State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Climate Change
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Green sands
Ancient Sahara was wetter and wilder before. Changes in vegetation have played a role in transforming its climate
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Earth’s balance sheet
An audit of the earth addresses the growing concern that the costs of environmental degradation are actually becoming a serious threat to sustained welfare
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More of everything?
Increasing acid rain. Higher temperatures. Water scarcity. Shrinking farmlands. Reducing biodiversity. This is what the years leading to AD 2050 have in store for us
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Deep dwellers
Life forms have been found even inside the Earth s crust, a region previously thought to be barren<br>
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Spy which loves nature
To record environmental trends US spy satellites will now be used for monitoring natural phenomena
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Transplant tricks
Bone marrow transplantation shows promise of curing patients afflicted with sickle cell disease
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Southward bound
The Swiss Coalition of Development Organisations has launched a North-South Campaign to inform Swiss citizens about North-South issues and partnerships. The campaign aims at urging voters and the
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Evangelistic edicts
The World Council of Churches (WCC) organised a campaign to mobilise public opinion and pressurise governments to make efforts to stop climate change. The WCC has declared that "Climate change is
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Recent changes in the climate at the Dead Sea - A preliminary study
In the last decade pan evaporation measured at the Southern Dead Sea has significantly increased. Wind, temperature and humidity measurements at the Dead Sea starting in the 1930s as well as 3-D model
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Bony breaks
Among the successes recorded in the field of tissue engineering (the development of spare parts for the body), the growth of bones is one. "This is exciting because we have been mimicking the