WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The age of the dinosaurs ended in cataclysm on a spring day 66 million years ago when a 12 km wide asteroid hit Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, causing the extinction of these remarkable beasts and about three quarters of the Earth. species. But were the dinosaurs already endangered, with failing diversification …
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BRUSSELS/SAO PAULO, Dec 6 (Reuters) – The European Union approved on Tuesday a new law aimed at preventing companies from selling on the European market coffee, beef, soybeans and other products linked to deforestation in the world. The law will require companies to produce a due diligence statement showing that their supply chains do not …
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November 17 (Reuters) – Criss-crossing the subtropical seas that lapped the coasts of the archipelago that made up Europe 83 million years ago, was one of the largest turtles on record, a reptile the size of a small car – a Mini Cooper to be precise – that braved treacherous waters. Researchers on Thursday described …
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KERKENNAH ISLANDS, Tunisia, Nov 13 (Reuters) – A decade ago, Tunisian fisherman Ahmed Chelli’s nets were swollen with fish and octopus he sold at the local market in the Kerkennah Islands. Today he pulls nothing but “ISIS” – the name locals have given to the blue crabs that have invaded their fishing grounds in the …
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