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Bird Collisions: Why Do Glass Buildings Kill Billions of Birds?
Every year, over a billion birds die due to bird collisions in the United States due to glass collisions, with…
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Wild Salmon: Why Are Their Runs Collapsing?
According to the NOAA, the abundance of wild salmon has significantly decreased in several areas including the Yukon River, which…
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Stalling Storms: Why Are Hurricanes Dumping More Rain Than Before?
Stalling Hurricanes produce more precipitation when they travel at slow speeds, and NOAA scientist Jim Kossin determined that the forward…
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Disappearing Coasts: How Are Island Nations and Coastal Cities Fighting Rising Seas?
Seas are becoming deeper every year which leads to disappearing coasts, which is prompting island nations to react in many…
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Amphibian Decline: Why Are Frogs Vanishing?
Amphibians are the most at-risk vertebrate group, as 40.7 percent of species assessed are under threat. What is Chytridiomycosis? According…
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Freshwater Under the Sea: Can Offshore Aquifers Ease Water Stress?
According to scientists, continental shelves contain approximately 500,000 cubic kilometers of freshwater (offshore freshwater aquifers). Where did this water come…
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Fog Harvesting: Can Mist Nets Bring Water to Dry Places?
In Chile, fog harvesting nets, made of fine mesh material, trap water droplets from fog and collect between three and…
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Drugs in Rivers: How Pharmaceutical Pollution Reaches Wildlife
Medicines flushed into waterways (pharmaceutical pollution) are reaching wildlife, with unsafe levels of at least one drug found at 25.7…
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Fireflies Are Fading: Why Are the Lights Going Out?
In many places around the world fireflies decline, although it’s early summer, fireflies are losing their presence in the sky…
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Pollen Seasons: How Warming Is Making Allergies Worse
Rising temperatures are causing pollen seasons in North America to kick off around twenty days earlier than they used to,…
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