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#1189752018-12-11
Lofty peaks: why glaciers matter
International Mountain Day on 11 December reminds us of the importance of mountains (peaks and uplands) as providers of valuable plant and animal species, as homes for indigenous peoples, and as sources of fresh water.
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#1189762018-12-11
The will of the people is to halt climate change, what about politicians?
While the world’s leaders fiddle at the UN climate summit, the world outside is giving some reason for hope
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#1189772018-12-11
US undermining 'last chance' climate talks, experts charge
Katowice, Poland (CNN) — The American delegation came to promote coal.
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#1189782018-12-11
On World Mountain Day, looking at climate change adaptation in some of the world most majestic ranges
Nairobi, 11 December 2018 – Mountain regions occupy about one-quarter of the earth’s land surface and are home to 15% of the world’s population.
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#1189792018-12-11
Humans may be reversing the climate clock, by 50 million years
Our future on Earth may also be our past. In a study published Monday (Dec. 10, 2018) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers show that humans are reversing a long-term cooling trend tracing back at least 50 million years. And it's taken just two centuries.
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#1189802018-12-11
East Antarctica glacial stronghold melting amid climate change
Nasa detects ice retreat linked to probable ocean changes in region once thought stable
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#1189812018-12-11
Chile's pine forests: a botanical dinosaur bound for extinction?
In Quinquen, an indigenous community in southern Chile, Ricardo Melinir shows off a forest of Chilean pine trees—the araucaria araucana, a "living fossil" seen as sacred by several local tribes.
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#1189822018-12-11
Giraffes just silently went to the endangered list of animals facing extinction
Giraffes have been widely overlooked in conservation practices for a little too long. They just made their entry into the Red List of endangered species.
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#1189832018-12-11
Cities can grow without wrecking reefs and oceans. Here’s how
“What happens if the water temperature rises by a few degrees?” is the 2018 International Year of the Reef leading question.
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#1189842018-12-11
China has key role in protecting biodiversity
As much as scientists and climate activists are urging the world not to forget the promises it made in Paris in 2015 at the ongoing COP24 United Nations climate meeting in Katowice, Poland, another key global meeting on an issue of global importance barely made the news recently, even if the iss ...
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#1189852018-12-11
WWF: EU falling behind with sustainable fisheries policy implementation
Despite having had five years to implement measures in the latest version of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), European Union member states are still lagging behind and likely to miss important 2020 deadlines on biodiversity conservation and sustainable fisheries management, a new report from W ...
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#1189862018-12-11
COP24: UN science panel chief calls for more action to curb warming
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chair Hoesung Lee told delegates at the COP24 climate summit in Katowice that the world needed to “do more and faster” to avoid dangerous climate change, reports the Associated Press. He said: “The report shows that not just action, but urgent act ...
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#1189872018-12-12
Once thought extinct, bizarre horned frog reappears in Ecuador
Unseen for more than a decade, the enigmatic and endangered horned marsupial frog has reappeared in an Ecuadorian forest, to biologists’ delight.
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#1189882018-12-12
Cree Nation identifies 30 per cent of its territory in conservation wish list
After several years of work and consultation, the Cree Nation Government has identified 30 per cent of its territory it wants to see protected from development, at least in part. When brought together, the proposed areas represent a territory roughly the size of Ireland, about 80,000 square kilo ...
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#1189902018-12-12
About 252 species died in the 'great dying' due to climate change
About 252 years ago, the majority of the species on Earth were killed off in the great dying. It is noted as the worst mass extinction in our planet’s history.
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#1189912018-12-12
‘Unabated climate change will cause more conflict and hunger’
Graziano da Silva made the remarks at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum 2018 panel discussion on how to solve the climate crisis, with 2007 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former US Vice-President Al Gore as keynote speaker.
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#1189922018-12-12
As climate change bites in America’s midwest, farmers are desperate to ring the alarm
Richard Oswald did not need the latest US government report on the creeping toll of climate change to tell him that farming in the Midwest is facing a grim future, and very likely changing forever.
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#1189932018-12-12
Refusal to act on climate change slammed as shortsighted
Environment Minister Doris Leuthard says she is disappointed by the rejection of an amended law on carbon dioxide emissions by an alliance of rightwing and leftwing parties in parliament.
