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Top 5 Most Polluted Cities in the World
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Pollution is a bad thing. We all know this. It endangers animals and ecosystems, contaminates water supplies, and (worst of all) it contributes to Global Warming. A big...
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The Exxon Valdez Spill: Nearly 21 Years Later
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons As the years roll by, the Earth’s waterways become more and more polluted. Sometimes, it may be due to litter or the illegal dumping of waste. In other cases, oil spills...
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Oil from Chinese Vessel Found at North West Island Nature Sanctuary
Image Source: Flickr. By: .M for Matthijs, There is always a dark cloud hiding somewhere behind every silver lining and unfortunately, this also applies to the recent Great Barrier Reef incident....
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Study shows Chernobyl animals still suffer from radiation
photo by rusocer (Flickr Creative Commons) A survey of wildlife around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine – site of the worst nuclear accident in history – has shown that biodiversity...
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Chernobyl scientists link DNA to animal survival rates
photo by Pedro Moura Pinheiro (Flickr CC) A study in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology – aka Satan’s Bible – is providing insight into how different species react to environmental contamination....
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The invisible enemy
We disinfect everything all the time and not always wisely. While many of us are naturally immune against these invisible enemies, aka bacteria, others are born with a deficient immune system that...
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Ukraine: Crops to be grown on land contaminated by Chernobyl
Abandoned houses in Chernobyl; photo by Pedro Moura Pinheiro (Flickr CC) The Ukraine is launching a program of agricultural development in areas contaminated by radiation after the accident at the...
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Fracking: Report blasts unethical practices of gas companies
photo by Diana Beato (VideoPhotoholic on Flickr CC) Natural gas firms that engage in hydraulic fracturing are hiding risks from landowners, according to a report by the Environmental Working Group....
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British Isles are a dumping ground for nuclear waste
source: sxc.hu Up to one thousand locations in England and Wales may be contaminated with radioactive waste from military bases and factories. According to a new UK government report, a quarter of...
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