Environment
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410Makeshift Koala Hospital in Australia Scrambles to Save Animals Hurt in Bushfires
Dozens of injured koalas arrive at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park’s makeshift animal hospital each day in cat carriers, washing baskets or...
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387Representing 500 Million Citizens, The EP Officially Declares a Climate Emergency
The European Parliament declared a climate emergency on Thursday, in a largely symbolic move that nonetheless increases pressure on member states to...
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501Australia Is Being Ravaged by The Worst-Ever Heatwave, And That Says a Lot
Australia may set a record for its hottest day this week, as temperatures soar past 104 degrees (40 Celsius) in most of...
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552Underwater Loudspeakers Make Fish Flock to Dead Coral in Radical Experiment
The desperate search for ways to help the world’s coral reefs rebound from the devastating effects of climate change has given rise...
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498Antidepressants Affecting Fish in a Strange Way, Study Shows
Immersed in a ‘drug soup‘ of pharmaceutical pollutants, aquatic wildlife acts in ways that puts them at risk of becoming an easily...
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497Geology, not CO2, controlled monsoon intensity in Asia’s ancient past
Shifting tectonic plates, not atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, controlled the strength of the powerful East Asian monsoon throughout its history, scientists say....
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511Scientists Study Sea Levels 125,000 Years Ago And It’s a Terrifying Look at Our Future
Sea levels rose 10 metres above present levels during Earth’s last warm period 125,000 years ago, according to new research that offers...
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526Decades of dumping acid suggest acid rain may make trees thirstier
A forest watered by acid rain may be less able to slake its thirst. That’s one finding from a decades-long experiment in...
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708Even More Insects Than We Feared Have Disappeared in The Last Decade
The world’s insects are in trouble. In recent years, growing evidence has found a scary number of bugs are missing from the...
