Hot and dry conditions in UK causing unprecedented extreme wildfire danger
Record temperatures and dry weather in the U.K. this summer are causing exceptionally high levels of danger from extreme wildfires, according to experts.
Record temperatures and dry weather in the U.K. this summer are causing exceptionally high levels of danger from extreme wildfires, according to experts.
Environment
Aug 11, 2022
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Over the last fifty years, disasters caused by landslides and floods have become ten times more frequent, despite landslides being significantly underreported in global databases. Worldwide, 4500 people are killed on average ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 10, 2022
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Researchers have identified the times of the day when hares are more likely to be struck by aircraft at Dublin airport—and believe their findings may help reduce costly "runway roadkill" incidences around the world.
Ecology
Aug 10, 2022
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A new study examines how the geographic characteristics of the world's islands influence seasonal variation in the number of bird species. The study determines how seasonal species richness of birds is affected by the size ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 10, 2022
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Hours after rare and intense flooding hit California's Death Valley, closing roads and stranding some 1,000 people, waters were receding Saturday and police escorted many of those trapped to safety.
Environment
Aug 7, 2022
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Experts at the forefront of efforts to restore the U.K.'s coastal seagrass meadows say the remarkable plant's contribution to the most important to-do list in the history of humankind should be reassessed.
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2022
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A charred chunk of space junk found jutting from a paddock by an Australian sheep farmer was part of one of Elon Musk's SpaceX missions, authorities confirmed Thursday.
Space Exploration
Aug 4, 2022
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Fifty years ago, U.S. scientists launched a satellite that dramatically changed how we see the world.
Environment
Jul 22, 2022
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Australians in more than 400 remote or regional communities lack access to good-quality drinking water, while about eight percent of Australia's population is not included in reporting on access to clean water, according ...
Environment
Jul 19, 2022
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As intense heatwaves grip the United Kingdom, Spain, France and Portugal—at times exceeding temperatures of 40 C—as well as parts of North America and Asia, lakes around the world are feeling the heat from climate change, ...
Environment
Jul 18, 2022
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