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Scientists collect elusive aardvarks' poop to reveal climate change effect

Scientists from Oregon State University have found the study of aardvark poop to be very useful in discovering how the species is being impacted by incredibly dry landscapes.

Smithfield’s pig biofuel plan in North Carolina
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Burning pig poop fumes doesn’t solve anything

The Biden administration supports biofuels. But a Smithfield project in North Carolina shows that converting hog waste to energy won’t address the biggest issues with pork farming.
Abandoned tents, human waste piling up on Mount Everest
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Abandoned tents, human waste piling up on Mount Everest

The record number of climbers crowding the world's highest mountain this season has left a government cleanup crew grappling with how to clear away everything from abandoned tents to human waste that threatens drinking water.

What's being done about trash (and bodies) on Everest
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What's being done about trash (and bodies) on Everest

This year, governments and guiding companies are promising to do more to keep the mountain clean, but the question of what to do with the dead bodies is becoming more urgent.

How Instagram ruined the great outdoors
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How Instagram ruined the great outdoors

Social media influencers have helped turn public lands into tourist-infested swamps. And one cantankerous man is fighting back.
Feces-filled sewage flooded Miami. The city did nothing for 10 days, records show.

Feces-filled sewage flooded Miami. The city did nothing for 10 days, records show.

Last month, Opa-locka’s industrial zone in Miami-Dade flooded twice with poop-filled water after a sewage pump failed. The flood water contained 50 times the amount of fecal matter that would close a beach.
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There’s human poop in glacial water

There’s human poop in glacial water

And global warming could bring more of it to the surface.

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