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Scientists caught rare footage of sea cucumbers hovering deep in the Gulf of...
Scientists from NOAA caught rare footage of sea cucumbers hovering deep in the Gulf of Mexico on a recent expedition.The sea cucumbers appear to be able to regulate their buoyancy, and scientists are...
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Electric cars and hybrids will no longer get free rides on Los Angeles freeways
Electric and hybrid car owners in Los Angeles drive through highway tolls for free, part of the city's effort to incentivize citizens to buy clean-air cars.The Los Angeles County Metropolitan...
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Wearing certain sunscreens in the ocean could kill sea life — here's what you...
Recent reports have found that chemicals in sunscreen are killing coral reefs and other marine life.To save the ocean life, BuzzFeed news reports that Hawaii is set to be the first US state to ban...
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The company behind America's favorite hummus has funded an under-the-radar...
Israeli company Aleph Farms aims to make cuts of environmentally-friendly meat that resemble the real thing using animal cells. Aleph was co-founded by a major research institute and an incubator...
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A deadly supervolcano lies under Yellowstone — here's what would happen if it...
Yellowstone National Park sits atop a supervolcano. Even though the area's still active, scientists don't think Yellowstone's supervolcano will erupt anytime soon (at least not in the next thousand...
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A volcano eruption in Hawaii has scarred forests and forced residents to...
The Kilauea volcano on the island of Hawaii erupted Thursday, scarring forests and sending plumes of ash thousands of feet into the sky.Dramatic photos from the US Geological Survey show lava pouring...
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Earth just hit a terrifying milestone for the first time in more than 800,000...
The average concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere just topped 410 parts per million, according to measurements from Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii.This is the highest CO2 levels have...
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The Philippines is planning a $14 billion 'pollution-free' city that will be...
Manila, the hyper-dense capital of The Philippines, is known for its traffic jams. In a 2016 survey, navigation company Waze ranked Manila as having the "worst traffic on Earth."The city's reliance on...
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One simple chart shows why an energy revolution is coming — and who is likely...
The cost of producing solar power is rapidly declining: it now costs $50 to produce one megawatt-hour of solar power, according to a new analysis.Coal, on the other hand, costs $102 per megawatt-hour...
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Scientists spent a month exploring the Gulf of Mexico's deep sea habitats —...
There's a spectacular, uncharted alien world right off the Gulf Coast, and a recent National Oceanic and Atmospheric (NOAA) expedition sought to uncover its secrets.This past December, a NOAA team,...
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16 animals that beat the odds and bounced back from near-extinction
With the rise of deforestation, climate change, and hunting, many creatures that walk the Earth with us are in danger. There are 41,415 species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature...
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The 2018 hurricane season begins in 2 weeks, and early forecasts predict more...
The 2018 hurricane season begins June 1.Most forecasts predict that the number of hurricanes will be a slightly above average, but more or fewer are always possible.Last year predictions were similar,...
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Everest is becoming a conveyor belt of hikers who pay $25,000 to do the climb...
Mount Everest is 29,029 feet tall, making it the world's highest peak.A new documentary film called "Mountain" reveals how a $25,000-plus trek to the top of Mount Everest can look like a conveyor belt...
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Inside the world's toughest sailing race, where crews endure chaotic seas and...
Welcome to the Volvo Ocean Race, one of the toughest sailing races on the planet.Held every three years, the nine-month, 40,000-mile race is a grueling test of will and ability for some of the world's...
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Dangerous lava haze called 'laze' is rising in dramatic plumes around Hawaii...
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano isn't just spewing lava into the air anymore. That lava is flowing into the water, leading to a dangerous concoction called laze. Laze — a combination of the words lava and...
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Chaos erupts at EPA conference as reporter is grabbed by shoulders and shoved...
Reporters from multiple news outlets were barred from attending an Environmental Protection Agency summit on chemicals in drinking water on Tuesday. An AP reporter was reportedly grabbed by the...
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This multi-colored corn is real and there's a fantastic story behind it
Oklahoma farmer Carl Barnes, who died in 2016, isolated types of corn from his Native American ancestors.Barnes saved and replanted seeds from particularly colorful cobs.A fellow farmer started growing...
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The White House lawn has developed a growing sinkhole — here's probably what...
On Tuesday, White House reporters tweeted photos of a big sinkhole that developed on the North Lawn.Sinkholes are often caused by heavy storms. As rain seeps into cracks in the ground and beneath the...
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The first storm of this year’s hurricane season has arrived, and it’s headed...
Subtropical Storm Alberto is the first named cyclone of the 2018 hurricane season, according to the National Hurricane Center.Alberto formed Friday morning in the northwest Caribbean Sea and is headed...
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