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Environment

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Paul Watson goes to extreme lengths to protect whales. Japan says he belongs in jail.

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New Jersey got the brunt of Superstorm Sandy. A superfund could prepare for the next one.

Points of Progress

Safer skies and seas: Fresh support for disabled travelers and climate-changed oceans

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The drones may protect swimmers from sharks. But angry bird parents attack the drones.

In Pictures

Dive into the tropical fish nursery of the future

A glassy sweeper egg, moments from hatching, is seen through a microscope at Roger Williams University’s Wet Lab in Bristol, Rhode Island, where parent offspring are bred for the New England Aquarium's aquaculture program. The round bubble is an oil droplet, which is a nutritional source similar to an egg yolk.

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Ithaca, New York, set ‘totally crazy’ climate goals. Here’s what happened next.

Points of Progress

The pleasure of whale songs, and more playgrounds for all

As wildfire season looms, these residents aren’t waiting for government help

How bird illustrators help science soar

Hurricanes have been strengthening – like Beryl. Some scientists propose a Category 6.

Meet the coast’s living fossils. Horseshoe crab gets an image boost from artists.

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What’s worse for the climate than planes? Last year, it was Canada’s wildfires.

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When the levees breached this week, it was landlocked Midwesterners who got flooded

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Flooding forces people from homes in parts of Iowa, while east coast heat wave holds

Hawaii reaches pathbreaking climate settlement with children