicals used to disperse marine oil spills are more harmful to coral than the oil itself.

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    Metal spews from tires and brake pads

    A study in Stockholm says that tires and brake pads emit a variety of metal pollutants despite European regulations aimed at cleaning up these parts.

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    Light reaches deep in southeast Pacific

    In a remote part of the southeastern Pacific where marine life is sparse, ultraviolet light penetrates to unprecedented depths.

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    Signs of Life?

    Life's effects on a planet's terrain show up only in surprisingly subtle ways.

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    Stunting Growth: Ozone will trim plants’ carbon-storing power

    Increasing ground-level ozone due to pollution will stifle the growth of vegetation in many regions, accelerating the buildup of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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    Erosion accelerates along Alaskan coast

    Alaska's northern coast is falling into the sea at an accelerating rate.

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    Birth of an Island: Megaflood severed Europe from Britain

    Hundreds of thousands of years ago, the spillover from an immense glacial lake carved a chasm that in a matter of weeks separated what is now Britain from continental Europe.

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    E-Waste Hazards: Chinese gear recyclers absorb toxic chemicals

    People who live in an area of China where electronic devices are dismantled and recycled, as well as villagers 50 kilometers away, have high concentrations of flame retardants in their blood.

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    As the last ice age waned, a great lake was born

    Lake Agassiz, a huge and now vanished freshwater lake, formed almost 14,000 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age.

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    Polymer Breakdown: Reaction offers possible way to recycle nylon

    A new chemical process offers hope that the thousands of tons of nylon thrown away every year could one day be recycled.

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