Environment
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro says army may help fight Amazon fires
Jair Bolsonaro said the army may be enlisted to help combat fires sweeping through the Amazon rainfores
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The Paleozoic Diet: why animals eat what they eat
A look into the deep history of how animals evolved their dietary preferences over the last 800 million years led…
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Honey and wild salmon helps tracing industrial metals in the environment
Scientists have combined analyses from honey and salmon to show how lead from natural and industrial sources gets distributed throughout…
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Chile approved new financial model that helps environment
Chile will apply a financial model to measure the investments necessary to combat the effects of climate change
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Poo transplants to help save koalas
Poo transplants are helping expand koala microbiomes, allowing the marsupials to eat a wider range of eucalypts and possibly survive…
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Amazon burning: Brazil reports record forest fires
Concerns grow over right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro's environmental policy
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With reservoirs at risk, Sierra Leone capital confronts water crisis
Experts largely blamed the disaster on rapid urbanization driving residents to claim trees and land to build new homes
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Faced with floods and suicides, U.S. readies for a warmer world
Depression, anxiety, suicide, and post-traumatic stress disorder tend to increase after floods, storms, wildfires, and heatwaves
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Amazon rainforest absorbing less carbon than expected
New study finds that insufficient nutrient supply has not been properly accounted for in ecosystem models
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Coca and conflict: the factors fuelling Colombian deforestation
A University of Queensland-led study found that conflict between illegal groups and the governmental military forces were all associated with increased…
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