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#1197472019-02-04
Butterflies thrive in grasslands surrounded by forest
For pollinating butterflies, it is more important to be close to forests than to agricultural fields, according to a study of 32,000 butterflies by researchers at Linköping University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in Uppsala. The results provide important knowledge ab ...
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#1197482019-02-04
Climate change is roasting the Himalaya region, threatening millions
The peaks and valleys of the Hindu Kush Himalaya mountain ranges are some of the most inaccessible, remote regions in the world today—but even the most isolated valleys have been touched by climate change, say the authors of a comprehensive new report about the vast region.
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#1197492019-02-04
Indian architect turns to bees and terracotta to design innovative cooling system
Monish Siripurapu’s air cooling system may be based on the design of a beehive but the Indian innovator’s inspiration did not come while he was striding through fields of flowers. He was actually in a stifling hot factory in New Delhi, where he was doing some design work.
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#1197502019-02-04
Turning indigent communities into custodians of the wild
It is not possible to get more right than the Tourism Business Council’s Tshifhiwa Tshivhengwa in Business Day a week ago.Tourism has become SA’s lifeblood. In one sense, it’s more important than gold ever was. Not as a bigger proportion of the economy but as crucial evidence in these moribund t ...
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#1197512019-02-04
Ce « mur vivant » qui filtre le plastique dans le port de Sydney est un espoir contre la pollution
En collaboration avec Reef Design Lab et le Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Volvo a conçu une innovation qui pourrait ramener de la biodiversité tout en combattant la pollution marine. Baptisé Living Seawall (la digue vivante), ce mur se compose de tuiles faites en béton marin dont la struct ...
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#1197522019-02-04
Quand agriculture et biodiversité vont de pair
Léo Rouquairol, viticulteur sur la commune de Villeveyrac, est persuadé de l’intérêt de favoriser la biodiversité au sein de ses parcelles viticoles.
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#1197532019-02-04
L'usage massif du sel d'épandage est mauvais pour la nature selon WWF: quelles sont les alternatives?
La Wallonie a prévu 140.000 tonnes de sel pour traiter les routes enneigées ou verglacées. L'organisation de défense de l'environnement WWF s'inquiète de l'utilisation massive de ce sel. Il causerait des dommages à la biodiversité. Il semble pourtant difficile de trouver une alternative.
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#1197542019-02-04
Do birds prefer the quiet countryside over cities?
Researchers across the globe are reporting about the negative impacts of urbanisation on biodiversity, and even birds are unable to fly away from this danger. In a recent study, researchers from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, Aarhus Univers ...
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#1197552019-02-04
Carbon, climate, and North America's oldest boreal trees
In an age of unprecedented high atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, the question of whether or not plants and trees can utilize excess carbon through photosynthesis is one of paramount importance. Researchers have observed what has been called the CO2 fertilization effect, whereby plants' rates o ...
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#1197562019-02-04
The humble spade flower moonlights as the 'love shrub'
If you are observant enough in the Australian bush, you may be able to spot the spade flower, a member of the violet family. Spade flowers grow under the semi-shade of open eucalypt forest, among other little green herbaceous plants.
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#1197572019-02-04
Disasters and disagreements: Climate change collides with Trump's border wall
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body tasked with providing governments with the most accurate and up-to-date scientific information upon which they can frame their policy-making, released a special report in October 2018. It called for a rapid net reducti ...
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#1197582019-02-04
Climate Change may alter the taste of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
Climate expert Chris Brandolino, the principal scientist of New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) told New Zealand TV’s 1 NEWS last week that the country’s wine growing areas were likely to see more rainfall during the wet season and drier dry seasons – which ...
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#1197592019-02-04
The case of the missing hibiscus
As exotic plants and trees multiply, vital indigenous species are being pushed out of city spaces.The kanaka champa (bayur) tree at the corner of the busy IT corridor in Chennai gave way to flowing traffic some years ago.
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#1197602019-02-05
Seychelles ranked first in Africa for ocean health
The Ocean Health Index (OHI) has ranked Seychelles first in Africa after the latest global assessment of ocean health. Globally the island nation came out 33rd amongst 220 countries and territories. Morocco and Egypt were ranked second and third on the continent.
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#1197612019-02-05
Our wetlands are worth saving
The theme of World Wetlands Day 2019 on Saturday – Wetlands and Climate Change – was aimed at encouraging people to conserve wetlands to mitigate climate change, said U Thein Aung of the Myanmar Bird and Nature Society. Myanmar has many wetlands, which consist of marshes or swamps, either man-ma ...
