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Beyond borders: Understanding migration requires understanding changing land systems

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Threatened species habitat destruction shows federal laws are broken

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Major environmental challenge as microplastics are harming our drinking water

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The accuracy of German citizens’ confidence in their climate change knowledge

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 09 September 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0563-0Whether citizens are able to reject false information about climate change may depend on their confidence...

Not all meat is created equal: How diet changes can sustain world’s food production

An environmental engineer has created a model that predicts how several different conservation approaches could reduce demand for a nonrenewable resource that is absolutely...

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