To save the planet, first save elephants
Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7% more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But conserving forest elephants may reverse
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Tanzania: Ifakara Scientist Wins a Sh1.4 Billion Prize to Eliminate Malaria Vectors
The Director of Science at Ifakara Health Institute (IHI), Dr. Fredros Okumu, has been selected by philanthropies as international research scholar. He is among 41 scientists from around the globe and
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Tibet's permafrost is playing a surprise role in climate change
In the Tibetan Plateau, climate change is increasing the carbon concentrations within the upper layers of permafrost soils, a study has shown. This represents a negative feedback to rising atmospheric
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Kenya: Researchers Develop Tool for Farmer
A group of scientists have developed an innovative tool to detect and quantify severity of drought and floods in the country. The scientists from the University of Nairobi, working together with their
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Scientists call for more precision in global warming predictions
A new, more precise way to measure the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on Earth`s climate in an article was published on Thursday in the academic journal Science. New York: Researchers from Harvard
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Edible cutlery, organic tableware emerging as preferred choices of the ecologically conscious
DEHRADUN: A number of ecologically conscious residents in the city are now taking up healthier alternatives to plastic like edible spoons made of millets and tableware made out of sugarcane waste. The
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East Africa: Scientist Warns of Drug Resistant Typhoid Strain
Poor lab capability, surveillance and lack of sanitation are enabling the spread of a typhoid strain that is resistant to drugs, a researcher has warned. Prof Sam Kariuki, the head of microbiology at
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'Artificial plants' could turn carbon dioxide into fuel helping to reduce global warming
An artificial form of photosynthesis that sucks carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been invented by a scientist who claims the “breakthrough” device could be used to reduce global warming. Plants
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Plans to drill for oil near newly discovered Amazon Reef alarm scientists
This time last year, scientists announced the discovery of a reef system at the mouth of the Amazon River — and right from the beginning, they began issuing warnings about companies’ plans to drill for
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Antarctic meltwater lakes threaten sea levels- study
Paris - Antarctic meltwater lakes are far more common than once thought and could destabilise glaciers, potentially lifting sea levels by metres as global warming sets in, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Scientists reveal 20 Kenyan plants that can cure cancer
Scientists have confirmed more than 20 local plant species are effective against many of the top killer cancers today. During a three-day annual scientific conference of Kenya Medical Research Institute