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Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: a volcano scientist who does her work in the middle of the Pacific Ocean—at the ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is planning to jettison 10 buildings it leases in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, ...

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Mark Rowe reports on the failure to agree on an international treaty to limit plastic pollution and what our best hopes are ...

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