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Orangutans will be extinct from the planet within 10 years unless action is taken to preserve forests in Indonesia and Malaysia where they live, a conservation charity has warned. ...more |
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Indonesia's disaster agency urged prompt action against slash-and-burn plantation fires on Friday as the annual smoke "haze" begins to drift across the Malacca Strait to neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. ...more |
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As the Arctic's permafrost continues to thaw due to global warming, all sorts of ancient afflictions, once trapped by the cold, threaten to re-emerge. For instance, scientists have already discovered viruses in melting layers of frozen soil that were believed to have been extinct for tens of thousands of years. ...more |
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A new analysis of satellite images shows that nearly 30 percent of India's agricultural lands is turning into desert, and the rate of soil degradation is increasing at an alarming rate. ...more |
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The impact of climate change on global seawater conditions could change the rules of sperm competition for many important marine species, a pioneering new study has shown. ...more |
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Hundreds of firefighters were battling a rapidly-spreading wildfire raging unchecked in drought-stricken Southern California on Wednesday after flames forced more than 80,000 residents to flee. ...more |
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Rising temperatures will radically limit the number of cities able to host the summer Olympics by 2084, according to a study by the University of California in Berkeley published last week in The Lancet. ...more |
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From Morocco to Saudi Arabia and beyond, record-shattering temperatures have scorched and wreaked havoc across the Middle East, and climate scientists warn that the hellish weather is just a sign of things to come. ...more |
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Deep in the coal heartlands of northern Shanxi province, people in Helin village are fighting a losing battle as the ground beneath them crumbles: patching up cracks, rebuilding walls and filling in sinkholes caused by decades of coal mining. ...more |
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Conservationists in Tanzania are using an unorthodox way of keeping elephants from wandering into human settlements, by throwing condoms filled with chili powder at them. ...more |
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