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#1195562019-01-23
Research reveals new species are evolving fastest in Antarctica
New research published in Nature overturns previous theories about how the stunning biodiversity of the oceans evolved, with important implications for conservation.
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#1195582019-01-24
Climate drives link between forest biodiversity and productivity
Some ecologists believe that species richness is positively related to ecosystem productivity, while others conclude that the relationship is bell-shaped or they are unrelated. Using big data, Purdue University scientists now know which theory is correct—all of them.
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#1195592019-01-24
Indigenous people to have say in UN climate policy
Indigenous peoples will have a chance to share their traditional knowledge on the environment and play a role in the implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement to combat climate change and build a sustainable low carbon future.
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#1195602019-01-24
Coral species struggle when they’re alone
The effective extinction of many coral species may be weakening reef systems and siphoning life out of the corals that remain, US researchers warn.
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#1195612019-01-24
Davos: ‘We Are Losing The Race On Climate Change’ – UN Chief
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday warned that the world is “losing the race” on climate change as he demanded that governments make bolder commitments beyond the Paris accord.
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#1195622019-01-24
Canada’s New Food Guide Is A Win For Health, Animals And The Planet
After years of research analysis, stakeholder and public consultation, and message testing, Health Canada has published an updated version of Canada's Food Guide.
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#1195632019-01-24
Study links climate change and war refugees
Researchers in the United Kingdom have found the strongest link yet between climate change, conflict and migration. The report released yesterday by authors at the University of East Anglia looked at asylum applications for 157 countries between 2006 and 2015. It found that in certain years and ...
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#1195642019-01-24
Superbugs 'as big a global threat as climate change and warfare'
Drug-resistant superbugs are as big a threat to the world as climate change or wars, Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned during a speech at Davos in which he unveiled a five-year action plan for the UK, and a 20-year vision, to tackle the threat of antimicrobial resistance by 2040.
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#1195652019-01-24
School strikes over climate change continue to snowball
The number of students participating in school strikes for climate action is continuing to rise around the world. Last week more than 60,000 students refused to go to their classes, the largest number yet
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#1195662019-01-24
Here is how Climate Change is destabilizing Monsoon
Monsoon in India is the most important weather event, while other countries do have their Monsoon, none of them compare to the Indian Monsoon. Most of the rainfall in the country occurs just on account of the four JJAS (June, July, August and September) months of the year.
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#1195672019-01-24
Climate change: male infertility caused by heatwaves may result in mass extinction
Since the 1980s, increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves have contributed to more deaths than any other extreme weather event.
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#1195682019-01-24
More People Than Ever Accept Climate Change Is a Threat to Them Personally
Climate change has always been a divisive topic for Americans. But new surveys suggest that awareness of climate change is growing, at least a little bit. For the first time, the vast majority of Americans accept that climate change is happening, which means perhaps we can finally start to do so ...
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#1195692019-01-24
'Tipping point' risk for Arctic hotspot
A rapid climate shift under way in the Barents Sea could spread to other Arctic regions, scientists warn. The Barents Sea is said to be at a tipping point, changing from an Arctic climate to an Atlantic climate as the water gets warmer.
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#1195702019-01-24
The curious link between brain diseases and blue-green algae
A scientific breakthrough intended to help boost the yields of food crops—such as wheat, cowpeas and cassava—might also improve understanding of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's that could one day lead to a cure.
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#1195712019-01-24
As climate heats up, rising rainfall averages hide crop-killing droughts
Research performed in the Ethiopian highlands shows that even in years with above average rainfall, crops can be severely reduced by drought early in the growing season, when seeds must sprout and get established.
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#1195722019-01-24
Sacrificing Atewa Forest in China bauxite deal not acceptable – Prof. Oteng-Yeboah
A retired Professor, Department of Plant and Environmental Biology, University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Alfred Apau Oteng-Yeboah, has expressed concern about the fact Atewa, a globally significant biodiversity area with multiple benefits and great potential for ecotourism, is one of the natura ...
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#1195732019-01-24
Cutting down on ammonia emissions in the EU: for healthier and more sustainable food production
Ammonia emissions – ammonia released into the atmosphere in high concentrations pollute the air we breathe and represent a significant threat to human health and the environment. It is time to act. The EU has already put in place measures to control air pollution and improve ambient air quality. ...
