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![a black dog with a red collar]()
Dogs are sniffing out a legacy of pollution on the Blackfeet nation
Strange diseases are spreading in Blackfeet Country. Can canines track down the culprits?
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![Close-up of sun's surface with solar flares.]()
US scientists have reached a breakthrough in nuclear fusion
The Department of Energy’s announcement has big implications for clean energy
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![Food scraps in a compostable bag in a bin]()
![Food scraps in a compostable bag in a bin]()
The myth of ‘home-compostable’ plastics
Study shows 60% of plastics certified for home composting don’t break down.
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![Collage: old fabric book cover with cutouts of a whale illustration, the ocean surface, and excerpts from a whaling logbook]()
![Collage: old fabric book cover with cutouts of a whale illustration, the ocean surface, and excerpts from a whaling logbook]()
How centuries-old whaling logs are filling gaps in our climate knowledge
Whalers from the 18th and 19th centuries are helping 21st Century scientists on climate change.
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![A water bottle dissolves into microplastics in the ocean]()
![A water bottle dissolves into microplastics in the ocean]()
All that plastic in the ocean is a climate change problem, too
Researchers worry that microplastics may be messing with an important carbon sequestration process.
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![Numerous recyclable plastic bottles arranged in a group.]()
‘We can’t recycle our way out’
From chemical recycling to plant-based alternatives, scientists size up the most promising solutions to plastic pollution.
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![An oil slick turns an ocean and beach brown]()
Ocean oil pollution is growing — and not from oil spills
Cars and highways are among the top contributors to ocean oil pollution, study finds.
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Is climate change to blame for the Pakistan floods? Here’s what we know.
New research finds it intensified rains by 50 percent but was hardly the only factor.
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![Illustration of glass of milk surrounded by green blobs, resembling cow print]()
![Illustration of glass of milk surrounded by green blobs, resembling cow print]()
Milking microbes instead of udders
Moooove over, cows. Precision fermentation creates the same proteins found in milk, leading to cheese, ice cream, and other treats that are indistinguishable from their conventional counterparts.
