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What is the great pacific garbage patch?
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world and is located between Hawaii...
NASA-Led Study Pinpoints Areas of New York City Sinking, Rising
Photo: The land beneath the New York City area, including the borough of Queens, pictured here, is moving by fractions...
Boiling Point: Would filling a new reservoir give off lots of greenhouse gases?
Plans call for building Sites Reservoir in this valley north of Sacramento. (Risa Johnson / Calif. Dept. of Water Resources)...
Did you know? Tools for tracking Lake Tahoe’s clarity were invented at the Vatican
Last week, the current director of the Vatican Observatory paid a visit to Lake Tahoe to see the more than...