Why has this tiny island seen a sharp rise in shark bites?
A small island has become a hotbed for shark bites and people may be partly to blame.
A small island has become a hotbed for shark bites and people may be partly to blame.
Ecology
Mar 28, 2018
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Israel has declared war against drought. Five desalination plants generate around 600 million cubic metres of fresh water every year, which is about 70 percent of the consumption required by private households. Because the ...
Environment
Mar 16, 2018
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First came smartphones. Then smart watches. Now smart fridges. But how smart were the fridges of the gold rush?
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 13, 2018
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Nature has declared that the world's supply of water is fixed. As a means of keeping humanity alive, it has no substitute.
Environment
Mar 7, 2018
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As sea levels continue to rise, more areas of the coastal Everglades will be susceptible to salt water intrusion, according to a new study by Florida International University.
Environment
Feb 6, 2018
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Scientists have long known that a reduction in Atlantic Ocean currents bringing warm water to the Northern Hemisphere from the tropics created abrupt cooling known as the Younger Dryas cold period nearly 13,000 years ago, ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 25, 2018
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By studying wild rice in lakes and streams, a team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota has discovered that sulfate in waterways is converted into toxic levels of sulfide and increases other harmful elements. ...
Environment
Jan 24, 2018
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When we decide what fresh produce to buy, we check our fruits and vegetables for colour and blemishes, and we make sure the price seems fair.
Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2018
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If you plant it, will it grow (in space)? The answer is yes, at least for certain types of plants.
Space Exploration
Nov 22, 2017
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Human well-being will be severely jeopardized by negative trends in some types of environmental harm, such as a changing climate, deforestation, loss of access to fresh water, species extinctions and human population growth, ...
Environment
Nov 13, 2017
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