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#1197622019-02-05
Critically endangered grey nurse shark mapped for the first time in landmark study
A study mapping the eastern Australian grey nurse shark population has found it has declined rapidly over the last few decades, with only 400 breeding sharks left, too few to maintain a healthy population.
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#1197632019-02-05
Nigerian woman saves a leatherback turtle in Lagos
The leatherback turtle is an endangered species that came to lay eggs on the beach when a hoard of young Nigerians saw steamy meat to consume.
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#1197642019-02-05
'Eavesdropping' technology used to protect one of New Zealand's rarest birds
Remote recording devices used to 'eavesdrop' on a reintroduced population of one of New Zealand's rarest birds have been heralded as a breakthrough for conservation.
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#1197652019-02-05
Cities should consider nature-based solutions to climate change
It's 2050 You walk out of the house. The day is shiny but not too hot. You know that the mirrors in orbit around the planet that reflect back sunlight keep the climate just perfect. On the way to work, from the window of your self-driving floating solar module, you gaze over a plant installed a ...
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#1197662019-02-05
Seaweed prospers with a little kelp from its friends
Adult kelp seaweed engineers its environment to optimise conditions for juvenile species members, Australian researchers have established.
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#1197672019-02-05
Into a new jungle: How do forests regenerate?
Forests are not only home to important species of animals and birds, but also store a lot of carbon in trees, which would have otherwise escaped into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and warmed the planet.
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#1197682019-02-05
Une première réserve naturelle privée voit le jour en Haïti
Dans le souci de préserver en partie ce qui reste des dernières forêts naturelles et espèces rares menacées d'extinction du territoire haïtien, Haïti National Trust, en partenariat avec la Société Audubon Haïti, a fait l’acquisition, le 18 janvier 2019, du site de Grand-Bois, une zone de montagn ...
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#1197692019-02-05
British chips shrink by an inch as climate change slashes potato yields
Britain’s chips are under threat as climate change triggers unpredictable weather and brings sweeping changes to the nation’s fruit and vegetable growers.
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#1197712019-02-05
The False Choice Between Economic Growth and Combatting Climate Change
In 1974, the economist William Nordhaus described the transition from a “cowboy economy” to a “spaceship economy.” In the former, he wrote, “we could afford to use our resources profligately,” and “the environment could be used as a sink without becoming fouled.
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#1197722019-02-05
Climate change increasing air pollution across globe: Study
Rising temperatures increase the concentration of aerosols in the atmosphere that cause air pollution, according to a study which highlights another disturbing effect of climate change.
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#1197732019-02-05
Conservation groups press world leaders to protect 30% of the planet
Thirteen conservation organizations have banded together to ask policymakers to protect the world’s last wilderness areas by setting aside nearly one-third of the Earth for conservation.
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#1197742019-02-05
Where do the best strawberries grow?
Agricultural production benefits enormously from flower-visiting bees and other flower-visiting insects. Because of their supply of flowering plants and opportunities for nesting, hedgerows and the edges of forests represent important habitats for pollinators
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#1197752019-02-05
2019 can be the year we begin to save the world’s forests. Here’s how
The equivalent of 40 football fields-worth of tropical forests were lost every minute in 2017. Despite all the progress made by companies committed to reducing deforestation in their supply chains, commercial agricultural production of products such as palm oil, soy and beef remains the biggest ...
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#1197762019-02-05
Dr Joe Miller named new GBIF Executive Secretary
The Governing Board of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) has approved the appointment of Dr Joe Miller as the network's next Executive Secretary. A researcher who spent the majority of his career at the Australian National Herbarium after earning his PhD at the University of Wi ...
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#1197772019-02-05
By nature, a shared passion for the artistic world
Poring over a folder of meticulously archived diary scraps, sketches, lists and photographs - one of about 70 held by the Art Gallery of NSW - 74-year-old Michelle Collocott is vividly reliving a passionate and colourful life devoted to art.
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#1197852019-02-06
The Divya Pharmacy case: an important precedent on biological resource use
In a landmark judgment delivered in December 2018 in the Divya Pharmacy versus Union of India case, the Uttarakhand High Court held that all Indian companies which are extracting biological resources are liable to seek prior approval as well as share part of their revenue with the local communit ...
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#1197862019-02-06
Luxembourg to apply for Unesco's biodiversity label
A total of 11 communes in the south of Luxembourg are applying for Unesco recognition for their nature reserves. A working group was set up in April 2018 to prepare the application, which is due to reach the UN agency's headquarters in September.
