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Reimagining the Coral Market (The New York Times)

December 18, 2012 by Josie Garthwaite

A new study suggests that the coral trade for aquariums is shifting toward farming rather than harvesting, which might help preserve some coral species.

Categories: Environment, Science, The New York Times

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Learning to Live With Urban Coyotes (The New York Times)

October 25, 2012 by Josie Garthwaite

Increasingly, residents of urban and suburban areas are having firsthand experience with coyotes in their own yards, parks and neighborhoods.

Categories: Environment, Science, The New York Times

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Coal-Fired Australia, Buffeted by Climate Change, Enacts Carbon Tax (National Geographic)

October 6, 2012 by Josie Garthwaite

Drought, rampant wildfire in the outback, and the degradation of the treasured Great Barrier Reef have forever altered how Australia views its energy endowment. Facing a future as one of the places on Earth most vulnerable to climate change, and one of the nations with the world’s highest per capita carbon emissions, Australia has taken steps to change its fate.

Categories: Energy, Environment, National Geographic, Policy

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Recycling Basics (Whole Living)

July 1, 2007 by Josie Garthwaite

Bottom line: Recycling reduces heat-trapping emissions at every stage, and there’s no better time than the present to step up the effort.

Categories: Environment, Lifestyle, Whole Living

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Coyotes now inhabit every state in the country except Hawaii, eating mostly rodents, rabbits, and fruit.

— "Learning to Live With Urban Coyotes"

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Desert tortoises in the Mojave are able to survive a year or more without water and live for as long as 80 years.

— "World's Largest Solar Plant Ready to Shine"

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Did you know? (Creepy Crawlers)

A nearly 10-foot-long relative of the centipede called the Arthropleura splashed through Inner Mongolia's swampland 298 million years ago.

— "Into the Permian Woods"

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