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Plastic pollution: treaty talks get into the nitty-gritty
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday warned that global plastics pollution was a “time bomb”, as…
Shanghai swelters through hottest May day in 100 years
Shanghai recorded its hottest May day in more than 100 years on Monday, the city’s meteorological…
What mungee, the world's largest mistletoe, can teach us about treading lightly
Noongar Country of southwestern Australia is home to the world’s largest parasitic plant, a mighty mistletoe…
How a better understanding of mercury transformation can make ecosystems safer
A new study at Umeå University provides insight into how mercury transforms into its more toxic…
Generation X women experience age in seven ways, study finds
Generation X women experience age in seven different ways according to a new study by Nottingham…
Examining the role of Hadley cells in ongoing climate change
In the tropics, above the equatorial rainforests and oceans, the strong solar radiation hitting Earth propels…
Australian shelters, pounds kill 50,000 healthy cats and kittens a year: Research suggests there's a way to prevent it
Stray cats are a longstanding problem in Australian towns and cities. Common complaints about roaming cats…
Significant presence of cesium-rich microparticles in an abandoned school close to the Fukushima nuclear power plant
Work recently published in the journal Chemosphere has documented the presence of large amounts of highly…
Observers inspect complex magnetic field of the molecular cloud Lynds 43
Using the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), an international team of astronomers has observed a nearby…