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#1200842019-02-25
Consumer goods companies preparing for climate change impact
Companies behind some of the best-known consumer products — from soaps to sodas — are beginning to factor climate change into their business equation, according to a report published Monday.
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#1200852019-02-25
Gender equality: goal to achieve?
The social, cultural, and power structure around the world has not provided the same privileges to women as compared to men. These persistent differences eventually create more gaps. Gender equality is when both men and women have equal rights, opportunities, accessibility of resources and parti ...
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#1200862019-02-26
Switzerland puts geoengineering governance on UN environment agenda
Switzerland wants the world to talk about if and how to use untested technology that tampers with nature to slow climate change – and will ask the UN’s environment arm to take the lead.
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#1200872019-02-26
More than 50,000 species indigenous to Korean Peninsula confirmed
South Korea has confirmed the existence of more than 50,000 species of animals and plants indigenous to the Korean Peninsula, almost twice the 28,462 recorded in 1996, a state-run think tank said Tuesday.
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#1200882019-02-26
Pioneering naturalists: the woman who linked caterpillars to butterflies
Most school kids can describe in detail the life cycle of butterflies: eggs hatch into caterpillars, caterpillars turn into cocoons and cocoons hatch. This seemingly basic bit of biology was once hotly debated. It was a pioneering naturalist, Maria Sibylla Merian, whose meticulous observations c ...
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#1200892019-02-26
Beneath the surface: South Africa’s food system is in trouble
The deep flaws in the way in which we produce our food were brought into sharp focus during a drive from the Lowveld to the Highveld. South Africa’s food system is in trouble but I’d be the first to admit that it’s not a message that’s immediately easy to credit. On the surface, we appear to hav ...
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#1200902019-02-26
Identifying common ground for sustainable agriculture in Europe
Agriculture is critical to achieving many Sustainable Development Goals. New research from Lund University shows that researchers, policymakers, and farmers in Europe currently have different, often conflicting, priorities for sustainable agriculture. The researchers propose a way forward built ...
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#1200912019-02-26
Sooner or later, we'll have to stop economic growth — and celebrate
Both the U.S. economy and the global economy have expanded dramatically in the past century, as have life expectancies and material progress. Economists raised in this period of plenty assume that growth is good, necessary even, and should continue forever and ever without end, amen. Growth deli ...
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#1200922019-02-26
Viet Nam becomes the second country in the world to complete all four pillars of the Warsaw Framework for REDD+
It has been a momentous start to 2019 for the REDD+ community. Viet Nam has become the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to complete the Warsaw Framework for REDD+ after fulfilling the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) safeguards requirements.
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#1200932019-02-26
Costa Rica: plan de descarbonización apuesta por movilidad cero emisiones
Un sistema de transporte público eficiente, cero emisiones y con una visión intermodal es parte de la economía verde que Costa Rica pretende alcanzar para el 2050.
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#1200992019-02-26
How climate change is revealing, and threatening, thawing relics
Since the scorching hot summer of 2006, almost 3,000 archaeological artifacts have appeared from the melting ice in Oppland, Northern Norway. Among them, an Iron Age tunic, a 1,500-year-old arrow and a 3,400-year-old shoe.
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#1201002019-02-26
Humans are frogs in hot water of climate change, research says
The extreme weather that comes with climate change is becoming the new normal, so normal that people aren't talking about it as much -- and that could make them less motivated to take steps to fight global warming, according to new research.
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#1201012019-02-26
Scientists Say Evidence for Man-Made Climate Change Has Reached a 'Gold Standard' of Certainty
Evidence of humanity’s cause of global climate change through atmospheric warming has reached a gold standard of certainty, said researchers in a commentary in the journal Nature Climate Change published Monday.
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#1201022019-02-26
Climate change: CO2 emissions fall in 18 countries with strong policies, study finds
In a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers suggest that countries that are turning to renewable energy sources and moving away from fossil fuels are making progress in reducing CO2 emissions.
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#1201032019-02-26
How Crowdsourcing Seeds Can Help Farmers Adapt to Climate Change
In Ethiopia and other developing nations, scientists are working with small-scale farmers on trials to see which seed varieties perform best in changing conditions. These initiatives are enabling farmers to make smarter crop choices in the face of rising temperatures, drought, and more extreme w ...
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#1201042019-02-26
Climate Change Could Make These Super-Common Clouds Extinct, Which Would Scorch the Planet
If humanity pumps enough carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, one of Earth's most important types of cloud could go extinct. And if the stratocumulus clouds — those puffy, low rolls of vapor that blanket much of the planet at any given moment — disappear, Earth's temperature could climb sharply a ...
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#1201052019-02-26
Weatherwatch: should TV forecasters talk about climate change?
