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The Honeybee: The Threats They Face and the Changes Needed to Save Them

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Most Colorado residences believe that we should maintain our natural resources and help retain its inspiring beauty. This cannot be accomplished without the assistance of the honeybee and other native pollinators. Honeybees are an intricate part of our natural ecosystem throughout the state of Colorado. Whether we realize it or not, we are deeply dependent […]

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The Grizzly Bear and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

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The wildlife migration patterns and tendencies throughout the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) are of great importance to Wyoming residents. The animals there have shaped people’s memories from early childhood. Each long drive through Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding areas becomes a memory in itself. Perhaps most notably, the grizzly bear has thrived in this

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Growing a Healthier Future: School Gardening in Colorado

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Earth Day. Twenty-four hours to celebrate the Earth and all its natural resources. Students plant and proudly bring their prized bean sprouts home–only to be left and forgotten on the window sill. One day for students to learn about gardening is not enough to create a lifetime of love and respect for nutrition or the

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Norway’s State-of-the-Art Energy Technology

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Deforestation, coal mining, and carbon dioxide emissions (the primary greenhouse gas emissions from human activities) cause devastating environmental damage. Runaway human population growth doesn’t help. Norway has taken proactive measures to counteract these problems with such operations as wind turbines, a hydrogen hybrid project, and osmotic power plants capable of producing hydrogen fuel generally emission-free. The vast

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Invasive Algae Are Damaging Hawaii’s Coral Reefs

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The Hawaiian Islands have an invasive algae problem. The eight major Hawaiian Islands harbor more than 60 percent of the coral reefs found in the waters surrounding the United States. Non-native algae species infect these reefs. They spread aggressively. This deters local marine life from building their habitats in the coral. Hawaii needs to address the

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