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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Climate change could increase volcano eruptions
Shrinking glacier cover could lead to increased volcanic activity in Iceland, scientists have warned. A new study, led by the University of Leeds, found there was less volcanic activity in Iceland when
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Scientists unveil new satellite-based global drought severity index
Just in time for the holidays, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions are rolling out a new satellite-based drought severity index for climate watchers worldwide.
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Namibia: Scientist Says Pelagic Species Diminishing
CHANCES are high that pelagic fisheries will diminish along the Atlantic coast of Africa, a scientist has concluded. Pelagic includes small fish such as sardines and herrings, as well as bigger fish
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Nairobi Scientists discover technology to manage maize pest
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Scientists at the Nairobi-based International Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) announced Thursday they have discovered a technology that will manage ravaging pest that has worsened
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Africa’s scientists sign with 17,000 peers in global call on climate
Scientist Gualbert Séraphin Dorego of Senegal has – for the second time – signed an open letter calling the world to action on climate change and the protection of the planet’s environment. That’s
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Scientists warn of 'giant leap backward' at climate talks
BONN: Carbon dioxide emissions are set to rise this year after a three-year pause, scientists said at UN climate talks on Monday, warning that "time is running out", even as White House officials used
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New dengue virus confirmed in India
PUNE: A new dengue virus has been confirmed for the first time in the country. Scientists at Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV), who spotted it and had been tracking it, said the new virus
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Climate change may be worse than believed: Study
The current period of climate change may be unparalleled over the last 100 million years, warn scientists who discovered a flaw in the way past ocean temperatures have been estimated up to now. According
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Climate change might be worse than thought after scientists find major mistake in water temperature readings
The sea was much colder than previously thought, the study suggests, indicating that climate change is advancing at an unprecedented rate The methodology widely used to understand sea temperatures in
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As scientists ponder “hacking the climate,” poor countries are wary
As a child during Ethiopia’s deadly famine of 1984, Asfawossen Kassaye remembers watching people from the countryside flock to his town, desperately looking for food after a drought devastated their fields.