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Guardian Environmental Network
By Rachel Nuwer
Are We Ignoring the Most Important Science About the Gulf Spill?
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April 22, 2013: There’s no way to link the Deepwater Horizon blowout to dolphin deaths, mutated animals, and other strange occurrences in the Gulf of Mexico without toxicology studies. And few are getting funded.
Worm: the Other Red Meat
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December 20, 2012: Could bugs be the new beef? They’re full of protein and more sustainable than most other food sources, but Western palates remain insect-averse.
No Longer "Shellshocked," New Yorkers Fight to Get Their Oysters Back
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October 17, 2012: A new film dives into the oyster’s historical crash in New York City and its future that may rise from the muck.
The Big Apple Brings Home Its Bivalves
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October 17, 2012: Pass the cocktail sauce. Nearly a century after pollution ousted oysters from New York City waters, the shellfish may soon resurface.
Fishing “Down The Pricelist” Threatens Ocean Ecosystems
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November 16, 2010: Overfishing has led Indian fisheries to rely on less marketable species for profit — a practice that could have severe ecological consequencesTrash fish in India, ready to be sold. Credit: A.S. Lobo Would you consider... read more >
Rachel Nuwer
Rachel Nuwer is a Brooklyn-based freelance science journalist who writes about the environment for the New York Times, Audubon, Smithsonian, and others. When not hunched over her desk, she enjoys eating swamp rats in Vietnam or avoiding... More
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