Japan's Mount Fuji 'screaming' from too many tourists
With its millions of visitors every year and the buses, supply trucks, noodle shops and fridge magnets, Japan's Mount Fuji is no longer the peaceful pilgrimage site it once was.
With its millions of visitors every year and the buses, supply trucks, noodle shops and fridge magnets, Japan's Mount Fuji is no longer the peaceful pilgrimage site it once was.
Environment
Sep 8, 2023
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The average American invests US$120,000 throughout their lifetime in pursuit of love, spending significant money on romantic dinners, movie outings and thoughtful gifts, not to mention personal grooming and cosmetic products.
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2023
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In most illegal tree removals, you might see perhaps a handful of trees removed or poisoned. That's why the recent felling and poisoning of 265 old trees in Sydney's Castle Cove has been so breathtaking and appalling.
Ecology
Sep 5, 2023
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The dumping of billions of tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere yearly is already having a devastating impact around the world. This includes widespread flooding and droughts, raging wildfires, ...
Environment
Sep 4, 2023
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Digital information exchange can be safer, cheaper and more environmentally friendly with the help of a new type of random number generator for encryption developed at Linköping University, Sweden. The researchers behind ...
Quantum Physics
Sep 4, 2023
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Climate change education is increasingly seen as an essential part of schooling.
Education
Aug 30, 2023
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When organisms pass their genes on to future generations, they include more than the code spelled out in DNA. Some also pass along chemical markers that instruct cells how to use that code. The passage of these markers to ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 28, 2023
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Two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides (2D TMDs), especially MoS2, are at the forefront of new-generation 2D materials, and industrial-level efforts are being made to produce them at a large scale with reasonable ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 18, 2023
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The Mediterranean is one of the most climate vulnerable regions in the world, with temperatures rising 20% faster than the global average. In the Balearic Islands, this means that by 2100 the temperature could have increased ...
Environment
Aug 17, 2023
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New research deconstructing the anatomy of a honeybee stinger could help pave the way for a future generation of miniaturized medical devices used for drug delivery in humans.
Biotechnology
Aug 17, 2023
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