How Is The Palm Oil Industry Destroying Wildlife and Their Habitats?
The industry producing one of the most widely used products globally is linked to deforestation, exploitation, and general environmental degradation.
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Why Are Grauer’s Gorilla Populations So Threatened?
War, deforestation, and the hunting of them for bush-meat alike are ravaging Eastern Lowland gorilla populations across much of their natural range.
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Where Are The Andaman Islands?
This archipelago of almost 600 islands lies in the Bay of Bengal between India and Myanmar.
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Why Are Species In Hawaii Going Extinct At Such A Rapid Rate?
What is causing the Hawaiian Islands to be losing so many native species, and what can be done about it?
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What is e-Waste (Electronic Waste)?
Despite all of the benefits of the Information Age, it has unfortunately placed an even greater burden on our landfills.
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Where Is The Island Of Surtsey?
Lying to the south of Iceland, this recently formed volcanic island was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2008.
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Where Is The Volga-Don Canal?
Part of Russia's Unified Deep Water System, the canal serves an important role in connecting the nation's many waterways.
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What Are Watersheds And Drainage Basins?
Alternatively known as a drainage area or catchment area, these refer to the areas drained by a specific outlet, such as a river or lake.
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The Loire River
The longest river in France, the 630-mile-long Loire drains 21% of Metropolitan France's land area, with recent conservation efforts undamming its rivers.
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What Is Muskeg Soil, And Where Is It Found?
Acidic muskeg soil is commonly seen in a number of northern, subarctic habitats, especially in bog lands.
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What Is Geography, And How Did Its Study Begin?
The term Geography is directly derived from a Greek term meaning "description of the earth".
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Newly Discovered TRAPPIST Planets: Could They Support Life As We Know It?
Temperate, Earth-sized planets have been found transiting a nearby ultra-cool dwarf star.
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Why Do Animals Play Dead?
A variety of animals "play dead", including mammals, fishes, reptiles, amphibians, and arachnids.
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Ivory Burning: Does It Deter Elephant Poaching In Kenya?
Across the globe, and especially in Kenya, burning and other methods of destroying confiscated ivory are employed to frustrate poachers, and thus save elephants.
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Monarch Butterflies: A North American Treasure In Crisis
Deforestation and a loss milkweed, an important plant upon which to lay their eggs and feed, are each severely disrupting the Monarchs' life cycles.
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Most Threatened Species Of Dolphin
All around the world dolphins, like many other aquatic mammals are threatened by anthropogenic activities. But just which ones are in the gravest of danger?
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The Juruá (Yuruá) River Of South America
The Juruá River (a.k.a. Rio Yuruá) is navigable for the majority of its 1,500-mile length in Brazil and Peru.
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Brazil's Forbidden Snake Island
Ilha da Queimada Grande has been shut off from the public in order to protect both people and the Golden Lancehead pit vipers that live there.
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The Okefenokee Blackwater Swamp
This peat-filled wetland covers more than 400,000 acres along the border between the U.S. states of Florida and Georgia.
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The Orontes: The Backwards River of the Levant
This river's waters run in the opposite direction of most others in the region around Syria, Turkey, and Lebanon.
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