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Galapagos Islands will be a cool refuge in a warming world

The Galapagos Islands will be a cool refuge in a warming world

A geological coincidence placed the Galapagos Islands in the line of an icy current that provides food and shelter in a warming ocean. The good news might not last for long.
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Up close look at Galapagos Islands

Climate change is bearing down on the wildlife in Galapagos that helped bring the world the theory of evolution by natural selection.

Darwin’s Arch, a famed rock formation in the Galápagos, collapses
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Darwin’s Arch, a famed rock formation in the Galápagos, collapses

Erosion caused the natural archway in the remote Pacific islands to fall into the sea, officials said.
Nearly 200 baby tortoises are seized at Galápagos Airport
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Nearly 200 baby tortoises are seized at Galápagos Airport

The tortoises were found on Sunday wrapped in plastic inside a red suitcase that was bound for mainland Ecuador. A police officer has been taken into custody, the authorities said.
Inside the ambitious push to protect a third of the world’s ocean
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Inside the ambitious push to protect a third of the world’s ocean

Preserving our pristine seas will boost biodiversity, replenish fishing stocks, and store carbon.
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Documenting climate change by air, land and sea
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Documenting climate change by air, land and sea

The New York Times photographer Josh Haner has spent the past four years capturing the effects of climate change around the world and under water.
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As seas warm, Galápagos Islands face a giant evolutionary test
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As seas warm, Galápagos Islands face a giant evolutionary test

Climate change is ravaging the natural laboratory that inspired Darwin. The creatures here are on the brink of crisis.
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