Under the new listing, federal agencies are required to reduce threats to emperor penguins, which are vulnerable to warming temperatures and melting sea ice caused by climate change.
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Japan Wants to Dump Nuclear Plant’s Tainted Water. Fishermen Fear the Worst.
The water from the Fukushima disaster is more radioactive than the authorities have previously publicized, raising doubts about government assurances that it will be made safe.
The Creepy Anglerfish Comes to Light. (Just Don’t Get Too Close.)
Increasingly, these ghoulish and improbable denizens of the abyss are being captured on video, revealing an array of surprising behaviors.
Visitors From the Ocean’s Twilight Zone
Researchers recently hauled up specimens from a layer of the world’s seas that contains an abundance of aquatic life.