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#1324282022-01-12
Iconic flower's genetic puzzle revealed
Scientists led by UNSW have pieced together the complex genetic puzzle of the floral emblem of New South Wales, the iconic Australian waratah.
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#1324302022-01-12
‘Extraordinarily warm’: winter is fastest-heating season in most of US
American winters are rapidly warming and December 2021 was no exception. In New York, last month’s average temperature was 43.8F (6.5C) – 4.7F above the 1991-to-2020 average according to a recent analysis by Climate Central. The American south had an especially warm December, with Shreveport, Lo ...
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#1324312022-01-12
Tumble dryers found to be a leading source of microfibre air pollution
A single tumble dryer could be responsible for releasing 120m micro plastic fibres into the air each year, a study has found. Tumble dryers are one of the main sources of microfibre pollution in the atmosphere, according to research by Prof Kenneth Leung, director of the State Key Laboratory of ...
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#1324322022-01-12
Conifer plantation push could threaten red squirrel population, study finds
Conifer plantations, which are being expanded around the UK to combat the climate crisis and foster biodiversity, are in danger of hurting one of the key species they were thought to protect: red squirrels.
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#1324332022-01-12
Half this year’s little penguin chicks on WA’s Penguin Island wiped out as colony dwindles
Half the little penguin chicks from this year’s breeding season on Penguin Island in Western Australia have died, as the colony dwindles and researchers accuse the state government of failing to act.
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#1324342022-01-12
‘Babies here are born sick’: are Bolivia’s gold mines poisoning its indigenous people?
Outside a small brick house shared by four families, Daniela Prada, who is heavily pregnant, gathers guava leaves to make a tea for her two-year-old son.
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#1324352022-01-12
Newly declared dugong conservation reserve will help protect marine biodiversity
In an effort to protect the dugong, the Tamil Nadu government declared 500 sq. km of the biodiversity-rich waters in the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay, where the marine mammal is found, as the country’s first dugong conservation reserve. Announced in September last year, the reserve is spread over ...
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#1324362022-01-12
State aid: Commission invites comments on proposed revision of EU State aid rules for agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors
The European Commission is inviting all interested parties to comment on proposed revised State aid rules for the agricultural, forestry and fishery sectors. The purpose of the proposed revision is to align the current rules with the current EU strategic priorities, in particular the Common Agri ...
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#1324372022-01-12
EU, Swedish government commit to restoration of forests
European Union delegation to Uganda and the Swedish embassy in Uganda have reiterated their commitment to supporting government efforts to restore degraded forest cover while calling for action to reduce deforestation and better management of the ecosystem.
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#1324382022-01-12
Telangana: Indian Muntjac found in Asifabad forests after 25 years
Forest department officials in this district are elated, after they recorded the movement of Indian Muntjac, also known as barking deer in the jungles of this district. The recorded sighting assumes significance as last time these deers were recorded was a quarter century ago.
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#1324392022-01-12
How to save the future of Africa's forests
Africa’s forests are a significant component of the “lungs of the world”, but what does their future look like, especially in the face of increasing agricultural expansion — the primary driver of deforestation?
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#1324412022-01-12
The devastating mudslides that follow forest fires
The summer of 2021 brought ideal fire weather to southern British Columbia in Canada. A dome of hot, high-pressure air settled over the area, sending temperatures soaring into record territory after months of drought.
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#1324422022-01-12
Ocean warming has caused fish to shrink in size
Researchers have found that ocean warming, acidification and oxygen depletion have caused a species shift, causing fish to have smaller body sizes
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#1324432022-01-12
Overcoming the Challenges of Ocean Data Uncertainty
Data characterizing the ocean are inherently estimates and are therefore uncertain. This is true of all in situ and remotely sensed observations—of, say, sea surface temperature or sea level—as well as of outputs and forecasts from numerical models and of analysis products resulting from the syn ...
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#1324442022-01-12
Oceans were hotter in 2021 than at any time in recorded history
New research out this week shows that the world's oceans last year were hotter than they've ever been in recorded history — part of a long-term warming trend driven primarily by planet-wrecking fossil fuel emissions.
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#1324452022-01-12
New species of coral discovered in Scottish waters, shedding new light on deep sea biodiversity
The discovery of a new coral species in waters off the coast of Scotland has sparked new scientific excitement about the biodiversity of the deep sea.
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#1324462022-01-12
Protected marine areas should serve nature and people: a review of South Africa’s efforts
Marine protected areas in South Africa and across the world have an identity crisis. For some, they’re the answer to all marine conservation challenges. They prevent habitat destruction and unsustainable resource extraction, and provide resilience against climate change.
