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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Graphene sieve turns seawater into clean drinking water – and the technology can be scaled up
Graphene has been used to turn seawater into clean drinking water. The graphene sieve was shown to filter common salts from the water, and scientist say the technology could be scaled up – potentially
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Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world's coral reefs
Maldives: There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian reef is dead, killed by the stress of rising ocean temperatures. What's left is
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Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world's coral reefs
There were startling colours here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian reef is dead, killed by the stress of rising ocean temperatures. What's left is a haunting
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Scientist on mission to save endangered antelope in Kenya
Hirola, the world’s most endangered antelope. You may not know that Kenya is home to the hirola, the world’s most endangered antelope found nowhere else on earth today, having been virtually cleared in
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Scientists harness solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce. It’s using natural light to generate
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Egyptian researchers turn shrimp shells into biodegradable plastic
Researchers at Egypt's Nile University are developing a way to turn dried shrimp shells that would otherwise be thrown away into thin films of biodegradable plastic they hope will be used to make eco-friendly
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Air pollution in Asia wafting over to the United States, increasing smog levels in West
Air pollution from China, India and several other Asian countries has wafted across the Pacific Ocean over the past 25 years, increasing levels of smog in the western US, a study has found. Smog, also
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Translating the barcode of wildlife into action
The Barcode of Wildlife Project offers invaluable insight on how to integrate technology, science, and law enforcement sectors to fight wildlife crime on a global scale • The multi-country Barcode of
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New TB drug candidates developed from soil bacteria
A new treatment for tuberculosis (TB) is set to be developed using compounds derived from bacteria that live in soil -- according an international collaboration of researchers, including the University
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Antarctica sets new record high temperature
The continent of Antarctica officially has a new record high temperature of 63.5 degrees, scientists from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced Wednesday. The record was set on March 24,