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Improving the biodiversity of ponds and lakes in malaria-endemic regions could offer a powerful and sustainable way to control malaria. ...more |
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Controversial pesticides linked to declines in bee populations may harm the developing brains of unborn babies, experts at the European Food Safety Authority ruled on Tuesday. ...more |
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The Saudi Ministry of Water and Electricity has started tackling 151 sewage collection sites across the Kingdom that pose a threat to public health and the environment, a ministry official said recently. ...more |
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For 72 hours, non-stop, between 17 and 20 December 2013, Bertrand Piccard will stay at the controls of the flight simulator, a near-exact reconstruction of HB-SIB’s cockpit. ...more |
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The European Union needs to establish a road map to outline how it plans to increase climate finance for the world's poorest countries to 22-29 billion Euros by 2020, according to a report on Tuesday by European auditors. ...more |
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A kind of rock that often contains diamonds has been found in Antarctica for the first time, hinting at mineral riches in the vast, icy continent -- where mining is banned. ...more |
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A number of unexplained bald eagle deaths in Utah when hundreds of the government-protected birds have migrated to wintering grounds in the central Rocky Mountains has wildlife officials worried. ...more |
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Two buses carrying high school and primary school students arrived on the Sohar beach armed with 150 garbage bags and a plan. The Al Batinah International School students had a mission to accomplish; the second annual Beach Clean Up was about to begin. ...more |
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Siemens won an order to supply 448 wind turbines with a total capacity of 1,050 megawatts (MW) to U.S.-based MidAmerican Energy, which the German engineering group said was the largest single order for onshore wind power ever awarded. ...more |
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Forests, like other ecosystems, provide ‘ecosystem services’. These are services people need (such as pollination and flood control) and use, but often don’t realize we depend on. ...more |
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