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#1324472022-01-12
The Green Planet live stream: how to watch the new BBC David Attenborough nature series from anywhere
The Green Planet – David Attenborough's latest BBC natural history series – has been called "gobsmacking" and "awe-inspiring". From the world's deadliest flower to the 1000-year-old tropical trees, The Green Planet shows you things no eye has ever seen.
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#1324482022-01-12
Patricia Zurita on nature, climate and Don’t Look Up!
I gather many others have criticised the film because they found the allegory connecting an imminent comet destroying earth with the climate crisis to be inaccurate or tortured. To be honest, I find this a bit ridiculous, and it feeds my frustration.
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#1324492022-01-12
LATA to launch nature and biodiversity tourism push
The Latin American Travel Association is to concentrate 2022 marketing on biodiversity and animal tourism, aiming for a bigger slice of a market dominated by Africa.
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#1324502022-01-12
Earliest human remains in eastern Africa dated to more than 230,000 years ago
The age of the oldest fossils in eastern Africa widely recognized as representing our species, Homo sapiens, has long been uncertain. Now, dating of a massive volcanic eruption in Ethiopia reveals they are much older than previously thought.
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#1324512022-01-12
Study challenges evolutionary theory that DNA mutations are random
A simple roadside weed may hold the key to understanding and predicting DNA mutation, according to new research from University of California, Davis, and the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Germany.
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#1324522022-01-12
Why are San Jose's trees disappearing? City loses hundreds of acres each year
San Jose's trees are slowly vanishing. Despite boasting, the nation's 10th largest city is in the midst of an environmental crisis as the tree canopy that shades it has dwindled by 1.82% between 2012 and 2018.
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#1324532022-01-12
Climate change: Thawing permafrost a triple-threat
Thawing Arctic permafrost laden with billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases not only threatens the region's critical infrastructure but life across the planet, according a comprehensive scientific review.
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#1324542022-01-12
Climate emergency tops list of concerns in WEF Global Risks Report 2022
Climate risks dominate global concerns even as the world enters the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the World Economic Forum‘s (WEF) Global Risks Report 2022.
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#1324552022-01-12
Weaving Indigenous knowledge into the scientific method
Many scientists rely on Indigenous people to guide their work — by helping them to find wildlife, navigate rugged terrain or understand changing weather trends, for example. But these relationships have often felt colonial, extractive and unequal. Researchers drop into communities, gather data a ...
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#1324562022-01-12
Ottawa’s new science grant recipients to tackle complex challenges, including Indigenous-led solutions to stem biodiversity loss
Indigenous solutions for conserving nature while promoting health; machines for preserving organs donated for transplants; strategies for turning discarded ocean byproducts into opportunities for coastal communities.
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#1324592022-01-13
Research links large industrial farming to biodiversity loss
Though there is a suggestion that large industrial farms can harm biodiversity, there are solutions farmers can put in place to mitigate this and promote wildlife growth in agricultural settings.
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#1324602022-01-13
Delhi govt gives further push to conservation of biodiversity in capital
NEW DELHI: Delhi government has notified the Delhi Biodiversity Council for conservation of biodiversity in the capital, susutainable use of its components and regulating access to biological resources for commercial utilisation.
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#1324612022-01-13
On agrobiodiversity, the Andes can teach the world much about crop conservation (commentary)
Two of the world’s most ubiquitous and important crops have a 7,000-year-old backstory, which can be traced to the Andes in South America, where maize and potatoes have long been cultivated for food.
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#1324622022-01-13
Forest, Tree Cover In India Increased By 2,216 Sq Km In 2 Yrs; Andhra Added The Most
India's total forest and tree cover is now spread across 80.9 million hectares, which is 24.62 per cent of the geographical area of the country.
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#1324632022-01-13
Canada needs a national tracking system to better fight climate change. Here’s why
A new report suggests Canada is not doing enough to adapt to and prevent the effects of climate change and is lacking the critical data it needs to do so.
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#1324642022-01-13
Egypt's Environment min.: COP27 can build on recommendations of WYF's climate change session
Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad underlined the importance of recommendations of the climate change session which was held within the framework of the World Youth Forum (WYF) with the participation of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
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#1324652022-01-13
How shea trees can help combat climate change
You’ve most likely used a shea product today, possibly without even knowing. You probably know it’s in a lot of beauty products like creams and emollients. But the vast majority of shea goes into foodstuffs like chocolate, confectionery products, pastries, margarines, and vegan products. Shea bu ...
