Unchecked emissions could double heat-related child mortality
If carbon emissions are limited to slow temperature rise, up to an estimated 6,000 child deaths could be prevented in Africa each year, according to new research.
If carbon emissions are limited to slow temperature rise, up to an estimated 6,000 child deaths could be prevented in Africa each year, according to new research.
Environment
Jul 5, 2022
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Recent intense heatwaves in India and widespread US droughts have highlighted the need for a global approach to tackling chronic water shortages.
Earth Sciences
May 26, 2022
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New research shows that private protected areas help conserve underrepresented biomes and highly threatened regions.
Ecology
Apr 7, 2022
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Changing the way fruit is gathered from a "tree of life" could have hugely positive environmental and financial impacts in Amazonia, according to a new study.
Environment
Apr 4, 2022
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Researchers warn that permafrost peatlands in Europe and Western Siberia are much closer to a climatic tipping point than previous believed.
Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2022
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Scientists reveal a new part of the recipe for complex life on planets, and it involves the onset of a microbial fertilizer factory on the Earth's seafloor roughly 2.6 billion years ago.
Earth Sciences
Mar 10, 2022
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A team of Brazilian and British scientists has discovered that extreme wind and water deficiency are the main causes of tree death in the southern Amazon.
Environment
Feb 28, 2022
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According to a new study, thawing of permafrost due to climate change could expose the Arctic population to much greater concentrations of the invisible, lung cancer-causing gas radon.
Earth Sciences
Feb 8, 2022
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Limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels will still be catastrophic for coral reefs, new research suggests.
Ecology
Feb 1, 2022
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152 billion tons of fresh water—equivalent to 20 times the volume of Loch Ness or 61 million Olympic-sized swimming pools, entered the seas around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia when the megaberg A68A melted ...
Environment
Jan 20, 2022
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