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The planet is our beat.

Bugger Off, Baggies!

Today Britain will start charging customers for plastic bags.

Batten Down the Hatches

The world’s largest naval base is a major flood risk in a warming world.

Just How Bitter Is the Tea of the Sea?

A new study examines the ocean’s ability to store carbon as it gets more acidic.

Miracle Glow

For the first time ever, scientists found biofluorescence in a sea turtle.

Played for a Fuel

The fact that corn-based ethanol is renewable doesn’t make it sustainable. When will candidates stumping in Iowa admit as much?

Invasion of the Body Smashers

Thanks to warming waters off Antarctica, king crabs are plundering seas they haven’t been able to reach since the Jurassic era.