The collapse in global oil prices may end up being bad news in the short term…
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Close to tipping point, Amazon could collapse in 50 years
The Amazon rainforest is nearing a threshold which, once crossed, would see one of the world’s…
Rare white giraffes killed by poachers in Kenya: conservationists
Kenya’s only female white giraffe and her calf have been killed by poachers, conservationists said Tuesday,…
Baboon mothers carry their dead infant up to 10 days
Baboon mothers living in the wild carry dead infants for up to ten days, according to…
Actively engaging local people could make grizzly conservation policies more bearable
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Is intensive agriculture reducing mourning dove reproduction in the eastern US?
Populations of some common bird species, including the familiar Mourning Dove, have been on the decline…
UN chief says drop in emissions from virus will not solve climate crisis
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that while the global outbreak of coronavirus may have…
Feeding fusion: hydrogen ice pellets prove effective for fueling fusion plasmas
Researchers have found that injecting pellets of hydrogen ice rather than puffing hydrogen gas improves fusion…
Study suggests Earth and Moon not identical oxygen twins
Scientists at The University of New Mexico have found that the Earth and Moon have distinct…
Some domesticated plants ignore beneficial soil microbes
While domestication of plants has yielded bigger crops, the process has often had a negative effect…