- New research based on more than a decade of field observations indicates that wild Sumatran orangutans balance their sleep needs much like humans do, by napping during the day.
- The team found the shorter an…
Category: 9. Environment
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Orangutans make up for lost sleep with daytime naps, study finds
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Challenges persist in TMC’s bid to mine the deep sea, even after boost from Trump
- After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it pursues a controversial new path to securing a license to mine in international waters under U.S. jurisdiction.
- Yet…
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Optimizing potato yield predictions in Uttar Pradesh, India: a comparative analysis of machine learning models
The study focused on seven districts in Uttar Pradesh, India, viz, Agra, Aligarh, Etawah, Farrukhabad, Firozabad, Hathras, and Kannauj (Fig. 1). These areas were selected due to their significant contribution to the state’s potato production….
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Analysis of 20 years of monitoring data reveals insufficient carbon sequestration potential of planted forests in dryland regions
Spatial change characteristics of NPP and SOC in YRB
Over the past two decades, distinct spatial variations in NPP trends have occurred across the YRB (Fig. 2). In the lower and middle reaches, the growth rate of NPP…
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Geographical characteristics of raindrop size distribution for rainy season in Eastern China
Hong, W., Hengchi, L. E. I. & Jiefan, Y. Microphysical processes of a stratiform precipitation event over Eastern China: Analysis using micro rain radar data. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 34, 1472–1482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-017-7005-6 (2017).
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Ecuador’s new protected areas law sparks debate over security, development
- A new law on protected areas in Ecuador is designed to improve security, funding and economic development in the country’s 78 protected areas.
- It creates a new service to oversee management decisions and a trust…
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Probiotics slow a deadly disease in Florida coral, study finds
A bacterial probiotic helped slow the spread of a deadly disease on great star coral, one of the largest and most resistant corals still surviving in the Florida Reef Tract, a…
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David Akana’s unlikely path to lead Mongabay Africa
- David Akana, Director of Programs at Mongabay Africa, leads with a vision of inclusive, long-term environmental journalism, drawing on a career that began in sports reporting and evolved through development…
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World’s smallest snake rediscovered in Barbados after 20-year absence
- Scientists rediscovered the world’s smallest snake, the Barbados threadsnake, after it had been missing from scientific observation for 20 years.
- The tiny blind snake required microscopic examination to…
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Trump’s budget would end 7 decades of climate data collection
The Trump administration’s proposed 2026 budget for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) cuts funding for several critically important national…
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