Environmental Sciences
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US says Russia likely launched space weapon
The US says Russia launched a satellite last week which it believes may be capable of attacking other such probes.…
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UK breakthrough could slash cement CO2 emissions
11 minutes ago Justin Rowlatt,BBC climate editor , @BBCJustinR Getty Images Scientists hope to clean up cement making Scientists say…
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‘The High Seas’ tells of the many ways humans are laying claim to the ocean
The High SeasOlive HeffernanGreystone Books, $32.95 The ocean is a rich, fertile and seemingly lawless frontier. It’s a watery wild…
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Pacific squid flashes its huge attack ‘headlights’
The Dana squid has all the tools of a top ocean predator, including a pair of brilliant “headlights” it flashes…
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UK farms must grow more fruit and veg for food security
It said that the index showed that generally the UK farming sector is at “its most productive since records began”…
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A weaker magnetic field may have paved the way for marine life to go big
Earth’s magnetic field protects life from harmful cosmic radiation. But sometime between about 590 million and 565 million years ago,…
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Tourist influx turns Lake Windermere green, researchers say
Matt Staniek from the Save Windermere campaign, says treated sewage from places like the Langdale Wastewater Treatment Plant are part…
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A new approach to fighting wildfires combines local knowledge and AI
On June 4, 2021, amid flowering saguaros and prickly pear cacti, a wildfire bloomed in the Sonoran Desert in central…
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Ximena Velez-Liendo is saving Andean bears with honey
In 1998, at the age of 22, conservation biologist Ximena Velez-Liendo came face-to-face with South America’s largest carnivore on her…
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Clean Water Alliance: Sports urge government water pollution action
The Alliance wants regulators to be funded adequately to monitor, investigate and hold polluters to account, while it is also…
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