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Nigeria on red alert after Ebola death
The Times of India reports on a recent death from Ebola virus which occurred in the Nigerian capital Logos: Nigeria was on alert against the possible spread of Ebola today, a day after the first confirmed death from the virus … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, ebola, ebola virus, emerging viruses, epidemic, pandemic threat, West Africa
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A documentary about the changing world
Here is a great documentary regarding human impact on the world and the great change that is beginning to occur as a result. Highly recommended: Home – a 2009 documentary about the changing world To read more about the changing … Continue reading
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Tagged agw, antarctica, anthropogenic global warming, climate change, deforestation, depletion of water tables, Greenland, industrialisation, industrialization, melting ice caps, the arctic
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Only 15 percent of world’s biodiversity hotspots left intact
This article on mongabay.com discusses the threat many regions of the world face in regard to loss of biodiversity: The world’s 35 biodiversity hotspots—which harbor 75 percent of the planet’s endangered land vertebrates—are in more trouble than expected, according to … Continue reading
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Tagged biodiversity, biodiversity hotspots, Madagascar, species extinction, threatened habitat
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Fertilization Major Cause of Biodiversity Loss
The Epoch Times reports on a recent paper published in the journal Nature: The world’s grasslands are being destabilized by fertilization, according to a paper recently published in the journal Nature. In a study of 41 grassland communities on five … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, biodiversity, fertilizer, grassland, grasslands
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Eight ways climate change is making the world more dangerous
Natural disasters have become more frequent and costly since the 1970s, as this article from the Guardian illustrates: Forget the future. The world already is nearly five times as dangerous and disaster prone as it was in the 1970s, because … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, climate change, drought, floods, heatwave, heatwaves, Russia, Russian Federation, Russian Heatwave, Russian Heatwave of 2010, storms, United States, United States of America, US, USA
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Dispersal ‘key to reptile survival’
This article on the BBC website speaks on how some species of reptile, the gender of whose offspring is determined by incubation temperature, are threatened by the effects of the changing world: Temperature of egg incubation decides gender in some … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, extinction, global warming, reptile, reptiles
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China and the US sign deals on climate change
This article by the Guardian reports on a recent deal between two of the world’s most powerful nations aimed at curbing CO2 emissions: The United States and China on Tuesday signed eight partnership pacts to cut greenhouse gases, bringing the … Continue reading
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Tagged carbon capture, China, clean coal, clean power generation, climate change, co2, CO2 emissions, knowledge-sharing, People's Republic of China, pollution, power generation, PRC, technology sharing, the US, United States, United States of America, USA
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Habitat loss, not poison, better explains grassland bird decline
This article on Eurekalert.org explains how loss of habitat, rather than pesticide use, is behind the decline of grassland birds worldwide: Last year, a pair of researchers linked the drop in the populations of grassland bird species, such as the … Continue reading
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Tagged decline of species, grassland loss, grasslands, habitat loss, North America
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Satellite photos show Indonesia’s disastrous forest damage
This news article by the Korea Herald details the effects of deforestation on Indonesia’s richly biodiverse rainforests: Satellite images have found that Indonesia’s ancient forests, a cradle of biodiversity and a buffer against climate change, have shrunk much faster than … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, deforestation, Indonesia, logging, loss of biodiversity, loss of habitat, palm oil, rainforest clearance, rainforests
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