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Lobster population is shifting north; ocean warming blamed

PORTLAND, Maine – The lobster population has crashed to the lowest levels on record in southern New England while climbing to heights never before seen in the cold waters off Maine and other...

DATE: Aug 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Air pollution killing 4,000 in China a day, U.S. study finds

WASHINGTON – Air pollution is killing about 4,000 people in China a day, accounting for 1 in 6 premature deaths in the world’s most populous country, a new study finds. Physicists...

DATE: Aug 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Mushrooms planted to heal rooftop soil

Experiment aims to restore ecosystem atop Telluride’s water treatment building

DATE: Aug 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Earth Briefs

Nature Studies announces programs Durango Nature Studies will offer these programs: The Durango Nature Center will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday...

DATE: Aug 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

U.S. carbon pollution from power plants hits 27-year low

WASHINGTON – Heat-trapping pollution from U.S. power plants hit a 27-year low in April, the Department of Energy announced Wednesday. A big factor was the long-term shift from coa...

DATE: Aug 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Hiker safety reconsidered at this geological gem

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A geological gem awaits hikers in the wilderness along the Arizona-Utah border. Swirls of searing reds, oranges and yellow fold into a bowl that visitors from ...

DATE: Aug 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Nature Studies offers training for teachers Durango Nature Studies will offer the training titled “Teaching Outside the Classroom: Using the School Yard as a Learning Laboratory f...

DATE: Aug 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Toxic algae blooming in warm water from California to Alaska

SEATTLE – A vast bloom of toxic algae off the West Coast is denser, more widespread and deeper than scientists feared even weeks ago, according to surveyors aboard a National Oceanic and Atm...

DATE: Aug 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Hunting isn’t the biggest problem for the king of the jungle

WASHINGTON – The circle of life is closing in on the king of the jungle. When Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer killed Cecil the lion, the Internet exploded with outrage. But scient...

DATE: Jul 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

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Blue Moon Hike to use Dalla trails Durango Nature Studies will host a Blue Moon Hike from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday at the Birket Trailhead in Dalla Mountain trail system. Th...

DATE: Jul 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

County fair is not just for kids

Hundreds of adults compete annually

DATE: Jul 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Court orders EPA to redo air-pollution limits in 13 states

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to relax some limits it set on smokestack emissions that cross state lines and taint downwind area...

DATE: Jul 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth