Newsletter #156 State Of The Planet Earth - 2019-01-12

If you love articles about Nature and Earth, this page is for you. Happy reading!

Lonely George the tree snail dies, and a species goes extinct: Christie Wilcox

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One famous snail’s death highlights the plight faced by diverse Hawaiian snails, of which there were once hundreds of species.

Tench:

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The tench—often called the doctor fish—can live in pretty inhospitable habitats, with low oxygen and lots of mud.

Visit nine places from your favorite movies: Kylee Zempel

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Relive iconic scenes from the silver screen at the real-life spots where they were filmed.

Once derided, ways of adapting to climate change are gaining steam: Andrew Revkin

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Recognition is spreading that communities need to build resilience to climatic and coastal threats even as the world seeks ways to curb emissions driving global warming.

Watch this ice city come alive with colorful lights: National Geographic Staff

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Brave the sub-zero temperatures at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China.

See nature’s amazing glow-in-the-dark spectacles: Caitlin Etherton

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Visit these eight incredible bioluminescent phenomena around the world.

A running list of how President Trump is changing environmental policy: Michael Greshko, Laura Parker, Brian Clark Howard, Daniel Stone, Alejandra Borunda

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The Trump administration has promised vast changes to U.S. science and environmental policy—and we’re tracking them here as they happen.

Swarm of mysterious radio bursts seen coming from deep space: Shannon Stirone

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The bevy of high-speed flashes came from 1.5 billion light-years away, and they include one exceedingly rare repeating burst.

New frog species is armed with special skin-puncturing claw: Liz Langley

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The "extraordinary" Ecuadorian amphibian may use the special body part to flay and stab predators—and even fellow frogs.

Whales:

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Found in every ocean on Earth, whales are the biggest creatures we have, and some of the most mysterious.