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Climate crisis is killing off key insects and spreading insect-borne diseases
Aug 28, 2022 08:39From declining monarch butterflies in North America to disappearing bumblebees in Europe, there is mounting evidence that insects are in rapid decline.
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How much virus does a person with COVID exhale? New research has answers
Aug 24, 2022 09:16People infected with the highly transmissible Alpha, Delta and Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 spew out higher amounts of virus than do those infected with other variants, according to a study.
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Climate endgame: Risk of human extinction ‘dangerously underexplored’
Aug 07, 2022 14:34Dr Luke Kemp, a climate scientist at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk said “There are plenty of reasons to believe climate change could become catastrophic, even at modest levels of warming,” adding, “Climate change has played a role in every mass extinction event. It has helped fell empires and shaped history.
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Extreme heatwaves: Surprising lessons from the record warmth
Aug 07, 2022 14:14Unprecedented temperatures are coming faster and more furiously than researchers expected, raising questions about what to anticipate in the future.
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UN report finds humans need to value nature as well as profits to survive
Jul 14, 2022 03:14According to a UN report, a market-based focus on short-term profits and economic growth means the wider benefits of nature have been ignored, which has led to bad decisions that have reduced people’s wellbeing and contributed to climate and nature crises.
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Eliminating air pollution could save more than 53,000 lives per year, study says
May 29, 2022 08:32Researchers found that reducing the amount of air-based pollutants would have a profound impact on public health in the immediate term — and that it would also have long-term positive effects when it comes to transitioning away from unsustainable energy sources and addressing the climate crisis as a whole.
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‘Devastating’: 91% of reefs surveyed on Great Barrier Reef affected by coral bleaching in 2022
May 13, 2022 09:35Bleaching occurs when the coral becomes stressed from above-average water temperatures. The coral animal expels the photosynthetic algae that lives inside it and provides the coral with food and its colour. Report reveals extent of sixth mass bleaching event with worst-affected reefs between Cape Tribulation and Whitsundays.
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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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Assange denied permission to appeal extradition
Mar 17, 2022 13:21Julian Assange, the publisher of WikiLeaks, has been denied his petition to appeal the High Court’s decision to extradite him to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison for publishing U.S. state secrets that revealed evidence of American war crimes.
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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.