The third La Niña year in a row intensified existing droughts in the Americas, while causing floods in parts of Asia and Oceania, according to a first-of-its-kind report released today by the Global Water Monitor Consortium, ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 12, 2023
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At the crucial COP15 nature summit in Canada, almost 200 countries are reckoning with the world's extraordinary loss of the variety of life. Climate change, mining, urban development and more are threatening Earth's biodiversity ...
Environment
Dec 14, 2022
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Widespread corruption is preventing Asian countries from effectively implementing measures to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that are known to contribute to global warming, new research suggests.
Economics & Business
Nov 25, 2022
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Six years have passed since Bruce Albert witnessed the sudden, inexplicable death of a dozen Western red cedars on his property.
Plants & Animals
Nov 2, 2022
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Dinosaur fans got a glimpse of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton as it went on display in Singapore Friday before an auction next month, as experts slammed the big-money bone trade as "harmful to science".
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 28, 2022
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An estimated 670 million people are projected to be undernourished in 2030, as noted in FAO's The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 report. Conflict, COVID-19, climate extremes and economic shocks are ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 14, 2022
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When classifying two species of the same flowering plant, the similarities and differences between them are considered.
Plants & Animals
Oct 12, 2022
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recommends raising the imaginary waterline demarcation for projects in the Asia Pacific region to two meters, instead of the existing one meter, to improve the resilience of structures against ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 12, 2022
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Foxtail millet, Setaria italica, is one of the oldest and more resilient crops worldwide. Compared to rice and wheat, millet has excellent climate resilience and requires less fertilizer, pesticides, and irrigation than mainstream ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 11, 2022
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Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a technique to cultivate a fungi-based food product that could serve as a healthier, better tasting, and greener alternative to plant-based ...
Biotechnology
Aug 29, 2022
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