Study finds bottom trawling nets 3,000 marine fish species, including threatened ones
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Apr 22, 2026, 4:13 am By
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Apr 22, 2026, 4:10 am By
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Apr 21, 2026, 7:39 pm By
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Apr 21, 2026, 7:17 pm By
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Apr 21, 2026, 3:22 pm By
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Apr 21, 2026, 10:03 am By
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Apr 21, 2026, 8:32 am By
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Diving in the Great African Seaforest, with its tightly packed towering…Fossil fuel subsidies and high costs stall energy transition across rural Indonesia
Apr 21, 2026, 7:35 am By
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Apr 21, 2026, 5:51 am By
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Apr 21, 2026, 5:26 am By
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In 2025, birders and scientists found five “lost” bird species that had gone undocumented for a…Luis Yanza, campaigner who battled big oil in the Amazon rainforest
Apr 20, 2026, 9:37 pm By
For much of the late 20th century, oil development in the Ecuadorian Amazon proceeded with little…
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