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#1196882019-01-31
Global endangered mammals conservation needs to be priority
Mammals constitute an important section of global wildlife and biodiversity; and are distributed across all the continents and oceans. However, the situation of the mammals across the globe is not at all promising; and in some cases agonizingly morbid!
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#1196902019-01-31
How eavesdropping on elephants is keeping them safe
A low rumble reverberates from a rainforest clearing in the Central African Republic. Occasionally, piercing roars and haunting wails emanate from among the trees. These are the calls of forest elephants that inhabit this tropical landscape.
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#1196912019-01-31
Mansarovar Lake losing foreign guests
Mansarovar Lake in the periphery of Sariska Tiger Reserve,Alwar is fast losing its foreign guests with every passing winter due to indiscriminate draining of water for the irrigating agricultural land in the nearby villages.
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#1196922019-01-31
Dangerous waterweed spreading in Southern Africa
A dangerous waterweed is spreading across water bodies in Southern Africa and could soon strangle life-supporting services such as fishing if it is not controlled, a scientist says.
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#1196932019-01-31
The Ocean’s Gateway to Antarctica
The Antarctic Slope Current (ASC), which rings the continent, is a fascinating ocean flow for its local, regional, and global influence. A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics describes the spatial and temporal variability of the ASC and its influence on the global climate system. Here, the aut ...
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#1196942019-01-31
An 'Unprecedented' Epidemic Is Wiping Out The West Coast's Sea Stars
In 2013, marine scientists witnessed a real-life, aquatic version of Contagion. Over the summer, divers in Monterrey, California were treated to a horror scene of sea stars with limbs torn asunder and bodies disintegrating. Soon, major aquariums up and down the West Coast reported their sea star ...
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#1196952019-01-31
Contentious salmon stocking plan can't happen without First Nations support: scientist
A University of New Brunswick scientist working on a contentious Miramichi salmon stocking program admits it cannot proceed without backing of First Nations groups. And there appears little likelihood of that happening, with Eel Ground Chief George Ginnish calling it a "non-starter."
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#1196962019-01-31
New deep-sea exploration to boost good ocean governance
First Descent, a collaboration of ocean research institute Nekton, the Commonwealth and other partners will launch a multidisciplinary exploration ocean territory
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#1196972019-01-31
Plastic waste in oceans killing marine life in coastal waters in VN
An X-ray and ultrasound scan at a hospital showed an astonishing amount of plastic waste inside the turtle. Despite thorough care and endoscopic surgery, the turtle was still weak and needed more time to recover.
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#1196982019-01-31
Extreme E to deliver 'Blue Planet meets Dakar Rally'
Imagine living in a ship, traveling to the most remote places on the planet and then racing around in state-of-the-art electric race cars.
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#1196992019-01-31
How to talk about climate change on social media
Extreme weather events, from hurricanes to snowstorms, often serve as focal points for discussions about global climate change. And many of those discussions take place on social media. But do social media serve as good platforms for climate change discussion? And do extreme weather events serve ...
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#1197002019-01-31
Aussie plants facing extinction
The top 100 Australian plant species at risk of extinction have been identified by Threatened Species Recovery Hub research.University of Queensland researcher Dr. Jennifer Silcock said three quarters of Australia's threatened species were plants.
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#1197012019-01-31
Solving the mystery of Serengeti's vanishing wild dogs
In 1991, a strange thing happened in the wilds of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park.The Serengeti, a World Heritage Site, is home to a spectacular range of carnivores, from lions to cheetahs and more. And with more than 1.5 million zebras, wildebeests and gazelles making annual migrations acros ...
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#1197022019-01-31
Huge cavity in Antarctic glacier signals rapid decay
A gigantic cavity—two-thirds the area of Manhattan and almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) tall—growing at the bottom of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica is one of several disturbing discoveries reported in a new NASA-led study of the disintegrating glacier. The findings highlight the need for det ...
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#1197032019-01-31
Plastic in Britain's seals, dolphins and whales
Microplastics have been found in the guts of every marine mammal examined in a new study of animals washed up on Britain's shores.
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#1197042019-01-31
Scorecard measures nutrient pollution in Kenya’s Lake Naivasha
UN Environment has been working with a broad range of partners to better assess the health of lake ecosystems in India, Kenya and the Philippines. Economic activity in and around Lake Naivasha, and the rapidly growing population, have placed mounting environmental pressure on this important sour ...
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#1197052019-01-31
Feeding the Ten Billion
Our current diets are bad for our health and are harming the planet. Two billion people are now overweight or obese. Poor diet is the biggest cause of noncommunicable disease in the world, posing a greater risk of morbidity and mortality than unsafe sex, alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse combined.
