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Taklimikan Desert and transformation process of Greenbelt Project.

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How Crowdfunding Saved 722 Square Miles of Rainforest

Ecuador will choose rainforest preservation over oil exploitation, if the rest of the world can contribute enough money to make it worthwhile.

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Animals Finding New Habitats, With a Helping Human Hand

Climate change means animals and plants will have to move to find the right conditions to thrive. Some scientists think we should help them migrate.

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Dietary Supplements: Celebrities, Champagne, and Baby Carrots

Baby carrots are the new Doritos, Armand de Brignac is the new Cristal, and Europe celebrates biodiversity while declaring a ban on GM crops illegal.

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Food for Thinkers: Medieval Soldiers and Modern Stunting

Jeremy Cherfas explores the relationship between the remarkable history of human stunting and the future of genetically engineered biofortified crops.

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Image of the Day: 1,000 Seeds and Flowers

Capture, by artist Christian Kerrigan: a frozen ecology of 1,000 seeds and flowers from Kingley Vale, England's last remaining ancient yew forest.

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Apples Need Activists Too: Slow Food USA Presents Apple Preservation Guide Slow Food USA Presents Apple Preservation Guide

Become an "apple activist": Check out Slow Food USA's new guide to apple preservation.

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Annie Leonard's New Story of Stuff-like Series for Kids

The Story of Stuff treatment is applied to garbage, biodiversity, and...frogs. We bet you can't watch without smiling.

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The First Ever Ocean Census Is Revealed

The 10-year-in-the-making document is available for download, and includes amazing interactive maps about the appalling state of our oceans.

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Pollinator Pathway: Vital Ecology in the Emerald City

The problem really comes down to color. Conscientious urban planning focuses so much on adding green space that...