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Pollution in the Pristine Arctic: Appalling Soviet Cold War Legacy
Yakutia, better known as Sakha Republic, is a federal Russian republic and home to 5 million tons of scrap metal pollution. The majority of the…
Fukushima From Radioactive Wasteland To Sustainable Power Source
When the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima, Japan was hit by a thirty foot high tsunami in 2011, over one hundred thousand…
Mysterious Reservoir of Abiotic Methane Gas Discovered in the Ocean
Gas: A recent scientific discovery has helped to solve an old geological mystery and given new knowledge and insight into the rise of life on…
Cows Swept Out to Sea by Hurricane Found on an Island After Swimming Miles
Most animals and in the case cows, have an inbred aversion to water, and detest getting wet. With the possible exception of some breeds of…
Migrating Eagles Run up Massive Data Roaming Charges
Scientists run up a lot of expenses when they’re on the road tracking wildlife — everything from hotel rooms to meals cost a lot these…
Villagers Knit Giant Jumpers to Keep Elephants Warm
Elephants are one of the world’s most beloved creatures; they are almost regal in their lumbering massiveness, and because they are mammals, they do many…
One-Ton Wizard Rock Vanished in Arizona. Just as Mysteriously, It Returned
Prescott National Forest covers about 1.25 million acres of north-central Arizona, in the mountains near Prescott. It has a number of recreation areas which receive…
Prehistoric Plant Could Grow in The UK First Time in Human History
Cycads are a type of plant that somewhat resemble palm trees or ferns and have been around since prehistoric times. Despite having existed for some…
If You Have One of These Surnames You Could Inherit One of These Scottish Castles
Shakespeare once asked, “what is in a name?” in his famous tragedy “Romeo And Juliet,” and the text went on to insist that names mean…
Saving Millions Of Acres Of Rainforest, Amazon Tribe Wins Lawsuit Against Big Oil
There are still many indigenous people living in the rainforest who have no desire to blend into modern society. Over one million natives are divided…