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‘Cash, coal, cars and trees’: What progress has been made since Cop26?
May 16, 2022 14:28Six months on, the war in Ukraine and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have derailed some changes agreed on Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow.
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Millions of tonnes of dead animals: The growing scandal of fish waste
May 11, 2022 13:25Dumped at sea, lost on land or left to rot in shops and fridges, the global catch of fish is being wasted like never before – hurting not only the oceans but the nutrition of billions of people. Can it be reversed?
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‘Potentially devastating’: Climate crisis may fuel future pandemics
May 01, 2022 15:51‘Zoonotic spillovers’ or the transmission of pathogens from wild animals to humans, expected to rise with at least 15,000 instances of viruses leaping between species over next 50 years.
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Why WHO took two years to say COVID is airborne
Apr 21, 2022 15:02Early in the pandemic, the World Health Organization stated that SARS-CoV-2 was not transmitted through the air. That mistake and the prolonged process of correcting it sowed confusion and raises questions about what will happen in the next pandemic.
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IPCC report: ‘Now or never’ if world is to stave off climate disaster
Apr 07, 2022 07:45According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025, and can be nearly halved this decade to give the world a chance of limiting future heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
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Genome data gaps could stymie search for next COVID variant
Apr 02, 2022 15:21Researchers are concerned that data gaps could make it harder to spot the next COVID-19 variant of concern, and could frustrate efforts to respond to it quickly.
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Can drugs reduce the risk of long COVID? What scientists know so far
Mar 28, 2022 13:51Researchers are trying to establish whether existing COVID-19 vaccines and treatments can prevent lasting symptoms.
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Study shows COVID-19 infection linked to brain shrinkage, cognitive decline
Mar 10, 2022 15:46A new study published in the journal Nature shows an association between brain size and structure among those infected by the COVID-19 virus.
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Five ways AI is saving wildlife – from counting chimps to locating whales
Feb 23, 2022 10:41Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been identified as one of the top three emerging technologies in conservation, helping protect species around the world.
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Study finds COVID infection increases risk of mental health disorders
Feb 19, 2022 16:20The long-term effects of having COVID are still being discovered, and among them is an increased chance of being diagnosed with mental health disorders.