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Water wells serving 2 million Americans could be contaminated with high levels of Arsenic

Millions of Americans are potentially exposed to high concentrations of arsenic from their drinking water.

Flowers use "blue halo" to attract bees

Blue Halo: A story of flowers, bees, and convergent evolution.

Flying insect biomass decreased by 75 percent over 27 years in nature reserves

We're responsible and it's up to us to clean up the mess.

Wolves are better team players than dogs, study reveals, casting doubt on our view of domestication

A wild streak makes them better at cooperating, the team reports.

Dutch design student creates wonderful packaging alternative to help save the environment

Simple, elegant, efficient. Awesome!

Netherlands announces plans to phase out coal plants by 2030, puts coal's future in Europe at doubt

More like Nether-nocoalburninghere-lands.

What Will Earth's Climate Look Like by 2050?

Spoiler alert: it won't be nice.

Big-brained cetaceans have "marine-based cultures" similar to those of humans, study reveals

They only need thumbs to rule the oceans!

Venezuela to become the first country to lose its glaciers to global warming

Things are not looking good in Venezuela.

Complete wipeout: Just two penguin chicks survive from a colony of 40,000

Researchers are now trying to establish a protected area for the colony.

Trump’s pick to run environmental office says CO2 is good for us, renewable energy is 'parasitic'

The clouds over the White House loom darker and darker.

Melt runoff is making the waters around Greenland less saline

The consequences are important for ecosystem health.

NASA observatory highlights the importance of studying CO2 on Earth: it's connected to everything

Groundbreaking data allows us to study carbon dioxide in unprecedented detail.

First 'negative emissions plant' that turns ambient CO2 into stone switches on in Iceland

This is still experimental technology but in the future it could prove to be a lifeline.

Artificial camouflage skin mimics the octopus' unparalleled morphing

The amazing camo-skin was funded by the military and could one day make its way into the battlefield.

White House nominates Barry Myers to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

He brings relevant expertise to the table, but also possible conflicts of interest.

Losing Nemo: Climate change threatens the colorful clownfish

Instead of finding, we're losing Nemo :(

Human activity is destroying the ozone layer -- again

The ozone layer recovery could be delayed by as many as 30 years by rising industrial pollutants.

Unprecedented, catastrophic wildfires blaze through California

Strong evidence indicates that humans are at least partly to blame.

The secret to the albatross sustained flight: staying crosswind at all times

The bird can effortlessly travel up to 500 miles in a single day just by occasionally flapping its formidable wings.

Gaping hole larger than the Netherlands opens up in icy sea off Antarctica

Scientists caution that it's too early to involve climate change in this instance.

Coal formation sucked so much CO2 out of the atmosphere that Earth nearly froze over 300 million years ago

"It is quite an irony that forming the coal that today is a major factor for dangerous global warming once almost lead to global glaciation," the author said.

What gives durian, the world's smelliest fruit, its distinctive pungent scent

Their aroma has been described as "terrible" and "foul". Now we know why.

How dirty, soot-covered birds can track down pollution over a whole century

Back in the day when Chicago and Pittsburg were the world's Beijing and New Delhi.

We could power the whole of human civilization with wind turbines in the open sea

Offshore wind farms could provide three times more power than land-based turbines

Scott Pruitt says subsidies give renewables an unfair edge, and here's why he's a monumental hypocrite

Capital H.

There is no real debate around 'is climate change real?'

The climate change debate is moot.

Radioactive boars spark concern in Sweden

Boars will be boars -- radioactive or not.

Scotland's wind turbines are getting better and better

Bravo, Scotland!

Rarest songbird species turns out to be even rarer than thought -- because it never existed

So rare there's not one of them.

Renewable flip flops: scientists produce the "No. 1" footwear in the world from algae

Walk a mile in these shoes.

Elusive stick insect thought extinct for 80 years is still alive and kicking

The amazing story of an insect presumed dead for decades.

Musk says Puerto Rico's power grid could be built from the ground up with solar and battery packs

A great opportunity for clean energy to help set a tragedy right.

Neonicotinoid pesticides found in 75 percent of honey worldwide

The pesticide is heavily linked with the dramatic collapse of bee populations around the world.

Scotland bans hydraulic fracking -- indefinitely

Some argue a firmer ban is in order.

In 2016, Coca-Cola produced 1 billion more plastic bottles than in 2015

The forgotten ingredient of a Coke -- plastic.

Roll-out solar panels that unfurl like a carpet electrify tiny British island

The system can fit 10 times as much power output than traditional panels in a given container.

New York mice are actively evolving into a new species: city mice

Soon they'll carry little smartphones around. I hope.

Dusty solar panels slash power output by over 35%, study reveales

It's called "clean" energy for a reason.

Raccoons solve ancient Greek puzzle showing they can understand water displacement

They're as wise as crows in this respect. A tasty treat helped, of course.

UK's massive wind turbines are setting the course for a cheap-energy future

They're more like bigbines.

Some sharks and rays live twice as long as we thought

The implications could be important for fish stock estimates.

Marine biologist finds gaping blue hole in Great Barrier Reef using Google Maps

He dived into the blue hole himself and inside found striking coral species.

Bed bugs love your dirty laundry, and this has helped them travel the globe

Human laundry is a magnet for bed bugs.

Giant (adorable?) species of rat discovered in the Solomon Islands

It's not good news for the rat...

Environmental Risks Associated With California’s Cap and Trade Bill

We need to start putting the environment first — not big business.

Increasingly fragmented habitats may spell doom for the giant panda

Apart from this, the species is continuing its recovery.

Another iceberg, quadruple the size of Manhattan, breaks free from Antarctica

Not good. No, not good at all!

Scientists find blocks of polystyrene at the North Pole

The Arctic is screwed.

Eco-designer turns landfill waste into 'plasma rock' -- a sustainable, all-purpose material

Landfill waste is given a second life by blasting it with plasma hotter than the sun. Now that's a project we love!

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