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Call of the Wild
Climate change, deforestation and poaching all threaten the mass extinction of large numbers of animal species. By the end of this century, climate change alone could wipe out about half of the…
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City Escapes
Why can't an old rail line be an urban oasis? Across the United States, city governments have found that it's cheaper—and more engaging for residents—to rebuild infrastructure into public green…
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The Positive of Negative
With climate catastrophe possibly looming, doing no environmental harm might no longer be enough. In an effort to drastically cut down on its carbon footprint, the Drax Group launched a £400,000…
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A Sea of Troubles
The Dead Sea is dying. The famed biblical sea is receding more than 3 feet (1 meter) a year, due to a combination of damming, climate change and companies draining the water supply. A researcher at…
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Clean and Contained
During the Vietnam War, the United States sprayed more than 10 million gallons (37.9 million liters) of the toxic herbicide mixture Agent Orange. The tactic used in Vietnam between 1961 and 1971 was…
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Going with the Wind
Offshore wind projects have long been plagued by high technology and connectivity costs, making initiatives all but impossible without government subsidies. "But in the last few years, we've seen a…
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Commune Ground
With more people prioritizing sustainability and healthy living, real estate developers are rushing to build neighborhoods around a new amenity—a working farm. Known as agrihoods, these projects…
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Site Specific
Suide County, located on the Loess Plateau in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, has abundant sunshine and ample amounts of unused land. In an effort to use those two conditions to lower the area's…
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Caring for Giants
The project was as pressing as it was daunting. Mariposa Grove's 500-plus mature sequoia trees—one of the largest species on the planet—stretch more than 250 feet (76 meters) in the sky, with some…
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Sustainable Change
Japan's energy landscape has turned upside down in the past few years. A country once dependent on nuclear energy was forced to rush into renewables after the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant…
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