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#1324662022-01-13
Record number of Americans alarmed about climate crisis, report finds
A new report has revealed that a record number of Americans are now alarmed about the climate crisis. The study, published by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, found that Americans overall are becoming increasingly worried about global heating, more engaged with the issue and mor ...
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#1324672022-01-13
FEATURE-Nepal's blossoming honey industry crushed by wild weather
In the 15 years Chitra Bhan Khatri has been keeping bees in west Nepal, he never had trouble providing food for his insects - until last year, when unseasonally heavy rain left his honeybees hungry.
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#1324682022-01-13
Study: Biodiversity richness of butterflies peaks in October in Tadoba National Park
A duo of zoologists from Mumbai has traced butterfly species variations as per seasonal changes in Chandrapur’s Tadoba National Park.
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#1324692022-01-13
COP26: Australia Commits More Climate Financing for Pacific and Southeast Asia. It’s Not Enough.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pledged half a billion dollars more to help the Pacific and Southeast Asia address the climate crisis, acknowledging during his final announcement at COP26 that there was “no greater threat to our Pacific family than climate change.”
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#1324702022-01-13
A large flock of critically endangered birds arrive in Cambodia in yearly migration
A large flock of critically endangered migratory birds, the yellow-breasted bunting, have arrived at the Boeung Prek Lapouv Protected Landscape in southern Cambodia’s Takeo province during their yearly migration, a conservationist organization said on Wednesday.
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#1324712022-01-13
UVic trio part of biodiversity project awarded $24M
Three UVic researchers are part of a project that was awarded $24 million on Wednesday to study an existential topic: the survival of life on Earth.
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#1324722022-01-13
2022: A Full Calendar for SDG Discussions and Global Environmental Governance
2022 will be a significant year for governing the 2030 Agenda and other global frameworks on protecting the environment. While 2020 was anticipated as a super year for nature, and 2021 was considered all the more crucial for biodiversity after the pandemic froze many global discussions, 2022 now ...
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#1324742022-01-13
Corporates sustain deforestation crisis
Influential companies and financial institutions are undermining global action on climate change and risking damage to their own businesses by failing to tackle the problem of tropical deforestation, Global Canopy reveals in its annual Forest 500 report released today.
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#1324752022-01-13
Ending Illegal Trafficking of Endangered Animals
Nigeria has emerged as the top transit point in the world for illegal ivory and pangolin scale trafficking from Africa to Asia. Between 2016 to 2019, over half of the pangolin scales seized globally came from Nigeria, Ugo Aliogo reports.
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#1324762022-01-13
Chemical cocktail’ polluting English rivers - MPs warn
Raw sewage, microplastics and slurry are coursing through all of England's rivers, putting health and nature at risk, a parliamentary report concludes.
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#1324772022-01-13
‘Oppressive and wrong’: green activists urge Labour to vote against policing bill
Climate activist groups are urging the Labour party to oppose a policing bill they say will undermine the right to protest at a critical moment in the fight to avoid climate breakdown.
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#1324782022-01-13
Australia matches its hottest day on record as Western Australia town goes above 50C
Australia has matched its hottest ever reliably recorded temperature, with Onslow airport near the remote West Australian town of Onslow registering 50.7C.
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#1324792022-01-13
‘Poorly conceived’ trophy hunting bill puts wildlife at risk, UK government told
A proposed UK ban on trophy hunting imports risks undermining the conservation of rhinos, elephants and other endangered wildlife, according to a group of leading scientists and conservationists who said African perspectives have been ignored by the government.
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#1324802022-01-13
‘Dancing through the water’: rare sighting of blanket octopus in Great Barrier Reef
Only a handful of people have spotted the dazzling blanket octopus in the wild, making it one of the rarest sights in the marine world.
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#1324812022-01-13
‘They saw bigger things’: Richard Leakey, Edward O Wilson and Thomas Lovejoy remembered
Over Christmas and the new year, three of the world’s leading naturalists died. Thomas Lovejoy, a conservation biologist credited with popularising the term “biodiversity” and a passionate defender of the Amazon, died on 25 December.
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#1324822022-01-13
Forests in Western Himalayan Region & Northeastern States Among India's Climate Change Hotspots: ISFR-2021
Forests in the western Himalayan region and the northeastern states are consistently appearing as climate change hotspots across various climate scenarios in three selected time horizons, according to the India State of Forest Report 2021 (ISFR-2021) released on Thursday.