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  Drugs in Our Drinking Water: You Heard It Here First

  Comments (2)  |  March 10, 2008
• short takes

  How to Plant Trees

  One seedling at a time, it's possible to change the world.
  Comments (0)  |  February 29, 2008
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  dispatches

  Invasion of the Alien Creatures

  Ecologists estimate that every six months a new invasive species begins carving out a spot for itself in the Great Lakes ecosystem.
  Comments (0)  |  February 29, 2008
• letters

  Letters from Our Readers: Spring 2008

  Readers write in about corporate environmentalism, environmental action and more.
  Comments (0)  |  February 29, 2008
• frontlines

  Meet Joe Butterfly

  University of Florida biologists George Austin and Andrew Warren had an idea: auction off the naming rights to a newly discovered owl butterfly and use the money for conservation research.
  Comments (0)  |  February 29, 2008
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  feature stories

  Requiem for a River

  Once upon a time there was enough water in the Colorado for everyone to have a share of its bounty. Not anymore. A journey down the once-mighty river reveals the future of the American West in a changing climate.
  Comments (10)  |  February 29, 2008
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  short takes

  The Carbon Exchange

  In the carbon cycle, it's not just about the individual tree-the entire forest plays a role. Leaves take in carbon dioxide, converting it to sugar, which is carbon-based. Some of the sugar is used immediately for energy, converted back to CO2, and released into the atmosphere. The rest is stored in living wood or dead matter, such as fallen leaves and branches. Old-growth forests, in particular, store vast amounts of carbon while continuing to absorb CO2.
  Comments (0)  |  February 29, 2008
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  feature stories

  The Giving Trees

  We value our ancient forests in so many ways: for wild creatures, for spiritual renewal, for profitable timber. But science and economics may be converging to make forests a vital asset in the fight against global warming.
  Comments (13)  |  February 29, 2008
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  dispatches

  Warmer Temperatures Threaten Grizzly Food

  Louisa Willcox wistfully recalls the day she and three friends were hiking in Wyoming, not far from Yellowstone, when they stumbled upon a giant whitebark pine.
  Comments (1)  |  February 29, 2008
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  living green

  Why I Still Believe in the Zoo

  One unusually warm day in November, I took my 10-year-old daughter, Moriah, to the San Francisco Zoo.
  Comments (5)  |  February 29, 2008

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