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The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has begun issuing exploration licenses for mining the yet untouched floor of international waters raising concerns about potential environmental impacts. ADVERTISEMENT The licenses, issued on 21 July, grant prospecting rights for underwater min

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Agricultural pests – viruses, bacteria, fungi, blights, mildews, rusts, beetles, nematodes, flies, mites, spiders and caterpillars – are spreading thanks to trade, travel and global warming, writes Tim Radford. The world faces a dire future of increased crop losses and gro

<!– –> I can’t help but smile when I see a puffin, and I know I’m not alone. Thousands of people board tour boats each summer in Maine to get a glimpse of these charming seabirds with their tuxedo plumage and rainbow beaks. But what’s in those beaks

<!– –> Water scarcity is not a problem just for the developing world. In California, legislators are currently proposing a $7.5 billion emergency water plan to their voters; and U.S. federal officials last year warned residents of Arizona and Nevada that they could f

An independent report on fracking has recommended a temporary moratorium on the controversial process and says that communities should give permission before it can proceed. ADVERTISEMENT The interdisciplinary expert panel set up by the Nova Scotia regional government says the science

<!– –> As monarch butterflies are beginning their epic migration from Canada and the U.S. to Mexico for the winter, concerns about the drastic rate at which they’re disappearing from the landscape have led environmental and health organizations to petition the

In California’s Death Valley, a geological phenomenon exists. Sailing stones, or moving rocks can be observed on the valley floor inscribing long trails on the ground without human or animal intervention. ADVERTISEMENT For over 60 years of observations, no one has been able to u

Roads make it possible to bring goods to market, to get to the office, to log a forest, to hunt its wildlife. Without roads, human society as we know it could not exist. However, to build roads, trees must be cleared and swamps drained, shrinking valuable wildlife habitat and fragment

Severe drought affecting the western United States in recent years is not only influencing water restrictions for residence and creating problems for crops and wildlife, but it’s changing the landscape by causing land to rise up in elevation. ADVERTISEMENT Scientists at Scripps