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#1328752022-02-02
Ocean eddies could explain Antarctic sea-ice paradox
Despite global warming and the sea-ice loss in the Arctic, the Antarctic sea-ice extent has remained largely unchanged since 1979. However, existing climate model-based simulations indicate significant sea-ice loss, contrary to actual observations.
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#1328762022-02-02
Researchers model 'red snow' algal blooming events
Red snow is a unique phenomenon caused by blooms of red algae that live on the surface of snow. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a model to predict the occurrence of red snow events.
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#1328772022-02-02
How Brazil's government is turning public land private, clearing the way for deforestation
Imagine that several state legislators decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big. Also imagine that, working with federal politicians, they change the law to downsize the park by a million acres, which they sell in a private auction.
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#1328782022-02-02
Depletion of mountain snow and ice may be faster than anticipated
Enhanced mountain warming coupled with reduced rainfall at high elevation may deplete stores of mountain snow and ice more rapidly than previously thought.
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#1328792022-02-02
Hummingbirds found to exert fine control over body heat
At night, hummingbirds lower their body temperature and metabolism drastically by dropping into an energy-saving state of inactivity called torpor. Scientists from multiple universities now find there's more than one level of torpor: shallow and deep, plus the transition stage between levels of ...
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#1328802022-02-02
Killer whales teach each other how to steal fish from human fisheries
An international team of researchers has found that orcas are teaching one another how to steal fish and their remains from human fisheries. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, the group describes their study of the number of orcas feeding on fish or their remains at human f ...
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#1328812022-02-02
'Insect apocalypse' looming under current conservation rules
Current UK conservation policies fail to protect important insect species such as bees which "are vital for our everyday lives and future existence," according to new research from the University of Aberdeen.
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#1328822022-02-02
Researchers gain insights into the genome of European mistletoe
Researchers around the world are working on decoding the genomes of plants. Detailed knowledge on biochemical processes in plants can provide important contributions to agriculture, environmental protection and medicine.
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#1328832022-02-02
Insect DNA metabarcoding to assess the state of health of forests
How can we measure the impact on biodiversity of forest dieback caused by global changes to the environment? For the first time, an international research team involving scientists from INRAE, CNRS and the Université de Tours has analyzed the diversity of insect communities that represent 60% of ...
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#1328842022-02-02
Coordinated conservation and restoration found to be critical to save Asia's threatened native trees
A new study has revealed that the rich native tree diversity in South and Southeast Asia is at risk of potential extinction. The region-wide and spatially explicit threat assessment focused on 63 socio-economically important native trees in Asia, showing that all species are highly vulnerable to ...
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#1328852022-02-02
How international tourism and travel can be a pathway for introducing invasive species
Tourism is an important economic driver of the world's economy, providing a significant contribution to the income of many countries. However, tourism can also contribute to the introduction and spread of unwanted exotic organisms such as insect pests or weed seeds across countries.
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#1328862022-02-02
Hunting by humans can change virus evolution, transmission in pumas
Pumas are famously solitary creatures. They typically avoid contact with humans, which makes them a challenge to observe. As a result, very little is known about their movements and even less about how diseases move through puma populations.
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#1328872022-02-02
Why monkeys attack sick members of their troop and don't socially distance
Life in the wild can be tough, and sometimes animals don't have the luxury of taking time out when they are sick. That's certainly the reality of life for vervet monkeys living in Southern Africa, even though parasites and viruses are an ever-present component of animal life.
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#1328882022-02-02
Proof found that the last ice age widened the Aare and Gürbe valleys
A team led by the University of Bern was able to prove that the glaciers of the penultimate ice age (the "Riss' glaciation) mainly eroded the bedrock between Thun and Bern, but that during the last glaciation ( the "Würm' glaciation) glacial carving resulted in a widening and not in a further de ...
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#1328892022-02-02
What does climate change have to do with snowstorms?
Bostonians may have grumbled about digging out from almost 2 feet of snow after a historic snowstorm clobbered the Northeast in late January 2022, but it shouldn't have been a surprise. This part of the U.S. has been seeing a lot of storms like this in recent decades.
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#1328912022-02-02
Climate change contributes to poorer mental health: study
Concerns and anxiety over climate change are increasingly becoming mental health issues that affect people's everyday lives, a theory researchers say is supported by a new study showing the impact of record-breaking heatwaves in B.C. last summer.
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#1328922022-02-02
Infographic: How wetlands can help fight climate change
Wetlands – land consisting of swamps or marshes – have, during the centuries, been demonised as places of pestilence, drained for agriculture or urban development, and polluted or paved over.
