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Boy Scouts' logging puts rare plant in danger
The Boy Scouts are at odds with a former Scout leader who says the organization is putting the Dudley's lousewort at risk. Full story
Erik Verduzco / For The Center for Investigative Reporting
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Buggy hordes of cicadas sighted in Virginia
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NBC Learn, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, explores the impact that climate change is having on our planet. NBC's Anne Thompson reports.

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Greenland’s shrinking ice hurts native tribe
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