Coronavirus in India: First case confirmed in Kerala
India has reported its first confirmed case of novel coronavirus in Thrissur district of Kerala. The patient is a student
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Month: January 2020
There Is Plastic In Your Fish
Overwhelming research shows that cutting back on red meat and increasing our intake of high-quality seafood is beneficial to our
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World’s consumption of materials hits record 100bn tonnes a year
The amount of material consumed by humanity has passed 100bn tonnes every year, a report has revealed, but the proportion being recycled
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Land Diverted For Mining, Agriculture Inflates India’s Total Forest Area
As much as 29.5% of land classified as forests in India’s government records does not have any forest cover, according
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Madacascar Is Planting 60 Million Trees in Ambitious Drive Inspired by Its President
Madagascar has embarked on its most ambitious tree-planting drive yet, aiming to plant 60 million trees in the coming months.
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7 Numbers Show How Dire Climate Change Got This Decade
In the words of 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg: “People are already suffering and dying from the climate and ecological emergency,
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Climate crisis: Ocean temperatures hit record highs as rate of global warming accelerates
The heat in the world’s oceans reached a new record level in 2019 as the rate of global warming continued to
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We have 10 years to save Earth’s biodiversity as mass extinction caused by humans takes hold, UN warns
Almost a third of the Earth will need to be protected by 2030 and pollution cut by half to save
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Turkey shuts power plants for not installing filters
Turkey shut down five thermal power plants completely and one other partially for failure to comply by the law to
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5 key questions about climate change in the 2020s
Climate change and its impact on lives and livelihoods worldwide will no doubt be one of the biggest issues confronting
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