Killer whales breathe just once between dives, study confirms
A new study has confirmed the long-held assumption that orcas take just one breath between dives.
Plants & Animals
May 15, 2024
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Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts, spewing thick ash and dark clouds into the sky
Mount Ibu, a volcano in Indonesia's North Maluku province, erupted on Monday, spewing thick gray ash and dark clouds 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) into the sky for five minutes, officials said.
Environment
May 13, 2024
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Nepal battles raging wildfires across the country
Firefighters and local residents battled a massive wildfire on the outskirts of Nepal's capital Thursday as the Himalayan republic endures a severe fire season authorities have blamed on a heat wave.
Environment
May 2, 2024
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Anthropologist documents how women and shepherds historically reduced wildfire risk in Central Italy
In the last several decades, large forest fires have increasingly threatened communities across the Mediterranean. Climate change is expected to make these fires larger, hotter, and more dangerous in the future. But fire ...
Environment
Apr 26, 2024
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South Korean marginalized communities developed 'disaster subculture' living through extreme climate events, study finds
Locations around the globe are experiencing climate disasters on a regular basis. But some of the most marginalized populations experience disasters so often it has come to be normalized.
Social Sciences
Apr 23, 2024
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Urgent need for logging loophole remedy within proposed Great Koala National Park
A team of conservation and policy researchers have called for a logging loophole within the proposed Great Koala National Park to be urgently remedied to stem the tide of harmful outcomes impacting the South East Australian ...
Ecology
Apr 23, 2024
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A third of China's urban population at risk of city sinking, new satellite data shows
Land subsidence is overlooked as a hazard in cities, according to scientists from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Virginia Tech. Writing in the journal Science, Prof Robert Nicholls of the Tyndall Center for Climate ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 18, 2024
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Rewild the soil: The largest urban rewilding project is going underground
The largest urban rewilding project in the U.K. is happening on an old golf course.
Ecology
Apr 18, 2024
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Volcano erupts in Indonesia, alert level raised to highest
A volcano erupted several times in Indonesia's outermost region Wednesday, with authorities raising the alert level to its highest point after the dome spewed a column of smoke more than a mile into the sky and forced hundreds ...
Environment
Apr 17, 2024
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