Gas giants: Can we stop cows from emitting so much methane?
That cow may look peaceful and harmless, munching on some grass in a verdant pasture.
Environment
Oct 27, 2021
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Oil cleanup in southern Nigeria still a 'long way' from target
A much-touted cleanup of oil pollution in southern Nigeria has yet to start in parts of the hotspot Ogoniland, almost three years after contracts were handed out, and residents remain without proper drinking water, a report ...
Environment
Oct 7, 2021
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Farmers unaware their activities trigger climate jolts
Nigerian maize and poultry farmers and traders' activities contribute to climate change, but only 14 percent of them realize it, a study has found.
Environment
Jun 22, 2020
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Protection of seagrasses is key to building resilience to climate change and disasters
Seagrass meadows can be a powerful nature-based climate solution and help sustain communities hard-hit by stressors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, but these important ecosystems continue to decline. The importance of seagrasses ...
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Jun 8, 2020
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Using artificial intelligence to save coral reefs
Today, on Earth Day 2020, Accenture, Intel and the Sulubaaï Environmental Foundation announced Project: CORaiL, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution to monitor, characterize and analyze coral reef resiliency. ...
Environment
Apr 22, 2020
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In Nigeria's polluted Ogoniland, signs of a cleanup
Young men in the Ogoniland area of southern Nigeria watch excitedly as engineers excavate heaps of polluted soil for treatment.
Environment
Mar 8, 2019
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Capturing carbon from the air
Climate scientists predict disastrous consequences if greenhouse gases continue to accumulate at ever-increasing rates. Experts agree that any solution will require drastic reductions in emissions from sources such as automobiles ...
Environment
Feb 27, 2019
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Shell agrees to start clean up of 2008 Niger Delta oil spill
Shell has agreed with Nigerian fishing community of Bodo in the Niger Delta to start the clean up of two devastating oil spills in 2008, activists and locals said Saturday.
Environment
May 3, 2015
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New hope for Borneo's orangutans despite threats of future climate change and deforestation
The study, led by conservation scientists at the University of Kent, and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) in Germany, drew on expertise from the UK, Australia and Indonesia, in consultation with leading ...
Ecology
Jan 5, 2015
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Elephants face extinction, football star Yaya Toure warns
Reigning African Footballer of the Year Yaya Toure, star of Manchester City and Ivory Coast, warned Tuesday that the slaughter of elephants for their ivory was threatening their very existence.
Ecology
Oct 29, 2013
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