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#1189942018-12-12
Kenya renews commitment for Climate Change action plan at COP24
The Kenyan delegation to the ongoing 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) commonly known as COP 24, have affirmed the Government’s commitment to ensure a speedy implementation of climate change action plans.
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#1189952018-12-12
Global, unequivocal action needed to tackle climate change: Masagos
A strong, unequivocal signal that the world is united against climate change - that is Singapore's expected outcome from COP24, the ongoing United Nations climate talks in Katowice, Poland.
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#1189962018-12-12
When global climate change makes soils saltier, farmers lose their land and livelihoods
Salt is essential for cooking, but too much salt in soil can ruin crops and render fields useless. According to legend, Roman general Scipio Aemilianus Africanus sowed the soils of Carthage with salt after conquering the city during the Punic Wars. And after defeating the Italian town of Palestr ...
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#1189972018-12-12
Climate change: Arctic reindeer numbers crash by half
The population of wild reindeer, or caribou, in the Arctic has crashed by more than half in the last two decades. A new report on the impact of climate change in the Arctic revealed that numbers fell from almost 5 million to around 2.1 million animals.
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#1189982018-12-12
COP24 Overnight Briefing: Sports industry joins race against climate change
Sporting royalty, and indeed plain royalty, gathered at COP24 on Tuesday to present the UN's first Sports for Climate Action Framework. The framework seeks to galvanise action from sports clubs, athletes, and fans around the world to reduce emissions from the sports industry and spread the word ...
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#1189992018-12-12
Radical environmentalists are fighting climate change – so why are they persecuted?
Climate change, deforestation, widespread pollution and the sixth mass extinction of biodiversity all define living in our world today – an era that has come to be known as "the Anthropocene". These crises are underpinned by production and consumption which greatly exceeds global ecological limi ...
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#1190002018-12-12
How mapping the Galápagos could create more sustainable cities
The Galápagos Islands remain one of the most biodiverse spots on the planet—with tortoises, finches and iguanas dotting just 3,000 square miles of land.
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#1190012018-12-12
Hot possums risk losing their homes
As our world is warming under climate change, heat waves are becoming more frequent and intense, yet the vulnerability of our wildlife to such events is poorly understood. New research from Australia's Wet Tropics indicates that the area where maximum temperatures are survivable for the green ri ...
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#1190022018-12-12
How do coral reefs benefit Kenya's economy?
Coral reefs contain the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. They're crucial for fish reproduction and protecting shorelines from tropical storms.
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#1190032018-12-12
Scientists identify 66 alien species that pose greatest threat to European biodiversity
Scientists have identified 66 alien plant and animal species, not yet established in the European Union, that pose the greatest potential threat to biodiversity and ecosystems in the region.
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#1190042018-12-13
Envision Plastics launches recycled plastic packaging collection
The first hotel bathroom beauty range made from recycled plastic has hit the market. Envision Plastics and Nurture Hospitality Group (NHG) are responsible for developing the packaging, which are created from discarded plastic in Haiti, Caribbean.
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#1190052018-12-13
South Africa increasing efforts to battle climate change
South Africa is scaling-up its current ambitious efforts to address climate change, says Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom.
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#1190062018-12-13
Pakistanis planting trees to tackle climate change
Rapid urbanization and infrastructure development has led to serious environmental challenges in Pakistan. A young man wants to tackle these problems by motivating his fellow citizens to plant trees.
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#1190072018-12-13
'People talk about deep sadness:' Scientists study climate change grief
His canvases are painted from first-hand observation by a brush wielded in the outdoors and glow with the colours of the Canadian wilderness. But British Columbia artist Dominik Modlinski doesn't take his paints into the woods much anymore.
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#1190082018-12-13
Ten Things The World Learned At The COP24 Climate Change Negotiations
In what many describe as the biggest international climate change negotiations since the 2015 Paris Agreement, COP24 convened this month in the city of Katowice, Poland. The recent landmark IPCC SR15 report on 1.5 °C global warming makes it abundantly clear that urgent and aggressive measures ar ...
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#1190092018-12-13
Climate change threatens Luxembourg's ice wine production
The tradition ice wine, or eiswein in Luxembourg, produced right at the end of the season, could soon disappear due to climate change.
