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How to Tell if a Giant Manta Is Pregnant? Give Her an Ultrasound. 29 July 2026 at 22:28

How to Tell if a Giant Manta Is Pregnant? Give Her an Ultrasound.

29 July 2026 at 22:28

Scientists managed to confirm pregnancies in three giant mantas with underwater ultrasound scans, offering clues to the animals’ elusive reproductive habits.

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New Winged Robot Can Fly and Swim Like a Puffin 14 July 2026 at 21:20

New Winged Robot Can Fly and Swim Like a Puffin

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By: K. R. Callaway

14 July 2026 at 21:20

Inspired by the physical feats of diving birds, researchers have created a robot that can plunge into the water and flap back into the air.

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I.U.C.N. Update Says Deep-Sea Mining Threatens Mollusks Around Hydrothermal Vents 9 July 2026 at 19:47

I.U.C.N. Update Says Deep-Sea Mining Threatens Mollusks Around Hydrothermal Vents

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By: Catrin Einhorn

9 July 2026 at 19:47

The snails and other mollusks around hydrothermal vents have evolved to thrive in extreme conditions, but mineral extraction could drive more than half to extinction.

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Is Climate Change Supercharging El Niño? 19 June 2026 at 16:52

Is Climate Change Supercharging El Niño?

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By: Chico Harlan

19 June 2026 at 16:52

As a new, potentially record-breaking El Niño begins, researchers are vigorously debating whether climate change is driving the phenomenon’s intensity.

Fighting a wildfire in South Sumatra, Indonesia, during an El Niño-exacerbated dry season in 2023.

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Is Climate Change Supercharging El Niño? 19 June 2026 at 16:52

Is Climate Change Supercharging El Niño?

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By: Chico Harlan

19 June 2026 at 16:52

As a new, potentially record-breaking El Niño begins, researchers are vigorously debating whether climate change is driving the phenomenon’s intensity.

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Is Climate Change Supercharging El Niño? 19 June 2026 at 10:00

Is Climate Change Supercharging El Niño?

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Chico Harlan

19 June 2026 at 10:00

As a new, potentially record-breaking El Niño begins, researchers are vigorously debating whether climate change is driving the phenomenon’s intensity.

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Is Climate Change Supercharging El Niño? 19 June 2026 at 10:00

Is Climate Change Supercharging El Niño?

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By: Chico Harlan

19 June 2026 at 10:00

As a new, potentially record-breaking El Niño begins, researchers are vigorously debating whether climate change is driving the phenomenon’s intensity.

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Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects 17 June 2026 at 22:49

Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects

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By: Brad Plumer

17 June 2026 at 22:49

It’s the third such deal the Interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for offshore turbines, spending roughly $2.5 billion to get companies to abandon their wind projects.

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Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects 17 June 2026 at 22:49

Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projects

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By: Brad Plumer

17 June 2026 at 22:49

It’s the third such deal the Interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for offshore turbines, spending roughly $2.5 billion to get companies to abandon their wind projects.

The Trump administration has now struck deals energy developers totaling more than $2.5 billion to cancel offshore wind leases.

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New Coral Study Identifies Areas Where Reefs Are Hanging On 16 June 2026 at 16:31

New Coral Study Identifies Areas Where Reefs Are Hanging On

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By: Katharine Houreld

16 June 2026 at 16:31

New research has identified areas around the world where cooler currents and other favorable conditions are helping to protect coral from the worst effects of global warming.

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New Coral Study Identifies Areas Where Reefs Are Hanging On 16 June 2026 at 16:31

New Coral Study Identifies Areas Where Reefs Are Hanging On

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By: Katharine Houreld

16 June 2026 at 16:31

New research has identified areas around the world where cooler currents and other favorable conditions are helping to protect coral from the worst effects of global warming.

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How One Company Plans to Mine the Bottom of the Sea 4 June 2026 at 21:30

How One Company Plans to Mine the Bottom of the Sea

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By: Harry Stevens

4 June 2026 at 21:30

A look at the quest to mine the bottom of the ocean for valuable minerals, the connection between light pollution and allergies and more climate news.

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Arizona, Nevada Agree to Trade for Desalinated Pacific Ocean Water 3 June 2026 at 23:52

Arizona, Nevada Agree to Trade for Desalinated Pacific Ocean Water

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By: Scott Dance

3 June 2026 at 23:52

A decade-old treatment plant in San Diego County, Calif., could leave more water in the Colorado River for states facing severe shortages.

From left, Dan Denham of the San Diego County Water Authority; Scott Cameron of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation; Tom Buschatzke of the Arizona Department of Water Resources; and Colby Pellegrino of the Southern Nevada Water Authority toasted the agreement at the Carlsbad Desalination Plant in California on Wednesday.

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Arizona, Nevada Agree to Trade for Desalinated Pacific Ocean Water 3 June 2026 at 23:52

Arizona, Nevada Agree to Trade for Desalinated Pacific Ocean Water

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By: Scott Dance

3 June 2026 at 23:52

A decade-old treatment plant in San Diego County, Calif., could leave more water in the Colorado River for states facing severe shortages.

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E.U. Steps Up Ocean Monitoring as Trump Administration Backs Away 3 June 2026 at 23:01

E.U. Steps Up Ocean Monitoring as Trump Administration Backs Away

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By: Chico Harlan

3 June 2026 at 23:01

Days after the U.S. said it would kill a network of ocean monitors, European officials pledged to invest more in their version, calling it a “necessity.”

The European plan to invest roughly $107 million comes as the U.S. has said it would dismantle a sprawling network of sensors.

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E.U. Steps Up Ocean Monitoring as Trump Administration Backs Away 3 June 2026 at 23:01

E.U. Steps Up Ocean Monitoring as Trump Administration Backs Away

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By: Chico Harlan

3 June 2026 at 23:01

Days after the U.S. said it would kill a network of ocean monitors, European officials pledged to invest more in their version, calling it a “necessity.”

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Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Termination of Ocean Monitoring Observatories 2 June 2026 at 21:53

Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Termination of Ocean Monitoring Observatories

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By: Lisa Friedman

2 June 2026 at 21:53

The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that monitors marine ecosystems and the effects of climate change.

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Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Termination of Ocean Monitoring Observatories 2 June 2026 at 21:53

Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Termination of Ocean Monitoring Observatories

NYT - Energy & Environment

By: Lisa Friedman

2 June 2026 at 21:53

The Trump administration is dismantling a $368 million deep-ocean observation system that monitors marine ecosystems and the effects of climate change.