Environment

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  A Mysterious Island Has Emerged in a Canadian Lake

  ScienceAlert - Jess Cockerill

  A floating island loaded with green, healthy-looking trees has been spotted drifting around Williston Lake in Canada, and we've never seen anything …

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  21 hours ago

  Soil Scientists Buried 2,000 Pairs of Underwear to Prove a Point

  ScienceAlert - Carly Cassella

  They wanted our attention, and now they have it. Scientists have buried more than 2,000 pairs of underwear in gardens, meadows, fields, and lawns …

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  Thousands of Endangered Species Are Being Sold on Facebook, TikTok, And EBay

  ScienceAlert - Russell McLendon

  Earth's current mass extinction has our fingerprints all over it. Humans are decimating other species in a wide range of ways, and the problem is …

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  Abandoned Oil And Gas Pipes Are Still Contributing TONS of Microplastics Into The Ocean Each Year

  ScienceAlert - Jess Cockerill

  Decades after offshore oil and gas projects are decommissioned, the underwater pipelines that are left behind continue to shed microplastics into the …

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  2 days ago

  Of 30 Global Food Goals, We're on Track to Hit Just One

  ScienceAlert - David Nield

  On a day-to-day, local level, it can be all too easy to forget the perilous state that our planet is in – but the sobering reality checks from …

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  Global Warming Is Breaking The Link Between Two Major Oceans

  ScienceAlert - Esra Öz

  What happens in one ocean doesn't necessarily stay there. For centuries, changes over the tropical Pacific have traveled through the atmosphere to …