Research led by Hiromi Shiraishi, a researcher at Chuo University, indicated a steep rise in the importation of American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) live fry to East Asia for aquaculture purposes. This surge poses a potential ...
Ecology
Dec 4, 2023
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A new study from the University of East Anglia reveals why some 'eco goods' may fare better than others as a UK recession looms. The new study, published today, shows that when money gets tight, people are more likely to ...
Social Sciences
Dec 4, 2023
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Inside the negotiating rooms and on the sidelines of the COP28 climate talks, simmering tensions over wealthy countries' "green trade" policies have been bubbling to the surface, with developing nations fearful they will ...
Environment
Dec 4, 2023
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In 1783, the City of London was gripped by a court case which symbolized the brutal economics of slavery. Two years previously, the Liverpool slave ship Zong had set out from Accra, in present-day Ghana, with 442 men, women ...
Archaeology
Nov 29, 2023
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Researchers have concluded that Saudi Arabia is likely no longer home to sustainable populations of Arabian leopards, as detailed in the journal Oryx.
Plants & Animals
Nov 28, 2023
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In 1970, there were approximately 10 billion birds in North America. Now, there are around 7 billion, representing a loss of over a quarter of the continent's birds.
Plants & Animals
Nov 27, 2023
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Do you like cod, shrimp, salmon, crab or pollock (also known as fish sticks)? Of course you do. Do you shop at Walmart, Costco, Kroger or Albertsons for fish? Who doesn't? Do you eat at one of the more than 400,000 restaurants ...
Other
Nov 24, 2023
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Wild caviar, a pricey delicacy made from sturgeon eggs, has been illegal for decades since poaching brought the fish to the brink of extinction. Today, legal, internationally tradeable caviar can only come from farmed sturgeon, ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 20, 2023
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The idea that we can mitigate current carbon emissions by "offsetting" them with carbon reduction initiatives elsewhere has become central to government and business responses to climate change. But it's an idea we need to ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2023
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In the first study to examine ice cores from the summit of the highest tropical mountain in the world, new evidence provides unique insight into the climate record of the Amazon Basin over the last six decades.
Earth Sciences
Nov 15, 2023
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