
Scientists find enormous freshwater reserves beneath the oceans
• natmonitor.comFreshwater reserves were formed over the past hundreds of thousands of years when on average the sea level was much lower than it is today.
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Freshwater reserves were formed over the past hundreds of thousands of years when on average the sea level was much lower than it is today.
Between 2008 and 2012, the U.S. nearly doubled its renewables capacity. And in the first three months of this year, 82 percent of newly installed domestic electricity-generating capacity was renewable. Plus, installed capacity of new solar units dur
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A river runs through it -- and Uncle Sam isn't far behind.
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It's a land of ice and fire.
Saving species by saving their environments
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