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In a stunning blow to environmental protections, the U.S. Supreme Court declared on June 30 that the Clean Air Act does not, in fact, give the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authority Continue reading
ALARMED BY FAST-GROWING SCARS of climate change, extinction rates, and ocean acidification, geologists from the International Commission on Stratigraphy—tasked with defining the official Geological Time Scale and known for their glacially-paced Continue reading
Fungi are very special organisms. Scientists don’t really know how to classify them, so they have divided the world of living things into plants, animals, and fungi. Like animals, fungi cannot Continue reading
How the Samburu women of northern Kenya are saving their forest. Continue reading
A slight shift in sunlight brings blooms of viridian and teal, sparkling with rills of jade, peridot, and radiant gold, always there but rarely visible. Continue reading
