Environment
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Arctic temperatures rising but not record highs
Mar 5, 2018The Arctic is warming rapidly, but did not see a record high-temperature this February, according to Chinese scientists. A research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Institute of Atmospheric Physics, analyzed the air temperature... -
25 people perished in a fire at a drug rehabilitation clinic in Azerbaijan
Mar 2, 2018Video footage broadcast on local television showed huge flames leaping through barred windows of a one-story wooden hospital ward. Twenty-five people perished in a fire which tore through a drug rehabilitation clinic in the Azerbaijani capital... -
Cruel climate dilemma for King penguins
Feb 28, 2018Global warming is on track to wipe out 70 percent of the world’s King penguins by century’s end, putting the regal birds on a path towards extinction, researchers warned Monday. As climate change drives away the... -
To increase awareness on climate change, cycling campaign starts in greater Mymensingh
Feb 26, 20188-day long cycle campaign starts today (26 February) in the greater Mymensingh city in Bangladesh to increase knowledge about climate issues and create awareness among the peoples of northern parts of the country. With the help... -
ADB, B.Grimm Power extend support for sustainable Renewable power source in ASEAN
Feb 23, 2018The Asian Development Bank (ADB) marked a loan equivalent of up with $235 million to B.Grimm Power Public Company Limited (B.Grimm Power), one of the biggest power makers based in Thailand, to create and upgrade sustainable... -
Large vessels are fishing 55 percent of world’s oceans
Feb 23, 2018More than half the world’s oceans are being fished by large commercial vessels, particularly from China, according to the first view from space of global fishing practices published Thursday. The report in the journal Science used... -
Coming decades vital for future sea level rise
Feb 22, 2018How quickly humanity draws down the greenhouse gases driving global warming will determine whether sea levels rise half-a-metre or six times that, even if Paris climate pact goals are fully met, researchers reported Tuesday in a... -
Light pollution threatens Chile’s dark skies
Feb 17, 2018It seems nothing can escape the inexorable spread of light pollution not even the giant telescopes probing the heavens above northern Chile, a region whose pristine dark skies, long considered a paradise for astronomers, are under... -
21 dolphins die after washing up on Mexico beach
Feb 16, 2018Twenty-one dolphins that were apparently attacked by another species of dolphin have died after washing up on a beach in northern Mexico, authorities said. Environmental activists launched a frantic operation to try to save the dolphins... -
Nature-based preschools, a growing trend
Feb 13, 2018Starting preschool at an early age is a predictor of success as an adult. And If that Preschool experience includes enough playing nature in nature can teach a child lifelong awareness and appreciation of the natural...