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As oil development surges in the Peruvian Amazon, remote rain forest tribes are suffering both physically and socially as they're forced into contact with the outside world, rights groups say.

March 21, 2008

No one was injured, but parts of the popular Hawaii Volcanoes National Park were shut down after an explosion atop the long-erupting Kilauea volcano rained gravel-size rocks over a large area.

March 21, 2008
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Heavy rains pummeled the U.S. Midwest and South this week, killing several people and forcing evacuations—and it's not over yet.

March 20, 2008
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A British group has released footage it claims shows illegal logging in Laos that helps feed Vietnam's booming furniture trade to the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere.

March 20, 2008

Animals and plants are waking, budding, or blooming earlier as global temperatures rise—putting many at risk for extinction while also making life difficult for humans.

March 20, 2008
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Destruction of Dominican Republic forests could be offset by farmers growing organic cacao used for chocolate.

March 19, 2008
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A "dry fog" that muted the sun's rays in A.D. 536 and blanketed the Earth with a cooling ash was triggered by the eruption of a supervolcano, scientists say.

March 19, 2008
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A season of wacky winter weather, from snow in China to balmy beach temperatures in Britain, has little to do with global warming, experts say.

March 18, 2008
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Despite an unusually cold winter, Arctic sea ice is in worse shape than ever, according to the latest satellite observations.

March 18, 2008
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China's carbon dioxide emissions are rising two to four times faster than previously predicted, threatening to scuttle the effects of the Kyoto Protocol, according to new research.

March 18, 2008
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Tamales made from the eggs of threatened spinytail iguanas are an Easter tradition in parts of Mexico. Conservationists try to keep up the wild populations.

March 18, 2008
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Unusual winter weather this season has caused snow in Baghdad and record highs in Scandinavia. So what does this mean for global warming?

March 18, 2008
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Researchers say they have shown for the first time that the young marine mammals—studied off the coasts of Maui and Kauai—produce a few different sounds.

March 18, 2008
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The tiny yellow-green bird with a lilting song is thought to be endangered in its island habitat of Sulawesi, biologists say.

March 18, 2008
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The recent slaying of three lions and up to four elephants in southern Kenya reflects the increasingly heated conflict between wildlife and the country's growing human population. Warning: graphic photo

March 18, 2008

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