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Di | Climate change and land use are accelerating soil erosion by water | 107 | BASEL, August 25 (WNM/PNAS/Reto Caluori) - Soil loss due to water runoff could increase greatly around the world over the next 50 years due to climate change and intensive land cultivation. This was... ► Artikel lesen |
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Di | 15 EU countries set to receive 81.4 bln euros for saving jobs during COVID-19 | 133 | BRUSSELS, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) - The European Commission on Monday presented proposals to the Council of the European Union (EU) to grant 81.4 billion euros (96 billion U.S. dollars) to 15 EU member states... ► Artikel lesen |
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Mo | Apes may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection - analysis | 106 | DAVIS, August 24 (WNM/University of California) - Humans are not the only species facing a potential threat from SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according to a new study from... ► Artikel lesen |
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Fr | Greenland ice sheet shows record losses in 2019 | 144 | BREMERHAVEN, August 21 (WNM/Communications Earth & Environment/Sebastian Grote) - The Greenland Ice Sheet recorded a new record loss of mass in 2019. This was the finding of a team of international... ► Artikel lesen |
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Do | Climate damage to the global economy greater than expected | 107 | BERLIN, August 20 (WNM/Journal of Environmental Economics and Management/Ulrich von Lampe) - The anthropogenic warming of the planet will probably have a much greater impact on worldwide production... ► Artikel lesen |
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19.08. | Warming Greenland ice sheet passes point of no return | 129 | OHIO, August 19 (WNM/Ohio State University) - Nearly 40 years of satellite data from Greenland shows that glaciers on the island have shrunk so much that even if global warming were to stop today, the... ► Artikel lesen |
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18.08. | Burning electric car not more hazardous than gasoline car - trial | 134 | DÜBENDORF, SWITZERLAND, August 18 (WNM/Empa/Rainer Klose) - There' s a loud bang, and then it starts: A battery module of an electric car is on fire in the Hagerbach test tunnel. A video of the test... ► Artikel lesen |
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17.08. | Forest decline continues - study | 152 | MUNICH, August 17 (WNM/Technische Universität München/Ulrich Marsch) - A study shows a dire outlook for the future of forests. Globally, forests are increasingly under pressure. Climatic extremes such... ► Artikel lesen |
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14.08. | Pollution linked to antibiotic resistance | 208 | ATHENS, GEORGIA, August 14 (WNM/University of Georgia) - Antibiotic resistance is an increasing health problem, but new research suggests it is not only caused by the overuse of antibiotics. It is also... ► Artikel lesen |
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13.08. | Arctic could be free of sea ice by 2035 - study | 165 | LONDON, August 13 (WNM/British Antarctic Survey) - High temperatures in the Arctic during the last interglacial - the warm period around 127,000 years ago - have puzzled scientists for decades. Now... ► Artikel lesen |
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12.08. | Indigenous property rights protect the Amazon rainforest | 176 | SAN DIEGO, August 10 (WNM/University of California) - One way to cut back on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest - and help in the global fight against climate change - is to grant more of Brazil's... ► Artikel lesen |
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11.08. | Living near oil and gas wells tied to low birth weights in infants | 220 | BERKELEY, August 10 (WNM/University of California - Berkeley) - The study, funded by the California Air Resources Board, is one of the largest of its kind and the first in the state. It analyzed the... ► Artikel lesen |
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10.08. | Renewables: Land requirements can be reduced at low cost | 203 | POTSDAM, August 10 (WNM/Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies/Bianca Schröder) - Transitioning our energy supply from coal, oil and gas to wind and solar power is feasible. However, renewables... ► Artikel lesen |
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07.08. | Forecasting low water levels months in advance possible using global climate data - research | 184 | BREMERHAVEN, August 6 (WNM/Scientific Reports/Sebastian Grote) - Using conventional methods, the water levels in German rivers can be predicted roughly six weeks in advance. That is why the drought... ► Artikel lesen |
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06.08. | Measures to reduce eutrophication of the Baltic Sea show effects | 176 | WARNEMUENDE, August 6 (WNM/Frontiers in Earth Science/Barbara Hentzsch) - Between 1995 and 2014, river discharges of the two main drivers of eutrophication, nitrogen and phosphorus, were significantly... ► Artikel lesen |
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04.08. | U.S. manufacturing activity expands in July amid resurgence in COVID-19 cases | 229 | WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) - Economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector expanded in July amid a resurgence in new COVID-19 infections, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported Monday.... ► Artikel lesen |
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04.08. | Recycling of cotton clothing made possible | 222 | MUNICH, August 3 (WNM/Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft/Thomas Eck) - The technical hurdles to recycling clothing made of cotton have been too high in the past, but now a team of researchers at the Fraunhofer... ► Artikel lesen |
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03.08. | Emissions from 13 dairy firms match those of entire UK - report | 190 | BERLIN/MINNEAPOLIS, August 2 (WNM/IATP) - A report by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) reveals that the total combined greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of 13 of the largest dairy... ► Artikel lesen |
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31.07. | Sharks almost gone from many reefs | 176 | TOWNSVILLE CITY, July 31 (WNM/James Cook University) - Professor Colin Simpfendorfer from James Cook University in Australia was one of the scientists who took part in the study, published today in... ► Artikel lesen |
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30.07. | Climate extremes will cause forest changes - study | 170 | WÜRZBURG, July 29 (WNM/Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg/Robert Emmerich) - No year has been as hot and dry as 2018 since climate records began. Central European forests showed severe signs of... ► Artikel lesen |
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29.07. | COVID-19 lockdown caused 50 percent global reduction in human-linked Earth vibrations | 216 | LONDON, July 29 (WNM/Imperial College London) - The lack of human activity during lockdown caused human-linked vibrations in the Earth to drop by an average of 50 percent between March and May 2020.... ► Artikel lesen |
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28.07. | Sea-ice extent in the Arctic at a historical low | 179 | BREMERHAVEN, July 28 (WNM/Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung/Sebastian Grote) - The Arctic sea-ice extent is as low as it has never been for the month of July since the beginning of satellite... ► Artikel lesen |
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27.07. | Glaciers in the European Alps are dwindling | 194 | NURNBERG, July 25 (WNM/Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg/Susanne Langer) - The ice masses in the Alps are dwindling: models suggest a potential loss of most glacial areas by the end... ► Artikel lesen |
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24.07. | Over a 15-year life, EVs can save thousands of dollars in fuel costs - study | 208 | WASHINGTON, July 23 (WNM/DOE/National Renewable Energy Laboratory) - Motorists can save as much as $14,500 on fuel costs over 15 years by driving an electric vehicle instead of a similar one fueled... ► Artikel lesen |
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23.07. | MIT chemists make tough plastics recyclable | 231 | CAMBRIDGE, MA, July 22 (WNM/Massachusetts Institute of Technology) - Thermosets, which include epoxies, polyurethanes, and rubber used for tires, are found in many products that have to be durable and... ► Artikel lesen |