- Brazilian and Chinese authorities — including Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Xi Jinping — recently discussed a proposed railway that would connect Brazil’s Atlantic coast to Peru’s new…
Category: 9. Environment
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Brazil & China megarailway raises deforestation warnings in the Amazon
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Artificial nests help a rare Brazilian parrot bounce back
Brazil’s red-tailed amazon parrot is a rare success story for reviving a species heading toward extinction, Mongabay Brasil’s Xavier Bartaburu reports.
By the end of the 20th…
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Unique notes in sarus crane duets help distinguish sexes for conservation
Sarus cranes typically live most of their lives as a male-female duo, singing tightly coordinated duets. At a glance, the male and female, both standing 1.5-1.8 meters (5-6 feet)…
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Trade in a mythical fish is threatening real species of rays that are rare and at risk
From the Loch Ness monster to Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, to the jackalope of the U.S. West, mythical animals have long captured human imagination.
Some people are so fascinated with mythical creatures that they create their own,…
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PNG PM Marape rejects deep-sea mining even as provincial authorities try to revive project
- Papua New Guinea’s prime minister, James Marape, opposes deep-sea mining in Papua New Guinea, according to comments made at the United Nations Ocean Conference and directly to Mongabay.
- Contradicting his position,…
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Microplastics and melting ice reveal deepening crisis in Antarctica
- An expedition by more than 50 researchers from seven countries has documented the gradual degradation of Antarctica: microplastics in the water, melting ice, and declining salinity in the Southern Ocean.
- The team…
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Mounting risks due to climate change threaten Sri Lanka’s endemic species
- Sri Lanka’s isolation during past glacial cycles resulted in the evolution of unique species, but ongoing human-induced climate change now poses a major threat to their survival.
- Using species distribution models,…
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Here’s Why Oral Contraceptives Might Be Failing : ScienceAlert
Weight loss drugs, including Wegovy (semaglutide) and Mounjaro (tirzepatide), are becoming increasingly popular among those trying to lose weight. But a rise in so-called “Ozempic babies” has led the UK’s medicines regulator to issue guidance…
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Light Squeezed Out of Darkness in Surprising Quantum Simulation : ScienceAlert
A careful alignment of three powerful lasers could generate a mysterious fourth beam of light that is throttled out of the very darkness itself.
What sounds like occult forces at work has been confirmed by a simulation of the kinds of quantum…
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NASA Teams Up With India to Launch First-of-Its-Kind $1.5 Billion Satellite : ScienceAlert
In a few days, a new satellite that can detect changes on Earth’s surface down to the centimetre, in almost real time and no matter the time of day or weather conditions, is set to launch from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre near…
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