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Meteor crashes into moon, sparks giant explosion

Fri, May 17, 2013 11:30 AM
by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com
The explosion from the space rock was as powerful as 5 tons of TNT.

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Australia's red dust storm good for the ocean
Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:22 PM by Bryan Nelson
One positive outcome of the dust storm that covered Sydney several weeks ago was an explosion in microscopic life within Sydney Harbor and beyond.
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Power plants clean air, pollute waterways
Tue, Oct 13, 2009 3:37 PM by Jessica A. Knoblauch
Coal-burning power plants are cleaning up the air, but it's at the expense of the nation’s waterways.
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Vegetarian spider loves leaves, not bugs

Tue, Oct 13, 2009 12:01 PM

B. kiplingi is the world’s only known vegetarian spider, eating a diet that consists almost entirely of solid plant matter.
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The bike hearse makes dying greener
Tue, Oct 13, 2009 11:31 AM by Shea Gunther
A funeral home in Eugene, Oregon goes the extra green mile by offering their customers the option of a bike hearse.
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The last auction hero
Mon, Oct 12, 2009 5:13 PM by Jessica A. Knoblauch
College student Tim DeChristopher faces slammer for interfering with land auction.
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Monkey mamas in love
Mon, Oct 12, 2009 4:44 PM by Katy Rank Lev
When interacting with babies, primate behavior is strikingly similar to that of human mothers.
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Assignment Earth: Florida panthers

Mon, Oct 12, 2009 4:14 PM

Video: Efforts to keep the endangered Florida panther protected proves challenging.
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Around the world on three gallons of gas
Mon, Oct 12, 2009 3:15 PM by Shea Gunther
Winners of the Honda Sponsored Eco-Run build cars that take hypermiling to extreme levels.
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Assignment Earth: Whitebark pine beetle

Mon, Oct 12, 2009 3:08 PM

Video: A tiny beetle threatens the existence of Whitebark pine forests.
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Assignment Earth: Mexican wolves

Mon, Oct 12, 2009 1:49 PM

Video: Understand the balancing act between conservationists trying to save the endangered Mexican wolf and ranchers who say the animals are destroying their cattle.
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The No Impact Week starts Sunday
Mon, Oct 12, 2009 12:55 PM by Shea Gunther
Spend a week living a cleaner, greener life with me, the Huffington Post and No Impact Man.
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Mile-long trail of manatee poop forces beach closure

Mon, Oct 12, 2009 12:52 PM

Manatees the culprit in mysterious trail of feces that forced officials to close Humiston Park Beach in Florida.
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In the Field: Tree farm goes organic
Mon, Oct 12, 2009 5:06 AM by Emily Murphy
Video: Farmer D travels to Kentucky to make a tree farm organic.
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MNN week in review

Sat, Oct 10, 2009 8:30 AM

Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of Oct. 4-10.
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CO2 levels reach milestone
Fri, Oct 09, 2009 9:23 PM by Jessica A. Knoblauch
The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere hasn’t been this high in at least 15 million years, according to study.
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