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Groundwater was once thought to buffer streams from warming, but an inexpensive new technique shows streams fed by shallow…
In northwest Mexico, biologists are building a network of radio towers to track how individual migratory birds move among…
There will be more weather-driven disasters like February's deep freeze in Texas, and energy planners aren't prepared.
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Scientists issued an urgent call for better federal regulation of these endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Here's why.