Four dead gray whales have washed ashore San Francisco Bay Area beaches in the last nine days, with experts saying Friday one was struck by a ship. They were trying to determine how the other three died.
Ecology
Apr 10, 2021
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Greater care needs to be taken when measuring the success of public spending on biodiversity to avoid 'misguiding policy and spending," leading researchers have warned.
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2021
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A research team, led by astronomers from National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), has discovered 591 high velocity stars based on data from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic ...
Astronomy
Dec 28, 2020
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New research released by Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy and Resources for the Future (RFF) examines the environmental and job creation benefits of plugging orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells. The ...
Environment
Jul 20, 2020
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Earlier this year, French physician and microbiologist Didier Raoult generated a media uproar over his controversial promotion of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. The researcher has long pointed to his growing list of ...
Education
Jul 09, 2020
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Astronomers from Malta and Spain have conducted an observational campaign aimed at investigating the periodic behavior of a carbon star known as CGCS 673. The observations found that the studied object is a semi-regular variable ...
Big and strong cyclones can harm coral reefs as far as 1000 kilometres away from their paths, new research shows.
Environment
May 27, 2020
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Four new species of tropical sharks that use their fins to walk are causing a stir in waters off northern Australia and New Guinea.
Plants & Animals
Jan 21, 2020
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The common guillemot (known as the common murre in North America) breeds in both the Pacific and the Atlantic and is among the most abundant seabirds in the northern hemisphere. But like many other seabirds, its numbers have ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 16, 2020
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Northern Australia is likely to see fewer cyclones than usual this season, but hot, dry weather will increase the risk of fire and heatwaves across eastern and southern Australia.
Environment
Oct 14, 2019
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