The Amazon is often referred to as the planet\’s lungs, producing 20% of the oxygen in the Earth\’s atmosphere. It is considered vital in slowing global warming, and it is home to uncountable species of flora and fauna. Roughly half the size of the United States, it is the largest rainforest on earth. CNN reports […]
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SienceDaily informs that according to the findings published by researchers at the University of Southampton, in the future, small, fast-lived, highly-fertile, insect-eating animals, which can thrive in a wide-variety of habitats, will predominate. And less adaptable, slow-lived species, more vulnerable to ecological change, will most probably become victims of extinction. The researchers predict that the
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According to New York Times, the world’s airports were mostly designed for cooler weather conditions. But now climate change is making airport planners worried about the future. Angela Gittens, the director general at Airports Council International’s headquarters in Montreal said that airports realize that climate change could have some impact on them and they couldn\’t
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The guardian reports that Under China’s leadership, this weekend’s G20 deeply analyses climate-related issues. Before the G20 summit in China, a comprehensive assessment was conducted revealing Australia is the worst country among other G20 countries in respect of serious actions on climate change. After analyzing each country’s policies, Climate Transparency prepared a report with detailed findings.
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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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A trip to Crete, Cyprus or Malta 800 years ago would have been a great chance to meet pygmy elephants. Pygmy elephants of the Mediterranean islands may appear as fantastical as the woolly mammoths which still ambled across one Alaskan island just 5,600 years ago. In the interview to theguardian.com Prof Adrian Lister, a paleobiologist
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