Science & Nature
Environment
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Turtles, crayfish to be designated ‘invasive’ but can be kept as pets
The Environment Ministry has decided to designate medium-size pond slider turtles and red swamp cray...
October 23, 2022
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Nestle pledges $1 billion to coffee sustainability plan
LONDON (Reuters) — Nestle will spend more than 1 billion Swiss francs ($1 billion) by 2030 on effort...
October 20, 2022
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‘Like a new planet’: Volcano draws visitors to Spanish isle
LA PALMA ISLAND, Spain (AFP-Jiji) — When the volcano erupted in La Palma last year, Teodoro Gonzalez...
October 12, 2022
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Half of all bird species in decline, moving ‘ever faster’ toward extinction
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Almost half of all bird species are in decline globally and one in eight are thre...
October 12, 2022
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2 Japanese companies team up on solar energy-producing balcony
Major construction company Taisei Corp. and chemical company Kaneka Corp. have teamed up to develop...
October 9, 2022
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Report: LatAm activists most at risk of murder
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — More environmentalists were killed in Latin America than any other region in...
October 8, 2022
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App links volunteers, helps keep Japan neighborhoods clean
Social media is helping Japan’s urban neighborhoods stay spick and span. Prior to the novel coronavi...
October 8, 2022
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Plastic waste covers Central American rivers, lakes
POTONICO, El Salvador (AFP-Jiji) — A blanket of multi-colored plastic waste flowing in from tributar...
October 3, 2022
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EV car-sharing programs expanding in municipalities
An increasing number of municipalities are teaming up with car-sharing service operators to use elec...
October 2, 2022
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Garbage-opening cockatoos enter ‘arms race’ with humans
SYDNEY (AFP-Jiji) — Australia’s crafty, sulphur-crested cockatoos appear to have entered an “innovat...
September 25, 2022
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Zoos move to reduce stress for animals in their care
Zoos and aquariums nationwide are increasingly reexamining how they should exhibit animals in their ...
September 18, 2022
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Local festivals work to decarbonize
With local festivals often emitting large amounts of greenhouse gas in the process of selling food a...
September 17, 2022
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Black Sea dolphins casualties of Russia’s invasion, military sonar
PRYMORSKE, Ukraine (AFP-Jiji) — Pacing up and down a beach of fine white sand on the Black Sea coast...
September 8, 2022
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Tourists return but Easter Islanders draw lessons from COVID isolation
HANGA ROA, Easter Island (AFP-Jiji) — During more than two years of the coronavirus pandemic, Easter...
September 1, 2022
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Great Barrier Reef sees fragile coral comeback
SYDNEY (AFP-Jiji) — Parts of Australia’s beleaguered Great Barrier Reef now have the highest levels ...
August 31, 2022
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