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Sheril Kirshenbaum

The Intersection

Brown Eyed Girl

A white, fluffy Caspian seal pup looks at the camera while sitting on some ice. (Image Credit: ©Sarah DelBen, Central Asian Institute of Ecological Research (CAIER), Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Caspian-Seal

Learn more about what is causing the Caspian Sea to shrink and what can be done to slow it. 

Why the Caspian Sea Is Shrinking and What That Means for Those Who Call it Home

(Image Credit: William Edge/Shutterstock) 

Farmer testing soil for microbes

Learn about a new phylum of microbes that lives in deep soil, a layer of the Earth that supports water cycling and nutrient cycling.

Newly Discovered Microbes Cleanse Water That Trickles Through Soil

Wind turbine

The method would help find a second life for the plastics that make up the bulk of thousands of turbine blades in the U.S. alone.

Low-Toxic Technique Could Help Recycle Wind Turbine Blades

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