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As woody shrubs move north in a warming Arctic, so do beavers.
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As woody shrubs move north in a warming Arctic, so do beavers.

As the Arctic climate warms and woody shrubs spread northward over the tundra, several animal species have followed. Among the latest: wood-chomping beavers have apparently established a beachhead near the Arctic coastline.

As the Arctic climate warms and woody shrubs spread northward over the tundra, several animal species have followed.

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What happens to the US Midwest when the water's gone?

The Ogallala aquifer turned the region into America's breadbasket. Now it, and a way of life, are being drained away.

"Whoa," yells Brownie Wilson, as the steel measuring tape I am feeding down the throat of an irrigation well on the Kansas prairie gets away from me and unspools rapidly into the depths below.

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Mass extinction has a tipping point.

Experts say the results of a study of ancient zooplankton fossils offer a warning about mass extinction events: There’s a tipping point, at which dramatic declines in populations begin.

Experts say the results of a study of ancient zooplankton fossils offer a warning about mass extinction events: There’s a tipping point, at which dramatic declines in populations begin.

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