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Scientists brave Hurricane Harvey's fierce winds and pelting rain -- Irma is next

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Luminescent ocean drifters hold keys to deep-sea animal adaptations

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Sharks: Meet the seagrass protectors

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Is the coast clear? Not in many beachfront areas

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Researchers discover how wildfires create their own weather

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Can an ancient ocean shoreline set the stage for a tropical forest of today?

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Study reveals America's most flood-vulnerable communities

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Corn better used as food than biofuel, study finds

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World Oceans Day: How do snook survive cold spells in Everglades waters? By heading for the depths

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World Oceans Day: Marine diseases hidden beneath the waves incur high economic, ecological costs

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World Environment Day: What does the future hold for Earth's ecosystems?

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What will El Niño be like in the future? For answers, scientists look to the past

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April Showers Bring... The Science of Spring

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Atmospheric scientists wrap up winter cloud-seeding project in southwestern Idaho

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Infectious disease transmission in fish, mammals, other animals has implications for humans

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When human illness increases in natural resource-dependent areas, the environment suffers

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Boom times for fish populations in Wisconsin lakes

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Westernmost, low-lying region of Louisiana coast on track to drown under sea level rise

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Last year's El Niño waves battered California shore to unprecedented degree

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Roses are red. Violets are blue. What gives flowers those eye-catching hues?

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Atmospheric scientists take to the skies to test cloud seeding for snow

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Let It Snow! The Science of Winter

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Caribbean bat species need 8 million years to recover from recent extinction waves

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Against the tide: Fish quickly adapt to lethal levels of pollution

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Everglades mangroves' carbon storage capacity worth billions

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Q&A: What happens when a volcano beneath a glacier erupts?

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Changing salt marsh conditions send resident microbes into dormancy

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Rabies could spread to Peru's coast by 2020

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Seasonality of bird migration responds to environmental cues, scientists show

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