COP15 is finally underway in Montreal, Canada, after more than two years of delay. During the opening ceremony, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for a global agreement to protect 30% of the planet’s land and water by 2030. This could be one of the main agreements reached at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference. But …
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The conflict in Ukraine has highlighted political ambiguity regarding the options available to the United States to protect commercial satellites The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs has estimated that there are at least 8,261 satellites in orbit around the Earth. These assets, worth more than two trillion dollars, enable our national security, our …
A new study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases reports that prior infections with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and booster vaccination protect against intensive care unit (ICU) admission and mortality following infection with the SARS variant -CoV-2 Omicron. However, the scope of this protection is reduced against the Omicron variant compared …
A new report has found that networks of protected cycleways are a cost-effective way to reduce … [+] emissions compared to other transportation decarbonization approaches. FIA Foundation “Bike paths reduce GHG emissions as effectively as highways create them” Investing in networks of protected cycle paths has significant potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce transport …
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Without change, the council estimates that the cost of disasters in NSW will total $372 billion between 2020 and 2060, an average of $9.3 billion in direct economic losses per year. “There’s no time to waste,” Cotter said. “There is hope and there are practical solutions for every household.” The Institute of Actuaries estimated in …
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By Ben Leather The COP27 climate summit opened with a stark warning from UN Secretary-General António Guterres that our planet is on a “highway to climate hell”. Last year, the IPCC Assessment Report made it clear that the only way to change this trajectory would be to harness indigenous and local knowledge to develop sustainable …
Two recent papers by Brazilian researchers have added to scientific understanding of genetic factors that protect people against SARS-CoV-2 infection or prevent progression to a severe form of COVID-19. The first describes the results of a study involving a group of resilient elderly people aged 90 or over, while the second examines a case of …
Morrison Creek Headwaters, a 22-hectare piece of protected land in the Comox Valley that is home to four species of salmon and the endangered Morrison Creek lamprey.Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail The Morrison Creek lamprey may only be beautiful to a biologist. But the jawless fish, with its gaping disc-like mouth and silvery eel-like body, …
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City ILAN BEN ZION November 14, 2022 GMT https://apnews.com/article/science-business-israel-pollution-biodiversity-99c17d63901093e6e06fed99297b60c2 ROSH HANIKRA MARINE RESERVE, Israel (AP) — Between the cliffs and rocks of Israel’s submerged prehistoric coast, a Mediterranean ecosystem comes to life. Giant groupers bloom among the rocks, a psychedelic purple nudibranch sea slug clings to an outcrop and a pair of stingrays skate along …
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