The livelihoods of millions of people who live in river deltas, among the world's most productive lands, are at risk. Created where large rivers meet the ocean and deposit their natural sediment load, river deltas are often ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 17, 2023
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Legislation is failing to end gas flaring in Nigeria which is harming and environment and people's health, a new study warns.
Environment
Dec 23, 2022
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A study published in Science analyses multiple rocks found at the bottom of Jezero Crater on Mars, where the Perseverance rover landed in 2020, revealing significant interaction between the rocks and liquid water. Those rocks ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 24, 2022
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Heavy rains and flooding that swamped Nigeria, Niger, Chad and the surrounding region between June and October this year was made 80 times more likely because of climate change, a rapid analysis by international climate attribution ...
Environment
Nov 17, 2022
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Alexandria, Egypt's fabled second city and its biggest port, is in danger of disappearing below the waves within decades.
Environment
Nov 2, 2022
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Delta Air Lines said Thursday it will work with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a study examining the environmental impact of airplane contrails.
Environment
Oct 10, 2022
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A common misconception is that viruses become milder over time as they become endemic within a population. Yet new research, led by Penn State and the University of Sydney, reveals that a virus—called myxoma—that affects ...
Evolution
Oct 6, 2022
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Nigeria's oil output was at the lowest since 1990 as its crude oil production fell below 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in August 2022. And data from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in early September ...
Economics & Business
Sep 26, 2022
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NASA's Perseverance rover is investigating signs of ancient life on Mars, and has now collected some of the most promising samples from the Red Planet yet.
Astrobiology
Sep 16, 2022
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Nigerian cities aren't managing solid waste effectively. Waste has to be managed all the way from generation to storage, collection, transport, recycling, treatment and disposal. But it is visible everywhere in the country's ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2022
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