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#1328932022-02-02
Indigenous knowledge a way to protect valuable wetlands
Iran is rich in terms of having a variety of wetlands due to its climatic diversity. In the world, the total number of wetlands is classified into 42 types, of which 41 types exist in the country.
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#1328942022-02-02
Wetlands: ‘Unsung heroes’ of the climate crisis
For the first time, the United Nations on Wednesday celebrates World Wetlands Day, recognizing that these fragile ecosystems make a crucial contribution to biodiversity, climate mitigation, freshwater availability, and economic resilience.
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#1328952022-02-03
One Health approach to prevent emergence of zoonotic pathogens
In light of the continuing threats to public health posed by the emergence of diseases and new COVID-19 variants, the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are looking to strengthen capacities in mainstreaming biodiversity into health frameworks and systems.
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#1328962022-02-03
‘Wetlands are natural wealth lands supporting vast biodiversity’
Wetlands not wasteland, wetlands are natural wealth lands, wrote Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole on a pledge wall to save and protect Hokersar wetland and send a loud and clear message about preservation and protection of all wetlands.
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#1328972022-02-03
Mt. Everest’s highest glacier is a sentinel for accelerating ice loss
The worldwide retreat of mountain glaciers in recent decades is well documented1 and the resulting loss of water storage capacity for agriculture, hydropower, and both human and ecosystem consumption have significant impacts on the 250 million people living near mountain glaciers2.
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#1328982022-02-03
The frog and the gecko: why tropical species are at greater climate risk
The effects of climate change – extreme heat waves, wildfires of unprecedented magnitude and devastating floods – have now been occurring for several decades, and the COP26 climate agreement reached in Glasgow will not be enough to keep global warming below 2°C, as the French climatologist Benja ...
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#1329002022-02-03
Super corals: the race to save the world’s reefs from the climate crisis – in pictures
Few corals are safe from warming oceans, a new study warns, but studies are finding surprisingly hardy corals, natural sunscreens and how coral ‘IVF’ can regrow reefs
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#1329012022-02-03
Scientists turn underwater gardeners to save precious marine plant
Whoever said there's nothing more boring than watching grass grow wasn't thinking about seagrass. Often confused with seaweeds and rarely receiving the attention they deserve, there's nothing boring about seagrasses. In fact, they are one of the most productive ecosystems in the world.
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#1329022022-02-03
As world drowns in plastic waste, U.N. to hammer out global treaty
At the end of February, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) will tackle a challenging task: the creation of a landmark treaty to control plastic pollution worldwide.
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#1329032022-02-03
Tukupu: The women of the Kariña community, guardians of Venezuela’s forests
Cecilia Rivas remembers Tukupu as a place to live freely. The dwellings of the Indigenous Kariña community, spread out under the shade of the trees in the Imataca Forest Reserve, located in the south-east of Venezuela, was where her grandparents and parents were born.
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#1329042022-02-03
Survey: More Business Leaders Sense the Urgency of Climate Change
A new global survey of senior corporate executives challenges the common perception that companies are overlooking climate change risks, a concern that is especially prevalent among millennial and Gen Z employees.
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#1329052022-02-03
Fragile Cities Are Being Inundated With People Fleeing the Impacts of Climate Change. How Can They Cope?
When the rains never arrived in the East African nation of Somalia in 2016, nor in 2017, hundreds of thousands of rural residents were forced to abandon their lands and livelihoods due to one of the most severe droughts in decades.
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#1329062022-02-03
Climate change will ‘greatly impact’ avocado and cashew farmers
Climate change will be having its impacts felt in a myriad of ways in coming decades and one way will involve depriving farmers in tropical countries of suitable conditions to grow important crops such as coffee, cashew nuts and avocados, scientists say.
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#1329072022-02-03
Extreme weather has cost Europe about €500bn over 40 years
Severe floods and other extreme weather have cost Europe about half a trillion euros in the past four decades, with Germany, France and Italy the worst-hit countries.
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#1329082022-02-03
Vaccine trial for killer elephant virus begins
"She's our wonder baby!" says elephant keeper Katie Morrison, smiling broadly. Katie points to five-year-old Indali, an elephant survivor of an often deadly virus, which has killed seven calves at Chester Zoo.
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#1329092022-02-03
Woolly mammoth and other Ice Age remains found in Devon
The remains of a woolly mammoth have been found among a host of hugely significant Ice Age animal bones in a cave in Devon, experts have said.
