Water occupies 70 percent of the earth’s surface and is crucial to life as we know it, but how it got here has been a long scientific debate. The puzzle was solved a step closer Thursday after a French team reported in the magazine Science they had identified which space …
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Dead dolphins washed up in Mauritius near the site of an oil spill have so far been wounded on their bodies, but no trace of oil has been released, preliminary autopsy results published on Thursday. Environmental activists are urgently seeking an explanation for the mysterious deaths of 27 dolphins that …
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The oceans of the world have been transformed into a true sponge for our emissions, and new climate models suggest that we have passed them on immediately. Since the 1950s, the vast water bodies of our planet have absorbed about 93 percent of the energy in the climate system, and …
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First, what are harmful algae flowers – like HABs? While HABs along our ocean shores – like red tide events in Florida – are getting more media attention, HAB events are also occurring in our nation’s freshwater bodies. As I wrote last year, HABs occur when excess nutrients make their …
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Satellite data released on August 1 by the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) showed more than 6,800 fires across the Amazon region in July, an increase of 28% compared to last year. And it’s still early – August is generally considered to be the start of the fire …
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