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#1197132019-02-01
Urban agroforestry in Budapest
Our edible forest garden experiment in Budapest is part of a doctoral research project on urban agroforestry. It was constructed in partnership with Budapest’s 14th District Council and the social Degrowth cooperative Cargonomia.
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#1197142019-02-01
Beijing biodiversity meet to debate '30 percent by 2030' target
Ahead of a crucial global meet on biodiversity next year, a group of 13 international conservation organizations urged governments to set an ambitious target to protect the world's natural sites and wildlife population.
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#1197152019-02-01
Grasslands in shambles as plantations shroud them
The Western Ghats, renowned for its mesmerising beauty, lofty mountains, dense forests and rolling grasslands, is losing all of it in the past few years. Multiple studies have shown the changes in the ecosystem resulting from various reasons and have linked them to devastating consequences like ...
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#1197162019-02-01
There’s a Vanishing Resource We’re Not Talking About
Within 100 years, many of our cities will become uninhabitable, submerged under oceans or deadly hot. Food will be more difficult to grow. Storms will become more violent. The gentle planet we’ve known will be no more.
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#1197172019-02-01
‘The Davos of Value Change’: Some New Topics Take Center Stage
The World Economic Forum that concluded last Friday at Davos, Switzerland, met against the backdrop of a global economic slowdown, especially in China, and fears of a recession, while other concerns loomed over trade wars and the economic crisis in Venezuela.
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#1197182019-02-01
Citizen scientists discover pinhead-sized beetle in Borneo
How many citizen scientists does it take to discover a new species? A recent expedition to the Ulu Temburong forest in Borneo proved that you only need 10 enthusiasts with no professional training, yet fueled with curiosity and passion for the outdoors, to find a new beetle the size of a pinhead ...
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#1197192019-02-01
5 reasons you need to go on an educational trip to learn like you never did before
Science and technology aren’t the only fields that witnessed an overhaul. The education sector also observed a paradigm shift from theoretical learning to practical learning. In today’s increasingly competitive environment, it becomes important for students to have an extra edge to succeed.
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#1197202019-02-01
Adidas to double production of ocean plastic trainers in 2019
Sportswear giant Adidas has confirmed that it will produce more than twice as many pairs of trainers made using ocean plastic this year than it did in 2018, as consumer demand for products and packaging free from virgin plastic grows.
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#1197212019-02-01
Gigantic Cavity in Antarctica Glacier Is a Product of Rapid Melting, Study Finds
The Thwaites Glacier on Antarctica’s western coast has long been considered one of the most unstable on the continent. Now, scientists are worried about the discovery of an enormous underwater cavity that will probably speed up the glacier’s decay.
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#1197222019-02-01
Plastic in the oceans is not the fault of the global south
Plastic pollution in developing Asia is often in the spotlight, but the conversation largely ignores the role of Western countries in the plastic waste trade.
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#1197232019-02-01
Mixing it up in the web of life
Many types of marine plankton are either animal-like or plant-like. But a huge number are both, and they are upending ideas about ocean ecology.
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#1197242019-02-01
Climate change might not slow ocean circulation as much as thought
New findings from an international ocean observing network are calling into question the longstanding idea that global warming might slow down a big chunk of the ocean’s “conveyor belt.”
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#1197252019-02-01
Importance to planet of saving wetlands highlighted
The power of the planet’s most effective carbon sinks - wetlands - can and must be better harnessed in national and global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, says the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands as it marks World Wetlands Day tomorrow.
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#1197262019-02-01
Weaving is giving Indian women hope in the face of climate change
In recent months, 30-year-old Niru Sonowal and a dozen other women from her northeast Indian village have trekked on foot for miles every day in search of work.
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#1197272019-02-01
Let’s Say I Wanted to Escape Climate Change. Where Should I Go?
So you want to escape climate change. That’s a reasonable impulse — climate change rivals nuclear war for the greatest threat to human life in the history of our species’ existence. Every survival instinct we’ve cultivated to date should, understandably, make us want to get away from it.
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#1197282019-02-01
Don't Save the Planet for the Planet. Do It for the Beer
What beer wants to know is, why do you hate America? How can you just sit in front of the game on Super Bowl Sunday, ice cold domestic lager close to hand, and not consider the future of that great institution? No, not the Super Bowl—the beer. Beer is America. Americans drank 2.9 billion cases i ...
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#1197292019-02-01
World Wetlands Day 2019: “Wetlands and Climate Change”
This year’s World Wetlands Day under the theme of “Wetlands and Climate Change” highlights the importance of healthy and intact wetlands to one of the most pressing challenges of our times: climate change.
