Science

Honeybee lifespan could be half what it was 50 years ago – new study

A new paper shows how the lifespan of the adult honeybee appears to have shrunk by nearly 50% in the past 50 years. The European R...

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Breaking free from photosynthesis: Will high-tech foods save nature?

Soaring industrial livestock production is dramatically increasing greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation and biodiversity loss. ...

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Forest regeneration that earned multimillion-dollar carbon credits resulted in fewer trees, analysis finds

Projects meant to regenerate Australia’s outback forests to store carbon dioxide have been awarded millions of carbon credits â€...

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The World’s Peatlands Are Climate Bombs Waiting to Detonate

The Congo Basin’s Cuvette Centrale, the world’s largest complex of tropical peatlands, covers an area slightly larger than th...

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This Ancient Grain-Sowing Method Could Be Farming’s Future

The traditional practice of mixing crops was nearly wiped out by industrial agriculture, but maslins are poised for a comeback....

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Wait, why are there so few dead bugs on my windshield these days?

After a long drive, the only thing that makes our stomachs churn faster than a windshield smeared with bug guts is a windshield be...

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Recycled Battery Materials Can Work as Well as New Ones

THE CATHODE IS a marvel of molecular choreography. How much power a battery holds, and how long it lasts, depends on its lattice ...

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WWF Living Planet Index shows wild animal population decline almost 70 per cent in ‘worrying’ report

Wild populations of a number of animals have plummeted nearly 70 per cent in the last 50 years according to a new study highligh...

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As oceans rise, are some nations doomed to vanish?

If rising seas engulf the Maldives and Tuvalu, will those countries be wiped off the map? And what happens to their citizens? The ...

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Wax worm saliva rapidly breaks down plastic bags, scientists discover

Enzymes that rapidly break down plastic bags have been discovered in the saliva of wax worms, which are moth larvae that infest be...

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Bitcoin mining more emissions-intensive than beef production, uses more energy than Austria, study finds

Bitcoin mining in 2020 used more energy than Austria or Portugal, and its emissions as a proportion of market value were comparab...

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How close is the Amazon tipping point? Forest loss in the east changes the equation

Scientists warn that the Amazon is hurtling toward a tipping point, beyond which it would begin to transition from lush tropical f...

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