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#1197872019-02-06
Rewilding and human nature
Rewilding may have the potential to drastically improve biodiversity - but remains a highly controversial and divisive topic.A new book edited by scientists from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and Utah State University aims to build common ground and show how rewilding can foster human c ...
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#1197882019-02-06
What Will it Feel Like to Be Left Behind?
Chris Martenson’s recent article about collapse and the plummeting of biodiversity made me think about what it feels like to be left behind. Few people living in affluent countries or communities understand what this means.
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#1197892019-02-06
Melting Himalayas put billions at risk
The Hindu Kush Himalaya region that supports nearly 40 percent of the global population, directly or indirectly, is under severe stress with rising global temperatures.
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#1197902019-02-06
Pope offered $1m to go vegan for Lent
The Pope is being offered $1m (£764,000) for a charity of his choice if he goes vegan for Lent. Pope Francis is being urged to give up meat and dairy for the six weeks before Easter by experts who say the move is the single biggest way to cut a person’s carbon footprint.
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#1197912019-02-06
Oil palms need one-ninth of land used by other vegetable oil crops
A palm oil task force of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released the results of a study showing that palm oil production is the most efficient in terms of land use compared with other vegetable oils, which need nine times more land to produce the same amount of oil.
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#1197922019-02-06
Butterfly garden set up in Palghar school
A butterfly garden has been set up in a school for special children in Palghar in a joint effort by NGO iNaturewatch and the DCB Bank. This is the third such garden set up by the two organisations as part of their efforts to conserve biodiversity and protect the environment.
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#1197932019-02-06
How ponds can fight climate change in your garden
Ponds are taken for granted. Perhaps it’s because most of us have seen them – and on occasion, fallen into them – and think they’re only good for goldfish. Ponds may be the number one habitat for children’s “minibeast” hunts, but we are supposed to grow out of them in adulthood.
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#1197942019-02-06
No degree, no problem for this rice innovator
Despite lacking a college or university education, farmer Pham Van Nhut in Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has made great contributions to agricultural development in his community.
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#1197952019-02-06
Living in harmony with the environment is an act of tolerance
In the Year of Tolerance, the UAE is on a noble mission to promote peaceful coexistence around the world. The historic Human Fraternity Meeting in Abu Dhabi between His Holiness Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, and His Eminence the Grand Imam of ...
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#1197962019-02-06
Newly discovered hummingbird under threat
International wildlife conservation charity World Land Trust (WLT) has launched an urgent appeal to raise £30,000 and save the hillstar’s habitat from being destroyed by mining.
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#1197972019-02-06
Climate change or “just the weather?” Here’s how to answer that
Every once in a while, a day comes along to remind you that weather is more than a trusty source of social lubrication for awkward elevator encounters. Severe weather can threaten property, homes, and even lives. If a statistically rare weather event happens to you rather than someone else, abst ...
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#1197982019-02-06
Climate Change Could Thaw The Home Of Humanity's Doomsday Vault
If climate change has its way, the seeds the world is saving for doomsday might just be able to grow in the Arctic, according to a report released Monday by the Norwegian government.
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#1197992019-02-06
Berlin students fight to get climate change onto lesson plans
Are schools equipping kids with the skills to understand and deal with climate change? Some German students don't think so and are trying to get their curriculum changed.
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#1198002019-02-06
Climate change threatening underwater forests: Study
Climate change could lead to decline of underwater kelp forests by impacting their microbiome, according to a study.In humans, it has been observed that changes in the microbes in the gut can result in poor health, said researchers at the University of Sydney and the Sydney Institute of Marine S ...
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#1198012019-02-06
Deep inside the deadly avalanche that climate change built
Kalle Kronholm works on the edge of the world, at the crossroads of science and public safety. Through his company, Skred AS, Kronholm is avalanche consultant to the roughly 2,600 residents of the Norwegian island of Svalbard, at perhaps the most volatile moment in the island’s long relationship ...
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#1198022019-02-06
For a healthier planet and people, we must fix our broken food system
Food is not only the most fundamental of human needs, but also one of the closest connections humans have with the natural environment. Along with the air we breathe and the water we drink, the food we eat is also a leading driver of public health.
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#1198032019-02-06
The inconvenient truths behind the 'Planetary Health' diet
Can we eat our way not only to better health, but also to a better planet? That is the question addressed by the EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems (PDF), which launched its global Planetary Health dietary recommendations at the United Nations.
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#1198042019-02-06
'Twilight Zone' could help preserve shallow water reefs
Corals lurking in deeper, darker waters could one day help to replenish shallow water reefs under threat from ocean warming and bleaching events, according to researchers.