Jade Lozada is using poetry to bring awareness to climate justice issues
New Yorker, Jade Lozada, is using her aware winning poetry to raise awareness about climate change issues.
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Great white sharks off the coast of South Africa are being preyed upon by two killer whales, causing them to flee en masse, according to a new study.
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Southern California residents cut water in drought of 'epic proportions'
California cities have a slew of restrictions to save water amid the extreme drought. Here's what is happening in Ventura County.
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Rare crocodiles on the brink of extinction will be raised at North Carolina aquarium
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Ford Makes a Major Change
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Physicists hunt for room-temperature superconductors that could revolutionize the world's energy system
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Wanted: More manufactured menace to justify Florida black bear shooting in Royal Palm Beach
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Teenage girl speaks out after surviving shark attack at Florida beach
A teenage girl who survived a shark attack at a Florida beach recounted that her first instinct was to punch the fish in the nose. The teen was scalloping in water approximately 5 feet deep near Grassy Island, just of Keaton Beach, when she was bitten by the shark, according to the Taylor County Sheriff's Office. Addison's brother, Rhett Willingham, a firefighter and emergency medical technician, raced to help her.
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'I saw how a yard could be.' Couple turned acres of farm fields into 3 prairies in the Town of Eagle
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Gardening: Coexisting with critters takes ingenuity to make plant buffet less appetizing
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NH getting warmer and wetter. Future of severe climate change clear in UNH research.
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How Phoenix is dealing with the heat of climate change
In Phoenix, temperatures are rising at an alarming rate due to climate change — but Mayor Kate Gallego has a plan to cool things down. As the summer months bring deadly temperatures, the newly created Office of Heat Response and Mitigation — the first of its kind in the U.S. — has been charged with easing the burden for Phoenix’s most at-risk residents and developing plans to ensure America’s hottest city remains livable.
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Moose chased hiker’s dog, then charged at her, Colorado wildlife officials say
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Skinny orcas bring emergency order for whale-watchers to keep distance
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These carnivorous plants are hunting underground
In the 1990 horror comedy Tremors (now streaming on Peacock!), Valentine McKee (Kevin Bacon), Earl Bassett (Fred Ward), and the rest of the residents of Perfection, Nevada, find themselves at the mercy of a strange species of massive underground worms. The animals, not-so-lovingly referred to as Graboids, tunnel their way through the Earth in search of anything they can fit inside their gaping mouths. While we don’t expect them to be quite so large, we’re comfortable with the notion of predatory
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Bees manipulate plants into flowering early by intentionally damaging them
While intentionally dramatic in its presentation, Bee Movie highlights the intertwined and crucial relationship between flowering plants and pollinators. Flowering plants rely on pollinators to help spread their reproductive materials and ensure the next generation. In exchange, bees gather excess pollen for food. For many bees, pollen is the only food source for larvae, and remains an important source of nutrients for adults. When plants and bees fall out of sync with one another, the results c
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No guarantees Swiss will always have enough gas, minister says
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