- Recent sightings of golden jackals (Canis aureus naria) in Sri Lanka’s capital city underscore the significance of urban wetlands as sanctuaries for wildlife amid rapid urbanization.
- The jackals in Sri Lanka…
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Sri Lanka’s golden jackals reveal importance of urban wetlands for wildlife
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Brazil advances with plan to drill oil at the mouth of the Amazon River
Brazil’s environmental agency, IBAMA, approved a key step that could soon allow Petrobras, the nation’s state oil company, to begin offshore oil drilling near the mouth of the…
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Meet Pedro Porras, the priest who first rediscovered Amazon ancient cities
- A Jesuit priest, Pedro Porras was the first to research and document the Amazon rainforest’s Upano Valley culture dating back 2,500 years.
- He did archaeological research all across Ecuador, often facing extremely…
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DNA probe links Japan’s otter-themed cafes to poaching hotspots in Thailand
- Asian small-clawed otters have long been taken from their wild habitats in Southeast Asia to supply the opaque and often illegal pet trade.
- Booming demand for captive otters, stoked by social media and TV shows,…
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Panel data analysis of the effect of ambient temperature on antimicrobial resistance in China
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Comparison of mediating effects of air pollutants on urban morphology and urban heat Island intensity at block scale
Zhang, M., Tan, S., Zhang, C. & Chen, E. Machine learning in modelling the urban thermal field variance index and assessing the impacts of urban land expansion on seasonal thermal environment. Sci. Total Environ. 106, 105345.
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Soil erosion and lateral carbon fluxes from corn stover-derived biofuel
Bustamante, M. et al. Ten new insights in climate science 2023. Global Sustain. 7, e19 (2023).
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Sagar, A. D. & Kartha, S. Bioenergy and sustainable development?. Annu. Rev….
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Projecting the effect of climate change on multiple Geomorphological hazard using machine learning data driven approaches
Sadeghi, S. H. & Hazbavi, Z. In Global Degradation of Soil and Water Resources: Regional Assessment and Strategies287–314 (Springer, 2022).
Saupe, E. E. et al. Variation in niche and distribution model performance: the need for a priori…
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NOAA’s 2025 hurricane forecast warns of a busy season. A scientist explains why and what meteorologists are watching
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U.S. forecasters are expecting an above-normal 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, with 13 to 19 named storms, and 6 to 10 of…
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UAE hits record May temperature of 51.6C
Dubai residents attempt to cool off at night at the Umm Suqeim beach as temperatures sizzle above 50 degrees Celsius (112 Fahrenheit).
The United Arab…
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