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More Stories from Science News on Environment

  1. Artisans carving rosewood
    Ecosystems

    Can forensics help keep endangered rosewood off the black market?

    By Edward Carver
  2. Michelle O’Malley
    Life

    Michelle O’Malley seeks greener chemistry through elusive fungi

    By Aimee Cunningham
  3. tidewater glacier Greenland
    Climate

    How climate change is already altering oceans and ice, and what’s to come

    By Maria Temming
  4. white-crowned sparrow
    Agriculture

    Birds fed a common pesticide lost weight rapidly and had migration delays

    By Maanvi Singh
  5. Amazon fire
    Earth

    Brazil’s Amazon has burned this badly before. This year’s fires are still bad

    By Gloria Dickie
  6. Fenrow Experimental Forest
    Earth

    Decades of dumping acid suggest acid rain may make trees thirstier

    By Carolyn Wilke
  7. microplastic particles
    Tech

    Tiny magnetic coils could help break down microplastic pollution

    By Maria Temming
  8. Particle Physics

    How a 2017 radioactive plume may be tied to Russia and nixed neutrino research

    By Emily Conover

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