BBC News reports that according to research, plastic is building up in the areas of the ocean where fish feed and grow. A study found bits of plastic outnumber baby fish by seven to one in nursery waters off Hawaii. The researchers set out to investigate the roles of \”slicks\” as nursery habitats for […]
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Fox59 informs that parts of the US are facing record cold temperatures, and some people wonder what happened to global warming. To understand why, you have to first know the difference between weather and climate. Weather is what happens today, climate is what happens over the long run. For years, climate skeptics have pointed to
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Euronews informs that nearly 2,700 insect species have declined by over a third in ten years in Germany. An international research team led by scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) collected more than one million insects between 2008 and 2017 at 300 sites across the German states of Brandenburg, Thuringia and Baden-Wurttemberg. Scientists
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Butterflies prefer conditions to be neither too hot nor too cold, but “just right.” Because of climate change, the temperature at any given time of summer is getting warmer, thus leaving butterflies with the challenge of how to remain in their optimal temperature window. The Next Web informs that one of the main ways in
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Nature.com informs that a group of children and young adults filed a lawsuit on 25 October alleging that the Canadian government has violated their constitutional rights by promoting and enabling fossil-fuel development in spite of acknowledged risks from global warming. Fifteen people aged between 10 and 19 filed the lawsuit in federal court, arguing that
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World Economic Forum represents that the lake appeared in Mont Blanc mountain may be a new indicator of global warning. On June 28, alpinist Bryan Mestre captured a concerning sight: a lake that had formed due to snow melting on the Alps, measuring about 30 meters long. Mestre shared a photo and video of what he witnessed on
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Phys.org informs a new study demonstrates that the amount of antibiotics entering the River Thames would need to be cut by 80 percent to avoid the development and further spread of antibiotic-resistant \’superbugs\’. Scientists from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology modeled the effects of antibiotic prescriptions on the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a
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On August 27, Armenian Progressive Youth has organized a seminar discussion called \”Waste management in Armenia\”. After the seminar (language- Armenian), 2 webinars (language- English) on climate change will be held. The seminar is organized within the frames of Eastern Partnership Civil Society Facility Fellowship at Parigi hall, DoubleTree by Hilton Yerevan, from 16:00 till
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United Nations Environment Programme informs that this week, at the Gulele Botanical Garden in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia launched a historic tree planting campaign. Over 350 million trees were planted breaking the world record held by India since 2016. According to the United Nations, Ethiopia’s forest coverage has declined drastically to 4 per cent in the 2000s from 35 per cent a century earlier. Ethiopia aimed at planting 200
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CNN reports that the demise of Okjökull (OK for short), which is the first Icelandic glacier lost to climate change, will be memorialized with a plaque by researchers from Rice University in Houston. The monument to Ok glacier in Iceland, will be installed on August 18 during a public ceremony. Rice University anthropologist Cymene Howe
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