Sun 10 March 2024: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell 30% in February from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government worked toward a pledge to end illegal deforestation by 2030. According to preliminary satellite data from space research agency INPE, 226 square km (87 square miles) of the world’s […]
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Thu 07 March 2024: Last month’s ocean temperatures reached a record high and it was also the warmest February on record worldwide, according to scientists in the European Union. In February, the average worldwide sea surface temperature was 21.06 degrees Celsius (69.91 degrees Fahrenheit), breaking the previous high of 20.98C (69.77F) set in August 2023 […]
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Wed 06 March 2024: A study from Sri Lanka suggests climate change will spark a rise in the numbers of people receiving snakebites. In 1950, Roald Dahl wrote a short story titled Poison. The tale, set in colonial India and often found in deckle-edged children’s anthologies, tells a riveting story about racism. In the story, a striped […]
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Sun 03 March 2024: World Wildlife Day 2024: World Wildlife Day is observed annually on March 3 to raise awareness about the importance of protecting wildlife and their habitats. Protecting wildlife is essential not only for the survival of individual species but also for the well-being of human societies. Healthy ecosystems support human livelihoods by providing […]
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Thu 28 February 2024: A deadly type of bird flu has been confirmed on the mainland of Antarctica for the first time, scientists said, a potential risk for the southern region’s huge penguin colonies. “This discovery demonstrates for the first time that the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus has reached Antarctica despite the distance and […]
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Thu 28 February 2024: Tens of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate due to a massive fire that Australian firefighters are fighting in some of the worst fire conditions the country has seen in recent memory. Authorities on Wednesday ordered the evacuation of tens of thousands of citizens due to a massive bushfire […]
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Tue 20 February 2024: Astroscale Japan announced on Monday that it has successfully launched a spacecraft meant to analyze and perhaps remove man-made space junk from around the Earth. Astroscale-Japan (ADRAS-J) has undertaken an Active Debris Removal program. According to AFP, it will rendezvous with and study a 15-year-old Japanese H2A rocket wreckage in space. […]
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Mon 19 February 2024: The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and conservation partners on Friday began relocation of endangered black rhinoceros from a private sanctuary in northern parts of the country to less populated and poaching-free habitats. Six black rhinoceros were relocated from Ol Pejeta Conservancy, in the northwestern county of Laikipia, to Loisaba Conservancy, in […]
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Mon 19 February 2024: Four people in Australia have been taken to hospital after being struck by lightning near the iconic Sydney Opera House, authorities have said. The four victims, including a 36-year-old couple and a 19-year-old man, were sheltering under a tree near the famous landmark during a violent storm on Monday when they […]
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NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation mission detected southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is much more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech-FILE PHOTO Thu 15 February 2024: Google and the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have partnered to map oil […]
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