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Category: 9. Environment
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If everyone in the world turned on the lights at the same time, what would happen?
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A volcano in Russia’s Far East erupts for the first time in centuries
This photo taken from video by Artem Sheldr shows an aerial view of the eruption of the Krasheninnikov volcano of the Eastern volcanic belt, about 200 km (125 miles) northeast… Continue Reading
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Rapid development, legal changes put pressure on Vietnam’s forestland
- A planned tourism and residential development on Vietnam’s Phú Quốc Island, has led to the forced relocation of 508 households and the clearing of 57.7 hectares (142.5 acres) of forest within Phú Quốc…
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Late Miocene speleothems show significant warming, temperate vegetation, and wildfires in Arctic Siberia
Brandt, J. P., Flannigan, M. D., Maynard, D. G., Thompson, I. D. & Volney, W. J. A. An introduction to canada’s boreal zone: ecosystem processes, health, sustainability, and environmental issues1. Environ. Reviews. 21, 207–226 (2013).
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Coral restoration can drive rapid increases in reef accretion potential
Restoring the reef accretion process
Our study supports the conclusion that restoration of fast-growing, branching corals like A. cervicornis can have a rapid and significant impact on reef-accretion potential25,26,27. We found that in the absence…
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Devils Hole pupfish hit by micro-tsunami from 8.8-magnitude Russian earthquake
A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on July 29 sent ripples nearly 4,000 miles across the Pacific, disturbing one of the most fragile…
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Nepal’s hydropower developers watch closely as court nears key verdict
- Nepal’s private hydropower developers await the full text of a Supreme Court verdict that will decide the fate of infrastructure, such as dams and transmission lines, inside the nation’s natural protected…
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Temporal and spatial response of agricultural drought to meteorological drought in inner Mongolia plateau inland river basin
Spatio-temporal evolution characteristics of drought
Previous studies have shown that the average response time of agricultural drought to meteorological drought is three months. Therefore, SPEI-3 is selected for meteorological drought…
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Centralized governance in the Guianas and economic legacy
- Investments made in the Guianas, including Venezuela as a bordering and Amazonian country, are not in line with the federal model of countries such as Brazil.
- In Venezuela, which is seen today as a failed state,…
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UN meeting closes with no moratorium on deep-sea mining; groups lament
Civil groups expressed dismay as the 30th International Seabed Authority (ISA) session recently ended in Jamaica without a moratorium on deep-sea mining, a process of extracting…
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