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#1329102022-02-03
Brink of extinction: These are the 10 fastest declining species in the world
Wildlife extinction is a global crisis. Poaching often makes the headlines, but habitat loss and environmental pollution are also major killers.
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#1329112022-02-03
New app among efforts to help fight invasive species
From lionfish to mongooses, and black rats to Giant African Snails, invasive species pose one of the greatest threats to the country’s ecosystems.
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#1329122022-02-03
Supermountains controlled the evolution of life on Earth
Giant mountain ranges at least as high as the Himalayas and stretching up to 8,000 kilometers across entire supercontinents played a crucial role in the evolution of early life on Earth, according to a new study by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU).
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#1329132022-02-03
Race is on to save the Great Salt Lake: Will it be enough?
The largest natural lake west of the Mississippi is shrinking past its lowest levels in recorded history, raising fears about toxic dust, ecological collapse and economic consequences. But the Great Salt Lake may have some new allies: conservative Republican lawmakers.
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#1329142022-02-03
New research reveals cadmium's route into chocolate
Committed chocoholics, be warned. A health-robbing heavy metal, cadmium, lurks in the velvety recesses of your favorite indulgence. Researchers have chased the source of cacao's cadmium contamination for years, but an array of distinct sampling methods and sites led to mixed results.
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#1329152022-02-03
Satellites and light reflections help environmentalists spot coastal plastic waste
Geospatial scientists have found a way to detect plastic waste on remote beaches that are not visible in conventional satellite images, bringing us closer to global monitoring options.
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#1329162022-02-03
French crop yield, area and production data for ten staple crops from 1900 to 2018 at county resolution
Agricultural performance is influenced by environmental conditions, management decisions and economic circumstances. It is important to quantify their respective contribution to allow for detecting major hazards to production, projecting future yields under climate change and deriving adaptation ...
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#1329172022-02-03
Rare flower to get protected zone near ioneer's Nevada lithium mine
he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will permanently zone off 910 acres (368 hectares) near ioneer Ltd's (INR.AX) proposed lithium mine in Nevada to preserve a rare flower, a major step forward in the project's bid to proceed.
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#1329182022-02-03
'Make sustainable farming, biodiversity election issue'
With climate, ecology and agricultural sustainability not being poll plank of any party till the 2022 election, NGO Kheti Virasat Mission has come up with its own people’s agenda and a 21-page green manifesto to pressurise political parties into acknowledging environment protection and sustainab ...
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#1329192022-02-03
Gen Z in China and India more environmentally conscious: Report
Gen Z and millennial consumers in China, India and other emerging economies are more environmentally conscious, more likely to buy sustainable products and more distrustful of corporate sustainability claims than their counterparts in developed countries, according to a Credit Suisse Research In ...
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#1329202022-02-03
World Wetlands Day, 2 February, the Ramsar Convention
On 30 August 2021, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 2 February as World Wetlands Day to raise awareness of the urgency of reversing the accelerating loss of wetlands and to promote their conservation and restoration.
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#1329212022-02-03
In honour of World Wetlands Day, Caribbean wetlands in photos
World Wetlands Day, marked on February 2 — the day on which the Convention on Wetlands was adopted in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971 — is an annual acknowledgement of the importance of wetlands to life and sustainability on our planet.
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#1329222022-02-03
(PHOTOS): Ministry of Environment plants trees to mark World Wetlands Day
A certificates award ceremony crowned the day with participants, including children scooping top prices in their contribution towards environmental conservation.
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#1329232022-02-03
World Wetlands Day: Sanctuaries in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh listed as Ramsar sites
The Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary near Jamnagar in Gujarat and Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh have been listed as Wetlands of International Importance by the Ramsar Convention, an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.
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#1329242022-02-03
Guest post: Does renewable energy threaten efforts to conserve biodiversity on land?
The world is facing a climate and ecological crisis. The two planetary crises occasionally pull in the same direction: restoring faltering coastal ecosystems, such as mangroves and saltmarshes, sequester carbon, buffer against more frequent extreme weather events and provide for nature.
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#1329252022-02-03
Western US 'megafloods' during last ice age might not have been so mega
After the Last Glacial Maximum in North America, a kilometer-thick ice dam at the toe of a glacier failed, allowing the waters of massive Lake Missoula to rush out and inundate the landscape of what is now eastern Washington.
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#1329262022-02-03
Scientists uncover 'missing' plastics deep in the ocean
About 51 trillion microplastics are floating in the surface waters of oceans around the world. Originating from various types of plastics, these tiny fragments (less than 5 millimeters in length) pollute natural ecosystems.