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The carbon dioxide coral generation

More acidic oceans could mean fewer young corals

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The carbon dioxide coral generation

The oceans are changing. You can’t tell by standing on a beach and watching waves roll in, but experiments show that ocean water is becoming more acidic. This process is called “acidification,” and it may mean bad news for animals …

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Gulf oil finds many paths

The Gulf Oil Spill. Credit: NASA

Questions, and lots of oil, remain months after Gulf disaster

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The oily Gulf

The Gulf oil spill is massive, will take years to clean up.

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Indoor ozone stopper

Oils from human skin fight off this harmful chemical, but at a cost.

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When frog gender flips

With weed killer in the water, some males acquire female traits.

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A global warming flap

Differences in butterfly and moth breeding patterns are linked to a changing climate

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Pollution at the ends of the Earth

Chemicals are turning up in small Arctic villages far from factories and cities

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Watching out for vultures

Farmers giving medicine to cows are accidentally poisoning vultures, again

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Deck the halls with DCA

A plastic ornament was caught giving off poisonous vapors

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