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Plumbing problem at Glen Canyon Dam brings new threat to Colorado River system
Plumbing problems at the dam holding back the second-largest reservoir in the U.S. are spurring concerns about future water delivery issues to Southwestern states supplied by the Colorado River
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UN envoy says of the threat to coral reefs: 'Are we faced with a colossal ecosystem tragedy? Yes'
The world is not doing enough to protect coral reefs
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NASA confirms mystery object that crashed through roof of Florida home came from space station
NASA says it determined that an object that crashed through the roof of a Florida home last month was a chunk of space junk from equipment discarded at the International Space Station
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NASA is seeking a faster, cheaper way to bring Mars samples to Earth
NASA is seeking a faster, cheaper way to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth
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Decades after a US butterfly species vanished, a close relative is released to fill gap
Wildlife experts are bringing butterflies back to the Presidio National Park in San Francisco as part of an effort to restore native ecosystems
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Your morning coffee may be more than a half million years old
The coffee that picked you up this morning is 600,000 years old
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Scientists say coral reefs around the world are experiencing mass bleaching in warming oceans
Reef scientists say coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time due to prolonged warming of the oceans
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Oldest living conjoined twins, Lori and George Schappell, die at 62
The oldest living conjoined twins have died in Pennsylvania at age 62
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Dead whale in New Jersey had a fractured skull among numerous injuries, experts find
A post-mortem examination of a whale that washed ashore on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island shows the animal sustained numerous blunt force injuries including a fractured skull and vertebrae
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Making cement is very damaging for the climate. One solution is opening in California
The cement industry is one of the largest emitters of carbon dioxide and is responsible for some 8% of global emissions each year
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