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Governments and donors have spent billions of dollars since the 1992 Rio Earth Summit attempting to slow the pace of species extinctions around the...
‘Scars’ left by icebergs record West Antarctic ice retreat
Thousands of marks on the Antarctic seafloor, caused by icebergs which broke free from glaciers more than ten thousand years ago, show how part...
Marine microbiology: Scavenging to survive below the seafloor
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New fractal-like concentrating solar power receivers are better at absorbing sunlight
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Among ‘green’ energy, hydropower is the most dangerous
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Marine species threatened by deep-sea mining
Underwater mining poses a great danger to animals inhabiting the seafloors. A new research study describes the most abundant species, a sponge, which can...
Living close to green spaces is associated with better attention in children
How do green spaces affect cognitive development in children? A new study concludes that children with more greenness around their homes may develop better...
Non-native species do not make native fish more vulnerable to pollution in Mediterranean rivers
The presence of exotic fish in rivers does not alter the native fish response to the environmental pollution, according to an article.
How Bengal's Mejia Power Plant is wrecking lives.
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Nine people have died in Latiaboni in the past three months due to cancer, tuberculosis and breathlessness and villagers blame pollution from the plant.
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Trump's 'energy independence' order: Where do things stand?
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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PROMOTING ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and...
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