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Giant cracks push imperiled Antarctic glacier closer to collapse

Dec 17, 2021 04:00

Giant fractures in the floating ice of Antarctica’s massive Thwaites Glacier — a fast-melting formation that has become an icon of climate change — could shatter part of the shelf within five years, research suggests.
The new variant is worrying – but it doesn’t change how we tackle COVID

Dec 02, 2021 06:37

The only way to stop B.1.1.529 and other coronavirus mutations is through testing, masks, and getting vaccines to everyone in the world
Cause of the pathetic plight of children worldwide

Nov 25, 2021 15:30

Unfortunately, the modern world of science and technology which has drifted away from spiritual values, has become totally devoid of humanitarian tendencies, and begun to view children as objects of the carnal and commercial desires of the unprincipled adults.
'Bombshell': Total knew about climate threat from fossil fuels for decades, but denied it

Oct 25, 2021 12:13

The dire consequences of climate change we are now experiencing could have been avoided if Total executives 50 years ago had decided that the future of the planet is more important than their profits.
Research finds animals ‘shapeshifting’ in response to climate crisis

Sep 13, 2021 10:54

Warm-blooded animals are changing beaks, legs and ears to adapt to hotter climate and better regulate temperature.
'It didn't have to be this way': WHO chief laments 4 million COVID-19 deaths

Jul 11, 2021 04:44

The official global death toll from COVID-19 hit 4 million on Wednesday, July 7th —a "tragic milestone," said the World Health Organization chief as he blasted "vaccine nationalism" as a "morally indefensible" position.
Why living with COVID would not be the same as flu?

Jul 07, 2021 09:22

Researchers say coronavirus is more contagious and more lethal than influenza, and we lack the same global protection mechanism.
Highly contagious Delta variant sweeps Asia, prompting curbs as vaccination remains tepid

Jul 04, 2021 04:25

Chun Eun-mi, a respiratory disease specialist at Ewha Womans University Medical Center in Seoul said "The Delta variant of coronavirus is a strain that is most optimized for widespread transmissions."
Migratory birds aid redistribution of plants to new climates

Jul 04, 2021 04:13

Birds that travel long distances can disperse seeds far and wide. An assessment of the timing and direction of European bird migration reveals how these patterns might affect seed dispersal as the planet warms.
Historic heatwave, extreme drought and wildfires plague North American west

Jul 02, 2021 02:58

The summer of 2021 is already shaping up to be one for the record books, with much of the American west gripped by historic heatwaves, extreme drought, and the threat of large wildfires that have already begun to burn across the region.