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Pakistan's floods: is the worst still to come?

looks at the causes and consequences of the flooding of the Indus river.

Sweating it out in Kigoma

Today's Sharks: Smart, Tagged, and in Short Supply [Slide Show]

Research on sharks, and knowledge about them, is still just gaining speed as marine biologists race to learn about the cartilaginous predators before they are fished out of existence

Today's Sharks: Smart, Tagged, and in Short Supply [Slide Show]

Research on sharks, and knowledge about them, is still just gaining speed as marine biologists race to learn about the cartilaginous predators before they are fished out of existence

Readers Respond on "Freshwater Use"

Letters to the editor from the April 2010 issue of Scientific American

Living in a Landscape of Fear: How Predators Impact an Ecosystem

Wolves and other top predators reshape the landscape via trophic cascades

Russia counts environmental cost of wildfires

Without better forest management, country can expect further uncontrolled fires in the future.

Cloud-talk decoded: Physics and lasers read honeycomb cloud pattern

A thin, patchy cloud cover with clusters that seem to continuously form, dissipate and reemerge might not be just flowing at random. When these cloud fields appear over the ocean at least, their cycles and patterns are in fact quite regular, and new research explains how precipitation keeps an accumulation of these clouds knit closely together...

Cool Ride: Carmakers Search for Greener Air Conditioning Refrigerant

Beginning in certain 2013 models, GM promises to use a new AC refrigerant that breaks down faster in the atmosphere than currently used chemicals

Your Next New Car: Cleaner, Greener and Smarter

Luxury, speed and performance are always in demand, but cars of the future will be defined more by their impact on the environment

High-Pressure Hybrids: Fuel-Efficient Hydraulic Vehicles Come of Age

Once relegated to the sidelines due to bulky components and complicated controls, these systems are benefiting from lightweight materials and ecofriendly fluid formulas

Me, Myself and I: How the Brain Maintains a Sense of Self

Although people change throughout their lives, most hold a steady view of who they are. How does this become unglued for some?

Tire-Makers Try Treading Lightly on the Environment

Some new green car tires offered by major manufacturers roll easier and contain less crude oil

Unpredictable Arctic Ice Imperils Pacific Walrus

As the Arctic warms, the icescape on which both walruses and people depend is changing

Sing-Song Speakers Score Highly on Measures of Empathy

People who talk in a more melodic way have a stronger bead on social communication

Plastic Surf: The Unhealthful Afterlife of Toys and Packaging

Small remnants of toys, bottles and packaging persist in the ocean, harming marine life and possibly even us

Bird-watchers add more than 48 million observations to 'eBird' database

Supercomputer time will help ornithologists make ecological sense of millions of records of bird sightings.

African dust keeps Amazon blooming

Plumes of dust that cross the Atlantic are richer in nutrients than previously thought.

Mountain mining damages streams

Study shows that stripping mountains for coal has a much greater impact than urban growth.

Blue Whales Synchronize Song Pitch

Male blue whales off California produce the same note, four octaves below middle C, perhaps as a mating beacon to females. Christopher Intagliata reports