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‘Extinct’ Myanmar Jerdon’s babbler spotted for the first time in 70 years
Hey there, pretty bird. Welcome back. We've missed your jersey caramel colours and big, brown eyes since pretty much forever. What's new with us?
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Eiffel Tower Going Green With Two New Wind Turbines
The City of Light’s green makeover touched the iconic Eiffel Tower last week as it ramped up two onsite wind turbines. These turbines are installed inside the tower’s metal scaffolding on the second level, and are painted in the same color to minimize their visual impact on the 126-year-old tower...
Environment
CO2 Levels for February Eclipsed Prehistoric Highs
Global warming is headed back to the future as the CO2 level reaches a new high
Extreme Rain May Flood 54 Million People by 2030
Floods could affect twice as many people as currently within 15 years, according to a new tool
Technology
Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2015
What innovations are leaping out of the labs to shape the world in powerful ways? Identifying those compelling innovations is the charge of the Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies, one of the World Economic Forum’s network of expert communities that form the Global Agenda Councils, which today released its Top 10 List of Emerging Technologies for [...]..
Human Price of Forest Destruction Paid in Plague
Clearing forests also allows human diseases to flourish
Environment
After 400 Million Years, Coelacanth at Risk of Extinction
It may have hidden in the ocean for millions of years, but life today poses numerous challenges for the West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae), the "living fossil" fish that was famously rediscovered off the coast of South Africa in 1938...
Rain Revealed in Unprecedented Detail by Satellites
A constellation of new satellites are showing details of precipitation across the planet like never before
Environment
The `Pause' in Global Warming Is Finally Explained
Let's be clear: The planet is still getting hotter. The so-called pause, or hiatus, in global warming means the rate of temperature rise has slowed.
Coral Collapse Millennia Ago May Preview Global Warming Impact
The marginal reefs of Panama suffered under an onslaught of extreme weather events
Environment
Modern Day Alchemists Turn Toxic Runoff Into Valuable Pigments
Artists have long used odd things in their work – Marcel Duchamp’s urinal on a pedestal comes to mind – but even when unusual ingredients are less obvious, they can be present...
Environment
Critically Endangered Plant with Brilliant Purple Flowers Discovered in Hawaii
Here's the crazy thing about living in Hawaii: Even though the islands are home to more than 18,000 unique species that live nowhere else on Earth, the people of Hawaii rarely see those native plants and animals...
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Shelter dogs are helping scientists sniff out world's rarest gorillas
I think we can all agree that dogs are great at everything. Except being bad friends, they're terrible at that. They're especially great at having jobs, and increasingly, researchers are realising their potential as wildlife scouts to help them track down the struggling species that (understandably) are doing their best to stay hidden...
Environment
Amur Leopard Population Booms…to 57
The world's rarest big cats have become ever-so-slightly less rare over the past decade. According to a census released this week, there are now at least 57 Amur leopards (Panthera pardus orientalis) in Russia...
Breastfeeding May Protect Babies from Arsenic Exposure
The powder and water used to make baby formula may be sources of arsenic, which occurs naturally in the environment and in large doses is linked to serious health problems
Chinese Plans to Transform Coal Would Worsen Global Warming
Chinese companies press forward with plans to process coal into other fuels, despite water scarcity and excess climate change pollution
Historical Fur Trade Proves a Suspect in Modern Mercury Contamination
In Minnesota, high levels of mercury may date back to the 1700s
World Closes in on Consensus to Regulate Fishing on the High Seas
Nations agree that global action must be taken to improve the health of the deep ocean
Environment
With Cuban Détente, What Future for Its Classic Cars?
I can't seem to go a day without hearing someone say, "Get to Cuba before all the Americans get there." What exactly is it that Americans will change once they get to Cuba?
Environment
Look Out Lemurs: Climate Change Is Taking Your Land
As if rampant deforestation and poaching weren't bad enough, climate change will have a devastating effect on the majority of Madagascar's lemur species, most of them already imperiled, according to a paper published this week in Ecology and Evolution...