Tv weather forecasters usually steer clear of mentioning climate change, perhaps fearing a backlash for straying on to controversial territory. But a recent experiment in the US suggests a dose of climate change news with the weather forecast is no bad thing.
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#1201062019-02-26
How artificially brightened clouds could stop climate change
In June, 1991, something surprising happened to the Earth. Mount Pinatubo, in the Philippines, erupted. The first surprise was that it was thought to be a mountain, not a volcano. In fact, pressure built up over centuries beneath this dormant volcano caused the second largest eruption of the 20t ...
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#1201072019-02-26
Humpback whale found washed ashore in Brazil
A young humpback whale has been found dead after being washed ashore on a remote swamp in the Amazon River.The humpback whale should have migrated thousands of miles to Antarctica by this time of year, but members of the conservation group Bicho D’Água said they found it at Marajó Island in Braz ...
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#1201082019-02-26
Recovering forests important to conservation, study finds
Tropical forests recovering from disturbance could be much more important to the conservation of forest bird species than first thought, according to a new study.
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#1201092019-02-26
Kenya turns to earth observation technology to monitor forests
Kenya has resorted to the use of earth observation technology in order to enhance monitoring of degraded forests, an official said on Tuesday. Jamleck Ndambiri, project manager at the Kenya Forest Service (KFS), said that earth observation technology will help protect and restore tropical forest ...
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#1201102019-02-26
The Great Lakes may be souring just like our oceans
Imagine diving into the shallow waters off the coast of Lake Michigan. You can see bare rocks and sand as you descend. Pinky-size spottail shiners swim by, shimmering in silver. When you reach the bottom, an indigenous yellow spotted molted sculpin is lying flat on its belly, flapping its boney ...
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#1201112019-02-26
Record-Warm Oceans: How Worried Should We Be?
The world's oceans are heating up. Scientists have found that 2018 was the hottest year ever recorded for our oceans, and that they are warming even faster than previously thought.
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#1201122019-02-26
From spiny lobsters to neon squid and sea butterflies: Nocturnal images show multi-coloured creatures that make up 'biological soup' in pitch-black depths of the Pacific Ocean
The world's oceans remain something of a mystery. And, to prove it, one photographer has revealed some of the multi-colour creatures that make up 'biological soup' in pitch-black depths of the Pacific waters near Hawaii.
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#1201132019-02-26
Being surrounded by green space in childhood may improve mental health of adults
Children who grow up with greener surroundings have up to 55% less risk of developing various mental disorders later in life. This is shown by a new study from Aarhus University, Denmark, emphasizing the need for designing green and healthy cities for the future.
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#1201142019-02-26
Biodiversity, people’s livelihoods at risk in Chindwin River Basin
The Chindwin River, the largest tributary of the Ayeyarwady River, is vital to the lives of thousands of communities in Myanmar. Its basin ecosystem offers ecological services and biological diversity that provide the essential needs for six million people, from drinking and irrigation water, fo ...
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#1201152019-02-26
National Lottery launch biodiversity fund for Scotland
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) and Scottish Natural Heritage have launched the Biodiversity Challenge Fund (BCF) with funding of up to £2m to support large-scale projects which will improve the health and resilience of the natural environment.
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#1201162019-02-26
The paper mulberry coevolved with soil microbes to humanity's benefit
The paper mulberry evolved its uniquely fibrous inner bark around 31 million years ago, long before the woody tree was first used for bookmaking during China's Tang dynasty. This adaptation, which makes the nutrient-rich plant easy to pass through foraging animals, may have been its way of feedi ...
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#1201172019-02-26
New chimpanzee culture discovered
Chimpanzees have a more elaborate and diversified material culture than any other nonhuman primate. Their behavior varies across tropical Africa in a way that does not always correspond to ecology. For instance, only West African chimpanzees use stone and wooden hammers to crack nuts in a number ...
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#1201182019-02-26
Amazon forest can be trained by higher rainfall variability
The Amazon rainforest has evolved over millions of years and even through ice ages. Yet today, human influences and global climate change put this huge ecosystem at risk of large-scale dieback—with major consequences for its capability as a global CO2 sink. New research published in Nature Geosc ...
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#1201192019-02-26
Elevation matters when it comes to climate change, deforestation and species survival
University of Toronto student George Sandler was shocked to see the rainforest floor suddenly come to life around him, as if in a scene from an Indiana Jones movie.
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#1201202019-02-26
Understanding the rich social lives of animals benefits international conservation efforts
An international group of researchers working on a wide range of species, from elephants and crows, to whales and chimpanzees, argues that animals' cultural knowledge needs to be taken into consideration when planning international conservation efforts.
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#1201212019-02-26
Species evolve ways to back up life's machinery
Scientists have learned a lot about evolution by studying fossils, by observing nature and, more recently, by unraveling the genetic code stored in DNA.