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#1195742019-01-24
Carrefour Italia is using blockchain technology for citrus fruits
Carrefour Italia is the first big retail chain that applied the blockchain technology to food traceability. First, the company used it for the chicken supply chain. At Marca 2019 fair, the business announced the use of that system for Tarocco orange variety and Carrefour-quality Sicilian lemons ...
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#1195752019-01-24
Our food system is no longer fit for the 21st century. Here are three ways to fix it
Food is part of our cultural identity and, at the most basic level, essential to our survival. Over the past 200 years we have seen unprecedented development of agriculture and the global food industry, which now brings many people reliable, affordable access to an extraordinary variety of food.
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#1195762019-01-24
Conservation and sustainable use of resources
In the oceans of all around the world there is a change in the sustainable environment, their temperature, chemistry, currents and life which derive the earth’s habitual system for mankind. Our rainwater, weather, climate, coastlines, much of our daily food, and even the oxygen that we breathe; ...
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#1195802019-01-25
Wild about wilderness: The dreadful dangers of the definition deluge
Five countries hold 70 percent of the world’s natural ecosystems, according to an article published in the journal Nature by researcher James Watson and colleagues.
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#1195812019-01-25
Ethiopia: Experts Urge Collaboration to Improve Wildlife Conservation in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa — Experts have urged for collaborative works to improve wildlife conservation and ease challenges in the sector. Shared responsibility from the government, private sector and other stakeholder is necessary to preserve the country's wildlife and parks, they said.
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#1195822019-01-25
Where Scallops Dwell
I'm not sure many of us ever consider a scallop’s origin as its white and orange meat sits, neatly presented on its open shell over crushed ice, at the fish-counter. Nor do we give much thought to how it was taken from the sea, or perhaps even at what cost.
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#1195832019-01-25
Plastic pollution increasing at the top of the Earth
Increasing amounts of plastic pollution have been detected in Europe's most northern Arctic regions.Scientists are registering high concentrations of microplastic particles not only in Arctic waters but also in the Arctic ice and snow.
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#1195842019-01-25
Adidas to produce 11 million pairs of shoes containing recycled plastic in 2019
Adidas has planned to double its production of shoes containing recycled plastic waste, from five million to 11 million pairs of shoes.In collaboration with environmental organisation Parley for the Oceans, plastic waste is intercepted on beaches before it can reach the oceans.
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#1195852019-01-25
'Dramatic growth': UN reports surge in green laws since 1972
Over the last four decades the world has seen a rapid rise in the number of laws to protect the environment, but weak enforcement regimes mean many envitonmental threats are continuing to worsen.
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#1195862019-01-25
Children's climate rallies gain momentum in Europe
Thousands of schoolchildren in Europe are expected to skip classes and rally for action on climate change. Children plan to stage a sit-in outside city hall in Basel, Switzerland, and similar protests are planned in Berlin and other German cities.
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#1195872019-01-25
Is Climate Change Drying Up German Rivers — and Growth?
Greg Fuzesi, an economist at JPMorgan, has estimated that the low level of the Rhine and other important German rivers shaved off 0.7 percentage points of economic growth in 2018. The phenomenon, caused by a year of extraordinarily warm and dry weather, was almost certainly related to human-driv ...
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#1195882019-01-25
Climate change effects: Uganda at a crossroads
At the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 24) meeting last December in Katowice, Poland, four former presidents of UN talks issued a statement urging “decisive action” on climate change.
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#1195902019-01-25
‘Worrying’ rise in global CO2 forecast for 2019
The level of climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is forecast to rise by a near-record amount in 2019, according to the Met Office.
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#1195912019-01-25
Working together for Amazonia
This month, President Jair Bolsonaro took office in Brazil. He must now lead a country that is undergoing its worst recession and political divisions in a generation—a daunting time to take up the reins.
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#1195922019-01-25
Estudian los ríos para entender mejor el cambio climático
Los ríos del Ecuador o de la región amazónica no descomponen el carbono de la misma manera que los de la Patagonia, una comprobación que puede ser clave para evaluar los alcances del cambio climático en un escenario de altas temperaturas como se prevé para fin del siglo.
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#1195932019-01-25
Why biodiversity among marine mammals and birds generally rises in cold, temperate waters
In ecology, the diversity of species generally increases as you move toward the warmer latitudes of the tropics.A new study explores a curious exception to this trend, examining why biodiversity rises in cold, temperate waters among warm-blooded marine predators such as whales, seals and penguins.