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#1197302019-02-01
Haiti’s first private nature reserve seeks to protect rare plants and animals
On an isolated mountain in southwestern Haiti, researchers and conservation groups have purchased land and carved out the island nation’s first ever private nature reserve.
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#1197312019-02-01
Study shows lungless salamanders' skin expresses protein crucial for lung function
For decades, scientists have assumed that the hundreds of species of salamanders that lack lungs actually "breathe" through their skin and the lining of the mouth, and Harvard researchers are providing the first concrete evidence for how they do it.
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#1197322019-02-01
"La Camargue nous protège du réchauffement climatique"
Les zones naturelles humides, comme la Camargue, jouent un rôle d' "amortisseur" du dérèglement climatique, explique Jean Jalbert. Directeur général de la Tour du Valat, Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes, cet expert assure qu'il faut "réhabiliter" ces ...
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#1197332019-02-01
Biodiversité : vers un nouveau pacte mondial entre l'Homme et la Nature ?
Quel avenir pour la prise en compte de la biodiversité ? Dans la perspective du sommet de Pékin 2020, une conférence sur l'état des lieux et les perspectives de la biodiversité, entre société civile, régulateurs et entreprises. Elle se tiendra le 15 février 2019 à Paris.
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#1197342019-02-01
Special airlift for baby flamingos in peril in South Africa
A special airlift for thousands of baby flamingos is under way in South Africa as drought has put their breeding ground in peril.A reservoir that hosts one of southern Africa's largest flamingo populations is drying up.
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#1197352019-02-01
Grad student finds adding fresh carbon to permafrost triggers carbon loss
Permafrost underlies nearly 85 percent of Alaska and nearly a quarter of the landmass in the northern hemisphere. This perennially frozen soil contains twice as much carbon as is found in the Earth's atmosphere. Since the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, understanding c ...
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#1197362019-02-01
How predatory plankton created modern ecosystems after 'Snowball Earth'
Around 635 to 720 million years ago, during Earth's most severe glacial period, the Earth was twice almost completely covered by ice, according to current hypotheses. The question of how life survived these "Snowball Earth' glaciations, lasting up to about 50 million years, has occupied the most ...
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#1197372019-02-01
Q&A: The Nature of Value vs the Value of Nature
Humans have long had a varied and complicated relationship with nature—from its aesthetic value to its economic value to its protective value. What if you could measure and analyse these values? One group is trying to do just that.
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#1197392019-02-04
Hong Kong's wild boar dilemma in the Chinese New Year of the Pig
One of the world's most densely populated cities, Hong Kong, is facing a proliferation of wild boars as the large mammals stray increasingly into built-up areas.
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#1197402019-02-04
Poor diet may have caused nosedive in major Atlantic seabird nesting colony
The findings provide fresh evidence of the fragility of marine ecosystems and lend weight to the scientific case for creating the Ascension Island Ocean Sanctuary (AIOS), set to be one of the largest fully protected reserves in the Atlantic Ocean.
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#1197412019-02-04
Oceans to turn bluer due to global warming
The sea will turn a brighter shade of blue due to global warming, a new study predicts.Experts believe that changing ocean temperatures will alter the distribution of tiny organisms called phytoplankton, which play a crucial role in absorbing sunlight.
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#1197422019-02-04
The new plastic threat to marine life: Glue-like substances secreted by ocean bacteria
Microplastics are merging with bacteria and turning into large clumps in sea water, scientists have discovered. Glue-like molecules emitted by bacteria - called biopolymers - join with the plastic particles to form large masses.
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#1197432019-02-04
People of the Whale – a portrait of traditional hunting in Alaska
People of the Whale is the story of an Iñupiaq whaling crew, living where the vast plain of ice meets the waters of the Arctic Ocean. For the last 2,000 years, the Iñupiaq have stood on the edge of the sea ice, waiting for the migration of bowhead whales.
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#1197442019-02-04
Incredibly Rare Footage Shows a Newborn Humpback Whale Less Than 20 Minutes After Birth
A researcher studying whales and dolphins was treated to an extremely rare sight in January: a baby humpback whale swimming with its mum, less than 20 minutes after being born.
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#1197452019-02-04
Convention seeks use of wetlands to tackle climate change
With time running out to reduce global carbon emissions by 45 per cent before 2030 and limit global warming to well below 2C, The Ramsar Convention said wetlands provide a natural solution to making a daunting task more achievable.
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#1197462019-02-04
Promoting regenerative agriculture through women farmers
Just inland from the coast of Half Moon Bay, green, rolling hills extend in every direction. There are aces of tall grass dedicated to cattle, lamb, pigs, horses and chickens where they can graze and move about freely.