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Conservation issues are a growing concern for most scientists. As humans continue to consume natural resources, many organisms are headed for extinction. Conservation issues include the protection of trees, animals and wetlands.

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Can we replant the planet's rainforests?

Can we replant the planet's rainforests?

Saving the rainforest used to be about protesting the number of trees that were cut down. But some researchers propose that reforestation could combat habitat loss and animal extinction. Can we really bring a decimated rainforest back to life?

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How Rainforests Work

How Rainforests Work

This article will take you into the tropical rainforest to see what makes it such a bountiful environment for plants and animals. Plus, find out why the rainforests are in danger and look at some of the ways this affects humans.

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How the Georgia Aquarium Works

How the Georgia Aquarium Works

The Georgia Aquarium is the world's largest aquarium. How did they build habitats for all the animals, and what does it take to keep them fed and healthy? Find out about the aquarium and learn about the animals that call it home.

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How the Sierra Club Works

How the Sierra Club Works

The Sierra Club lobbies for environmental preservation and engages members in fun wilderness excursions.

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Is what we're recycling actually getting recycled?

Is what we're recycling actually getting recycled?

The waste collectors threw your recyclables into one big bin on their truck. How do you know your recyclables are being recycled? And what happens to them next?

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What did this year's winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine discover?

What did this year's winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine discover?

The co-winners of the 2006 Nobel Prize in medicine are two U.S. scientists who discovered a process called RNAi.

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Will there be farms in New York City's skyscrapers?

Will there be farms in New York City's skyscrapers?

Vertical farming is a method of large-scale farming in an urban environment. Learn about the benefits of a vertical farm and vertical farming technology.

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Ecology

Ecology, the study of the ways in which living organisms influence and are influenced by the environment.

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Environment

Environment, an organism's surroundings. Environment includes other living things as well as such nonliving constituents as water, air, light, soil, and temperature.

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Extinction

Extinction, the permanent disappearance of species of organisms from the earth. Extinction is usually due to more than one cause.

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Home Aquariums

Aquariums are popular decorative features in homes, offices, and even restaurants.

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Irrigation

Irrigation, the artificial application of water to soil to produce plant growth. In the broadest sense, irrigation includes watering a lawn or garden.

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Izaak Walton League of America

Izaak Walton League of America, an organization dedicated to preserving the nation's natural outdoor recreational resources.

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Reclamation

Reclamation, making land suitable for human use, usually through irrigation or drainage.

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Sierra Club

Sierra Club, a United States organization concerned with the preservation of the world's natural environment.

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Underwater Habitat

Underwater Habitat, a chamber on the seabed in which divers can live for a brief or extended period.

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Urban Wildlife

In October 1994, visitors at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, one of New York City's five boroughs, spotted what appeared to be a large, mangy dog prowling among the headstones.

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Wilderness Area

Wilderness Area, a tract of land existing in its natural state and designated by Congress to be preserved in that condition.

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William Temple Hornaday

Hornaday, William Temple (1854–1937), a United States naturalist. He was active in promoting game preserves and laws for the protection of wildlife.

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Zoology

Zoology, the study of animals. Zoology is a part of the science of biology, the study of all life.

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