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#1190102018-12-13
Climate change: Failure to tackle warming 'suicidal'
The UN secretary-general has warned negotiators at a major meeting that failing to increase efforts on climate change would be "not only immoral but suicidal" for the planet.
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#1190112018-12-13
It's in the genes – there may be hope for pikas hit by climate change, researchers find
As the climate changes, animals that can only survive in certain temperature ranges are being forced to relocate or perish. Pikas – small, arguably adorable mountain mammals that look like a cross between a rabbit and a gerbil – are the poster child of climate indicator species due to their seve ...
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#1190122018-12-13
Biologists shed new light on the diversity of natural selection
For nearly 100 years, biologists have argued about how exactly natural selection can possibly work. If nature selects the individuals with the best genes, then why aren't all organisms the same? What maintains the genetic variation that natural selection acts upon, the genetic variation that has ...
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#1190132018-12-13
Anticipating hastened global action in integrating conservation in dev't sectors
Following the agreement of 196 countries during the UN Biodiversity Conference to ensure the achievement of global biodiversity targets through actions at the global, regional, national, and sub-national levels, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) Executive Director Dr. Theresa Mundita S. Lim ex ...
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#1190142018-12-13
Insects are disappearing from science textbooks—and that should bug you
Earth is creeping and crawling with bugs—up to 30 million species and 10 quintillion individual insects. Bugs outnumber all other species in the animal kingdom by orders of magnitude. So it would make sense that they have a starring role in science textbooks, teaching students essential lessons ...
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#1190152018-12-13
Global Warming Will Increase Number of Strong El Niños, Causing More Extreme Weather, Study Says
El Niños are characterized by warmer-than-average ocean temperatures in the tropical Pacific. That can greatly impact global weather patterns. Researchers say the natural weather phenomenon will become more frequent in the decades to come due to global temperature rise.
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#1190162018-12-13
Global warming should be called global heating, says key scientist
“Global heating” is a more accurate term than “global warming” to describe the changes taking place to the world’s climate, according to a key scientist at the UK Met Office.
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#1190172018-12-13
Alliance pledges to step up efforts at UN climate change talks
The UN climate talks have received a much-needed injection as they enter their final hours, with an alliance of 27 countries promising to step up efforts to tackle climate change under the Paris agreement.
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#1190182018-12-13
The Arctic is unraveling as climate change intensifies
Rapid climate change is transforming the Arctic, from the bottom of the sea floor to the top of windswept glaciers. Sea ice is disappearing, land-based ice is melting, and a domino effect of ecosystem changes have been set into motion, with unknown results.
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#1190192018-12-13
'We're running out of time': Canada under pressure to step up at global climate conference
The Canadian government is under intense pressure to fill a leadership void as countries try to hammer out how they will hold themselves accountable for implementing the Paris climate-change accord.
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#1190202018-12-13
Nature is a rich source of medicine – if we can protect it
The Pacific yew tree is a fairly small and slow growing conifer native to the Pacific Northwest. The Gila monster is a lizard with striking orange and black markings from the drylands of the Southwestern US and Mexico. Two very different organisms, but with a fascinating connection.
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#1190212018-12-13
Land rights to forest communities a must to control climate change
A new report highlights how important the role of forest communities and indigenous people in protecting forests as carbon sinks, and why it is important to recognise these land rights.
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#1190222018-12-13
Ocean acidification ‘changing’ marine biodiversity
As global powers meet in Poland at the 24th Conference of Parties (COP 24) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, a study led by Stanford University sheds light on the impact of human-induced environmental change on the functioning of ecosystems, especially marine life.
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#1190232018-12-13
The Allure of Vertical Forests
The Vertical Forest buildings of the architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri make the most of the often overlooked and profound contributions of a single tree.
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#1190362018-12-14
Studying marine biodiversity from pole to pole
Many scientists around the world are studying marine biodiversity—the variety of life forms in the ocean.
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#1190372018-12-14
Scientists identify 66 alien species that pose greatest threat to European biodiversity
Scientists have identified 66 alien plant and animal species, not yet established in the European Union, that pose the greatest potential threat to biodiversity and ecosystems in the region.