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More than 50 green sea turtles were released into the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas coast on Friday after recovering from cold-stunning, or hypothermia, brought on by a drastic drop in water temperature. ...more |
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Starting 2015, NASA will send five new airborne field campaigns to the skies to investigate how long-range air pollution, warming ocean waters and fires in Africa affect our climate. ...more |
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The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) concluded its seventh annual conference on Arab food security. ...more |
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The Arab region imports half the food it needs. However, Arab countries can boost their food production, primarily by improving productivity and irrigation efficiency, in addition to regional cooperation. ...more |
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![Beirut bank gets Lebanon’s largest rooftop garden by Green Studios Beirut bank gets Lebanon’s largest rooftop garden by Green Studios](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_403839bb-15a0-47d4-ac03-561f0e4208a4_.jpg) |
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From San Francisco, to Amsterdam to Cairo, and now Beirut. Rooftop gardens are growing everywhere. Fueled by a desire to suck greenhouse gases, create heat sinks, beautify the city and even grow food, rooftop gardens may be the only way to feed our planet’s 7 billion mouths. ...more |
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![U.N. Green Fund gets $9.3 billion in pledges at Berlin conference U.N. Green Fund gets $9.3 billion in pledges at Berlin conference](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_d134fdbb-4ea6-4ca8-93e0-00e566259919_.jpg) |
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Donor nations pledged up to $9.3 billion on Thursday to a U.N. fund to help developing countries tackle climate change, but environmental campaigners said the funds fell short of what they want. ...more |
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![Not so fast: Planting trees might cause warming? Not so fast: Planting trees might cause warming?](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_4c1c4fb1-ada5-4430-b92d-73a00638f875_.jpg) |
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Afforestation (planting trees) to mitigate climate change could cause warming rather than cooling globally due to non-carbon effects of land use change, according to new research from the University of Bristol. ...more |
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The UK's first ever bus powered on human and food waste has taken to the road today which engineers believe could provide a sustainable way of fuelling public transport - cutting emissions in polluted towns and cities. ...more |
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![Your city’s water would be cleaner if it had a magic island in it Your city’s water would be cleaner if it had a magic island in it](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_39da68ed-df1c-4eca-bb09-1f9d20337bad_.jpg) |
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Urban waterways are usually the worst; just picture any inner-city harbor, anywhere, and you’ll see what it means. But maybe they don’t have to be! Wetlands are nature’s oldest tech for cleaning up bodies of water — and there is way to get some wetlands back into our city waterways. ...more |
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![Wildlife devastated in South Sudan war: conservationists Wildlife devastated in South Sudan war: conservationists](/uploaded/images/thumbnails/thu-News_c8bf4db1-8982-4c3e-9ff0-30247d7d546a_.jpg) |
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Warring factions in South Sudan have slaughtered, poached and eaten "alarming" numbers of endangered wildlife, devastating one of Africa's largest migrations, conservationists warned Wednesday. ...more |
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