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Robot Janitors: Floating Trash-Eaters Clean Up Baltimore Harbor

Jun 30, 2017 11:23AM

Solar- and hydro-powered trash robots are sucking up plastic, Styrofoam and other debris from Baltimore’s harbor, and the waste is used to generate electricity.

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Floral Throughways: Garden Clubs Help Beautify Roads

Jun 30, 2017 11:23AM

If you’re awed by the mass of blooms decorating highway meridians and embankments, you often have local garden clubs to thank, along with partnering state highway departments.

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Pesticide Peril: Common Agrichemicals Endanger Hundreds of Species

May 31, 2017 12:04PM

An astonishing 97 percent of the 1,800-plus animals and plants protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act are likely to be harmed by the widespread use of malathion and chlopyrifos on farm crops, yet the new Environmental Protection Agency administration just declined to ban chlopyrifos.

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Safe Harbor: Marine Reserve Preserves Ocean Biodiversity

Apr 28, 2017 11:47AM

Fish, seabirds, penguins, and seals have a new safe haven in the southern Indian Ocean with the French expansion of its protected reserve from 8,000 to 46,000 square miles.

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Turtle Turnaround: Record Hatchlings Give Hope

Apr 28, 2017 11:47AM

A drive to increase public awareness of turtle-friendly practices seems to be paying off with record numbers of successful hatchlings on beaches in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

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Planting Progress: New Seed-Sharing Law in California

Apr 28, 2017 11:47AM

It’s now legal to swap and collect seeds in California, making it the fourth state to loosen 80-year-old industrial regulations that hamper non-commercial seed libraries.

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Saving Sharks: Ocean Sanctuaries Expand in Pacific

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

With 30 percent of shark species threatened with extinction, island nations are establishing bans on shark fishing in surrounding waters.

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Dirty Driving: Traffic Pollution Chokes Big Cities Worldwide

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

From Paris to Athens to Seattle, cities are struggling to counter vehicular pollution with car-free days and other strategies.

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Tree Terminators: Insects Assault America’s Forests

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

From New England to the West Coast, forests are under attack from an army of invasive insects that may eat several native tree species to extinction.

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Water Saver: Teen Finds Drought Solution in South Africa

Mar 31, 2017 10:20AM

A South African girl has designed a super-absorbent polymer made of recycled avocado skins and orange peels that can store reserves of water hundreds of time its own weight.

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