Epidemic, pandemic, coronavirus ․․․ These are, perhaps, the most frequently heard and applied terms in the last five months regardless of gender, age, and most importantly nationality. Although the numbers of the prevalence, infection and the death are already reaching alarming levels, nevertheless the mosaic of the near and far future remains not fully predictable. […]
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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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Inside Climate News has published the results of a report by an authoritative global scientific panel which concluded that biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history and a million species are on the brink. According to the report, humanity faces a biodiversity crisis just as profound as the climate crisis. The
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Greenpeace informs us about rainforest destructions in Indonesia by palm oil companies. The IOI company has spent almost 10 years destroying the rainforest, disturbing local people and endangering orangutans. Every year ferocious forest fires sweep across their country. As a result, Indonesia has lost 1/4 of its rainforest in the last 25 years, yet IOI
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\”The Guardian\” informs us that, according to analysis of DNA evidence, there is enough genetic differences to distinguish four distinct species of giraffes, instead of just one. Interestingly, researchers say that the differences are as large as those between brown bears and polar bears. The most obvious differences are in the shape of giraffes’ patterns and how
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The Guardian reports that Doñana, a wetland that is a home to 2,000 species of wildlife, is likely to appear in the Unesco world heritage danger list. It is said to have lost 80% of its natural water supplies due to marsh drainage, intensive agriculture, and water pollution from the mining industry. Now Spain has two
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Ecolur informs us that RA Ministry of Environment has fined the director of “Hakobjanyan and Galsyan” Ltd exploiting “Shaqi” SHPP. The reason is the violation of water use permission requirements. According to the Information and Public Relations Department of RA Ministry of Environment, a water use permission process has been launched in the ministry after
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The Guardian reports about the Daldykan river waters in Russia to turn into blood red. World’s biggest producer of nickel and palladium Norilsk Nickel has admitted one of its plants takes the responsibility of turning the water into bright red. Last week Russia’s environment ministry started an investigation into the accident. Norilsk Nickel was initially refusing
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According to theguardian, on Friday Japanese fishermen killed the first dolphins of the season in the annual hunt. The local newspaper informs fishermen at the western town of Taiji caught 20 dolphins. During the six-month hunting season, people from the southwestern town corral hundreds of the mammals into a secluded bay and butcher them, turning
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Serious steps should be taken to save reef from climate change. The Queensland Government should do something to shift to a low carbon future and to reduce pollution. It is known that unless we can keep warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, the Reef can’t survive. 2016 has been the hottest on record, and the Reef experienced extreme
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