Scientists from the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Centre National de la Recherche Scientific (France) and the University of Leicester (United Kingdom) have shown how the wealth of a country relates to its ...
Mathematics
Sep 26, 2017
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Half of the vertebrate populations in Canada are in staggering decline, despite the country's vast outback, according to a WWF report Thursday that highlighted threats to beluga whales and caribou.
Ecology
Sep 14, 2017
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Warming of the planet by 2 degrees Celsius is often seen as a "tipping point" that people should try to avoid by limiting greenhouse gas emissions.But the Earth is very likely to exceed that change, according to new University ...
Environment
Jul 31, 2017
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Forecasting political unrest is a challenging task, especially in this era of post-truth and opinion polls.
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2017
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Humans have influenced nature since as early as the Ice Age, and over the past century man's impact has become even greater with our many new technologies and a growing world population. Leiden researchers study this impact ...
Ecology
Apr 21, 2017
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Is feeding the world's human population compatible with protecting the biological diversity of the planet?
Social Sciences
Apr 20, 2017
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Antibiotic resistance is a major and growing problem worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistance is rising to dangerously high levels in all parts of the world, and new resistance mechanisms ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 9, 2017
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Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the UN in 2015 for the period up to 2030 would lead to a global population of between 8.2 to 8.7 billion by 2100, according to a new study from the International Institute ...
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2016
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For the first time, scientists have calculated the world population of the spoon-billed sandpiper, after overcoming a number of difficult challenges including limited knowledge about the whereabouts of this tiny shorebird, ...
Ecology
Oct 20, 2016
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The World Wildlife Fund on Thursday called on Asian states to close their tiger farms to boost efforts against the black-market trade in animal parts.
Ecology
Jul 28, 2016
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