United Nations Climate Change Conference

Climate change is expected to affect cetaceans primarily via loss of habitat (given the distinct temperature-linked ranges of most species), changes in prey availability, quality and distribution, and potentially increased competition from range
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The Young Americans the United States Is Sending to War

They are tough, boisterous and mostly likable. They are offered enormous responsibility, which most of them seize with an eagerness that would catch the attention of anyone who has raised teenagers. I forget sometimes just how young they are.
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New technology could end animal testing

A chip that could bring about the end of animal testing is being unveiled at the launch of the first ever Nanoweek. Already two companies, one in Ireland and a second in France, are seeking to invest in and apply this new technology.
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Climate change, drought transforming Navajo’s dunescape to a dust bowl

Warming in the Southwest is the most rapid in the nation, and is spurring hot, dry, windy conditions that create dust storms. The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals at Northern Arizona University reports that the past five years have seen se
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Political unrest leads to peril for Madagascar's lemurs

Madagascar's lemurs are facing a crisis, the result of a perfect storm of factors that have left them perilously close to extinction. Our colleague Robyn Dixon reports on the damage that's been done, and what one Madagascan scientist-turned-spy is doing
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