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Photo by Aliverdibayli Sadig A Rotting Dead Whale is Drawing a Massive Crowd at the World’s Largest Lake
A statue of a beached whale, complete with the smell of rotting fish and actors playing scientists, is a hyper-realistic call to action for climate change.
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(Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Blowing Up Dead Horses No Longer an Option for Wyoming Forest Rangers, Thanks to Climate Change
Climate change has forced a change in the practice of exploding the carcasses of dead horses.
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Two-fingered sloth Photo by Erhard Nerger/imageBROKER/Shutterstock Are Sloths Too Slow to Survive a Warming Planet?
Rising global temperatures could wreak havoc on the metabolic responses of two-fingered sloths.
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A car is stuck in floodwaters in St. Pete Beach as Hurricane Helene makes its way toward the Florida panhandle. Photo by Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times/ZUMA Press. NOAA: Hurricane Helene Threatens Widespread Inland Flooding
Hurricane Helene poses unprecedented inland flooding risk across southeastern US states, says the NOAA in a rare news release.
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Photo by WESTOCK PRODUCTIONS California Re-Bans Plastic Bags After Last Attempt Backfired
An initial ban led to an uptick in the number of plastic bags people disposed of.
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Tailed-Jay Butterfly Photo by Gerard Lacz/Shutterstock ‘Butterfly Emergency’ Declared, After the UK’s Record-Low Butterfly Count
Butterfly Conservation is calling for pesticide bans after its 2024 Big Butterfly Count found the lowest number of butterflies since the survey began.
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Flooding in Nigeria in 2022. Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock. Flooding in Nigeria Destroys Prison, Frees Boko Haram Militants
A dam collapse swept deadly zoo animals and more than 250 inmates into local communities in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
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An isopod enjoying its sargassum dinner. (Photo: Daniel Hentz, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Could This Deep-Sea Isopod’s Algae Fetish Help Reverse Climate Change?
An ocean research team’s accidental discovery could have significant ramifications for the planet.
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The Whale's Mouth formation in Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Photo by Jim West/imageBROKER/Shutterstock. A Bag of Cheetos Created an Ecological Nightmare in Carlsbad Caverns
“To the owner of the snack bag, the impact is likely incidental. But to the ecosystem of the cave it had a huge impact.”
