Tropical coral reefs are “in jeopardy” unless we take drastic actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a landmark study on how to save coral reefs in the Indian
Archive for August 2019
A bacterium from the ancient archaea lineage — single-celled organisms with no nucleus — could help explain how simple microbes evolved into more sophisticated eukaryotes. Scientists have now successfully cultured
On 8 august 2019, the IPCC published its report “ Climate Change and Land”. It is one of three special reports that the IPCC is preparing during the current Sixth
Leading researchers warn efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions will fall short without significant changes to agriculture, land use, and human consumption, according to the latest comprehensive high-level report by
This year, the Arctic is experiencing the worst wildfires on record, with massive blazes in Greenland, Siberia and Alaska. And the frequency of wildfires around the world is expected to
While the European Union (EU) has progressively integrated several mechanisms to support the environment, proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020 are unlikely to improve the environmental, economic, and
Fish are undergoing rapid evolutionary changes due to intense harvesting, according to a new paper published on 2 August in Science (1). And as a result, becoming less resilient to
More than 11 million healthy childhood life years are lost to treatment-related ill-health and disability and fatal cancer, according to the Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) to assess childhood