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#1195942019-01-25
Fault lines are no barrier to safe storage of CO2 below ground
Carbon dioxide emissions can be captured and securely stored in underground rocks, even if geological faults are present, research has confirmed.
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#1195952019-01-25
Scientists nail down important plant compound pathway
Purdue University plant molecular biochemist Natalia Dudareva and colleagues have described a complete second pathway used by plants to produce phenylalanine, a compound important for all living organisms.
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#1195962019-01-25
Ecologists create a new model to predict extinction risk
A new population viability model, with an accompanying web app, is helping scientists to better forecast population changes and extinction risk for imperiled species. The method was developed by ecologists at the University of Georgia River Basin Center with support from NASA and the help of fed ...
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#1195972019-01-25
Climat, biodiversité, développement: quelle place pour les acteurs économiques?
A l'heure où la préservation de la biodiversité et des espaces naturels, en plus de la lutte contre le réchauffement climatique s'imposent comme des enjeux majeurs, quelle place les acteurs de l'économie peuvent-ils avoir dans le basculement vers une société plus durable? Tour d'horizon avec plu ...
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#1195982019-01-25
How to Eat to Save the World
With the global population set to reach ten billion by 2050, the challenge of feeding the world in a healthy and sustainable way will only deepen. Meeting that challenge will require major, long-term systemic changes.
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#1195992019-01-25
Putting food under the microscope
You might think that microorganisms - aka microbes - contaminate food, cause disease and are generally something to be avoided. But we shouldn’t be afraid of the microbes in our food…
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#1196002019-01-25
Las leyes ambientales lucen bien en el papel, pero no protegen el planeta
Un aumento dramático en la adopción global de leyes ambientales no se ha traducido en mejores esfuerzos de conservación, concluyó un informe de Naciones Unidas.
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#1196012019-01-25
Are We Headed Toward the Worst-Case Climate Change Scenario?
A record number of Americans say they accept that global warming is happening, according to a new survey from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication, and nearly three-quarters of them now say it's an issue that's p ...
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#1196022019-01-25
Even central banks need to take climate change into account: IMF chief Christine Lagarde
Terming climate change as one of the most pressing issues for the global economy, IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Friday said even central banks would need to take it into account in their policy decisions.
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#1196032019-01-25
6 things we learned about the environment at Davos 2019
Even before Davos started, the scene was set for environmental issues to take centre stage. The Global Risks Report 2019 declared that humanity was ‘sleepwalking its way to catastrophe’ as extreme weather, failure to act on climate change, and natural disasters topped the list.
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#1196042019-01-25
Mystery of ‘headhunting’ ants solved
In the late 1950s, researchers in Florida made a macabre and perplexing discovery: ants known as Formica archboldi were decking out their nests with the severed heads of much larger and more aggressive trap-jaw ants. Ever since the discovery, the bizarre behaviour has puzzled entomologists – jus ...
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#1196212019-01-28
What's got four legs and costs Sweden a billion kronor a year?
Sweden's forestry agency has warned that more trees of several varieties are needed across the country – to avoid the damage caused to pine forests by hungry elk.
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#1196222019-01-28
The way we eat is killing us – and the planet
The distinguished medical journal The Lancet has issued not one but two apocalyptic warnings about our food in under a month. One of its special commissions reported earlier this month that civilisation itself was at risk from the effects of the current food system on both human health and the E ...
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#1196232019-01-28
Climate change forces killer whales further north to feed
Killer whales in the North Sea are changing their habits to adapt to climate change. The aquatic mammals have had to follow the migration of their favourite food: herring.
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#1196242019-01-28
Desertification, Land Degradation and Climate Change Go Hand in Hand
The link between desertification, land degradation and climate change is among several issues occupying the attention of the 197 Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) for the next three days.
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#1196252019-01-28
From rice to riches: adapting to climate change on Cambodia’s coasts
Climate change, deforestation and rising sea-levels have been causing devastating rice shortages for Cambodia’s coastal communities. UN Environment is supporting the Cambodian government in their attempts to promote alternative livelihoods to overcome these challenges.
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#1196262019-01-28
Paradox of witnessing climate change impacts unfolding
The most intriguing and surprising part about climate change impacts is that all the damage unfolds under our nose, at times even with our involvement.