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The Fastest-Growing Plant In The World

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Bamboo is the world’s fastest growing plant thanks to the cell elongation process it shares with all grasses and its unique cell wall layering adaptation, allowing it to shoot up to 100 ft (30m) in just 8 weeks.

The urgent case for antibiotic-free animals | Leon Marchal

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The UN predicts that antimicrobial resistance will be our biggest killer by 2050. "That should really scare the hell out of all of us," says bioprocess engineer Leon Marchal. He's working on an urgently needed solution: transforming the massive, global animal feed industry.

Volcanoes 101 | National Geographic

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About 1,500 active volcanoes can be found around the world. Learn about the major types of volcanoes, the geological process behind eruptions, and where the most destructive volcanic eruption ever witnessed occurred.

What Mud From Glacial Lakes Can Tell Us About Our History | National Geographic

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See what challenges face a team of scientists gathering core sediment samples from a glacial lake in the Himalayas.

How To Turn Poop Into Power

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We could generate a lot of usable energy from human and animal poop through greater adoption of a process for using microbes to break down poop into methane gas.

The Great Acceleration

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We’re in the middle of a rapid, unprecedented, and world-changing increase in the intensity and scale of human activity on this planet.

How Wildlife Is Bouncing Back In This African Park

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When Tizola Moyo started as a ranger in 1993, Majete Wildlife Reserve was devoid of any wildlife. Now, with the help of the park’s rangers and community collaboration, it's flourishing.

Employee Missing for 10 Years Found Inside Supermarket

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Would you be okay with grocery shopping at a store with a corpse behind the walls for 10 years? In today's video we are looking at how an employee went missing in a supermarket for 10 years before the body was discovered.

How to Plant 20 MILLION TREES

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Go to http://teamtrees.org and plant trees!

How Much Air Can A Tree Hold?

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Trees can take an astounding amount of carbon out of the air, which is good, because we need to do that times a trillion.

See Antarctica Like Never Before | National Geographic

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Here at the bottom of the world, a place all but free of human settlement, humanity is scrambling one of the ocean’s richest wildernesses.

Peatlands Critical In Climate Change Fight | National Geographic

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Peatlands lock in more carbon than forests—and a new mapping effort suggests that the Democratic Republic of Congo’s might be the world’s largest.

Dear Smokers

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Let's talk about cigarette butts and why they are a major problem.

What’s Hiding at the Most Solitary Place on Earth? The Deep Sea

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Shark Tagged From Submarine For First Time In History | National Geographic

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For the past year, a research team has developed a new strategy to study the near threatened bluntnose sixgill shark in deep waters.

How Can We Wipe Out ALL Of The Mosquitoes?

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Is there an effective and safe way to get rid of mosquitoes?

The Secret Global Sewer System

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Ditches and drain pipes help crops survive but can negatively impact the broader landscape.

Should We Nuke Hurricanes?

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Nuclear hurricanes!

What a Sea Snail Die-off Means for Californians—and the Climate | National Geographic

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The red abalone fishery is closed down until 2021 in hopes that the snail population would rebound. Many coastal communities are suffering from the closure.

What's The Dirtiest Room In Your House?

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We're talking about germs, okay? How gross are we talking?

What Shark Is Attacking Tourists?

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After multiple attacks in the tourist hot spot, the Seychelles, researchers try to determine which type of shark is the culprit.