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#1201222019-02-26
Do copy cats really exist? New study shows that cats may reflect their owner's personality
Cat owners' personalities may be influencing the behaviour of their pets, new research suggests.Research carried out by the University of Lincoln and Nottingham Trent University investigated the relationship between the different personalities of cat owners and the behaviour and wellbeing of the ...
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#1201232019-02-26
Koalas can learn to live the city life if we give them the trees and safe spaces they need
Australia is one of the world's most highly urbanised nations – 90% of Australians live in cities and towns, with development concentrated along the coast. This poses a major threat to native wildlife such as the koala, which can easily fall victim to urban development as our cities grow. Huge i ...
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#1201242019-02-26
Ecological restoration projects involving indigenous peoples prove more successful
Ecological restoration projects actively involving indigenous peoples and local communities are more successful. This is the result of a study carried out by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), which places value on indigenou ...
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#1201252019-02-27
Hitting nature where it hurts: Iran feels the pernicious effects of US sanctions on biodiversity conservation
Situated at the confluence of the Mediterranean, arid west Asian and temperate semi-humid Caspian climatic zones, Iran is home to a rich and complex array of biodiversity, including the world’s few remaining Asiatic cheetahs. Efforts to protect its biodiversity, however, have been challenged by ...
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#1201262019-02-27
World's deepest waters becoming 'ultimate sink' for plastic waste
The world’s deepest ocean trenches are becoming “the ultimate sink” for plastic waste, according to a study that reveals contamination of animals even in these dark, remote regions of the planet.
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#1201272019-02-27
Specieswatch: farmers fight to save Britain's disappearing earthworms
There are three types of earthworm: those that live on the surface, others that feed and dwell in the soil, while a third group makes deep burrows and comes to the surface to feed on dead leaves.
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#1201282019-02-27
Green Climate Fund makes first REDD+ results-based payments to Brazil
t’s now been over 10 years since countries around the world started to work on the international policy framework known by reference as the acronym REDD+, which stands for ‘reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, conservation and sustainable management of forests and enhanc ...
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#1201302019-02-27
Saving the world's most endangered food
The Ark of Taste aims to rescue traditional foods at risk of extinction. Its catalog already numbers more than 5,000 products from around the world, and is open for more nominations.
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#1201312019-02-27
Qatar Airways launches staff training programme to tackle global wildlife crime
Qatar Airways has launched an industry-leading training programme focused on preventing illegal wildlife trafficking.The bespoke e-learning package, developed by Qatar Airways to enhance employee awareness regarding the illegal trafficking of wildlife, is targeted at those roles within the airli ...
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#1201322019-02-27
The future of food: scientists, chefs, dietitians on the push for a radical new diet
Scientists have recently advocated a shift to the planetary health diet (or flexitarianism) to halt the widespread environmental damage done by the food production industry. But what would these new diets look like in practice and how much of a change do they entail?
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#1201332019-02-27
Our vanishing cultural resources
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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#1201342019-02-27
'Ibiza is different', genetically
"Ibiza is different." That is what the hundreds of standard-bearers of the "hippie" movement who visited the Pitiusan Island during the 60s thought, fascinated by its climate and its unexplored nature. What they did not imagine was that the most unique feature of the island was in its inhabitant ...
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#1201352019-02-27
Study suggests humans are now producing more chemical waste than can be tested
A team of researchers with members affiliated with several institutions in the U.K. has found evidence that suggests humans are dumping more chemical waste into the environment than can be tested for its impact. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes ...
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#1201362019-02-27
Gene activity in defenders depends on invading slavemaking ants
Temnothorax americanus is a slavemaking ant found in northeastern America. These tiny social insects neither rear their offspring nor search for food themselves. Instead, they raid nests of another ant species, Temnothorax longispinosus, kidnap their larvae and pupae to bring these back to their ...
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#1201402019-02-28
World's most heavily trafficked turtle plays vital role in Indonesia environment, economy
The Southeast Asian box turtle is the most heavily trafficked turtle in the world – captured and sold to China for food and medicine and for the pet trade in the United States, Japan and Europe. But little was known about its ecology until a University of Rhode Island herpetologist spent six mon ...
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#1201422019-02-28
Crony capitalism meets sustainability
“We are thrilled that Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. is joining the movement of hundreds of brands embracing standardised recycling labeling with How2Recycle. By telling people exactly how to recycle their packaging, Johnson & Johnson is empowering parents to take proper action while making the ...
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#1201442019-02-28
Egypt- FAO warns of biodiversity loss, praises biodiversity-friendly practices
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned in a recent report that the biodiversity of food and agriculture in the Arab region is under serious danger. This is the first-ever report to analyse the state of plants, animals, and microorganisms that support food and agricultural production ...