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The downtown Houston skyline and flooded highway 288 are seen August 27, 2017 as the city battles with tropical storm Harvey and resulting floods

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Houston got rich on urban sprawl, and now it’s paying the price

Unfettered economic growth guaranteed Houston's vulnerability to a natural disaster that hit the poorest hardest, says analyst Owen Gaffney

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satellite image of the Amazon

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Brazil rejects bid to drill for oil near unique Amazon reef

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Secret lifestyle of the dodo revealed for the first time

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Secret lifestyle of the dodo revealed for the first time

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A filter-feeder

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Weird creatures are spreading polluting plastic through the sea

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There are almost 100 new volcanoes hiding under Antarctic ice

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There are almost 100 new volcanoes hiding under Antarctic ice

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There is a good case to unleash job-killing AI on the high seas

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There is a good case to unleash job-killing AI on the high seas

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Fighting to breathe in the face of Canada’s wildfire emergency

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Fighting to breathe in the face of Canada’s wildfire emergency

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Turtle-headed sea snake

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Sea snakes are turning black in response to industrial pollution

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discarded tractors

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Back to the wild: How nature is reclaiming farmland

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wolf and sheep

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Farmland is in retreat. We should make the most of that

Now that more land globally is being revegetated than cleared, we need to figure out how to use this force for ecological good. But it won't be an easy sell

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Americans already feeling effects of climate change, says report

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Al Gore's Inconvenient Sequel could just make climate rift worse

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Satellite shows clear-up operation after severe floods in China

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Wild tales of stuffy sharks, intimate otters and unloved horses

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