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| 1 | May 20, 2025 - Poor mental health, rising obesity rates, exposure to violence and climate change are among the key challenges facing our adolescents today, according to a global ... | |
| 1 | May 29, 2025 - Anthropologists have examined the societal consequences of global glacier loss. This article appears alongside new research that estimates that more than three-quarters of the world's glacier ... | |
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| 5 | May 20, 2025 - Encouraging people in North America and Sub-Saharan Africa to adopt a low-carbon lifestyle could help to cut global household emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide by up to two-fifths, a new ... | |
| 5 | May 29, 2025 - Lightweight, powerful lithium-ion batteries are crucial for the transition to electric vehicles, and global demand for lithium is set to grow rapidly over the next 25 years. A new analysis looks at ... | |
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| 9 | May 20, 2025 - A novel analysis suggests more than 3,500 animal species are threatened by climate change and also sheds light on huge gaps in fully understanding the risk to the animal ... | |
| 9 | May 29, 2025 - Replanting forests can help cool the planet even more than some scientists once believed, especially in the tropics. But even if every tree lost since the mid-19th century is replanted, the total ... | |
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| 13 | May 19, 2025 - A new report identifies the top 12 emerging threats that could accelerate pollinator losses within the next 5-15 years, according to ten of the world's leading ... | |
| 13 | May 29, 2025 - Reducing travel speeds and using an intelligent queuing system at busy ports can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from oceangoing container vessels by 16-24%, according to researchers. Not only ... | |
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| 17 | May 19, 2025 - The average energy project costs 40% more than expected for construction and takes almost two years longer than planned, finds a new global study. One key insight: The investment risk is highest for ... | |
| 17 | May 28, 2025 - Many bat species native to Germany, such as the Leisler's bat, are forest specialists. However, as it is becoming increasingly hard for them to find tree hollows in forest plantations, so they ... | |
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| 21 | May 19, 2025 - People have assumed climate change solutions that sequester carbon from the air into soils will also benefit crop yields. But a new study finds that most regenerative farming practices to build soil ... | |
| 21 | May 27, 2025 - When formulating climate policy, too little attention is paid to social factors and too much to technological breakthroughs and economic reasons. Because citizens are hardly heard in this process, ... | |
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| 25 | May 19, 2025 - A new AI decision making tool effectively balances various complex trade-offs to recommend ways of maximizing carbon storage, minimizing economic disruptions and helping improve the environment and ... | |
| 25 | May 23, 2025 - A new study shows that monitoring and managing select bird species can provide benefits for other species within specific ... | |
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| 29 | May 16, 2025 - A study has shown scientific knowledge on the conservation of endangered species is often overlooked when not presented in ... | |
| 29 | May 22, 2025 - Every year, total allowable catches (TACs) and fishing quotas are set across Europe through a multi-step process -- and yet many fish stocks in EU waters remain overfished. A new analysis reveals ... | |
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| 33 | May 15, 2025 - The Amazon rainforest may be able to survive long-term drought caused by climate change, but adjusting to a drier, warmer world would exact a heavy toll, a study ... | |
| 33 | May 22, 2025 - An analysis of 900 species over a 20-year period showed that biodiversity enhances ecosystem stability and helps safeguard natural communities in a changing ... | |
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| 37 | May 15, 2025 - A team has created the most complete map of the world's rivers ever made offering a major leap forward for flood prediction, climate risk planning, and water resource management in a warming ... | |
| 37 | May 22, 2025 - Planting flower strips in a field with at least two species can increase the number of natural enemies of pests by 70 percent. The more flower species, the better the effect, according to a new ... | |
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| 41 | May 14, 2025 - A new study found that over a quarter of the world's naturalized plant species are threatened in parts of their native range -- raising questions about the role non-native populations may play ... | |
| 41 | May 22, 2025 - A modeling study shows that global warming will make it harder to reduce ground-level ozone, a respiratory irritant that is a key component of smog, by cutting greenhouse gas ... | |
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| 45 | May 14, 2025 - A new study examined associations between diet, drinking water, and 'legacy' PFAS -- chemicals that were phased out of production in the US in the 2000s -- with blood samples from ... | |
| 45 | May 21, 2025 - In 2022 a team discovered that high levels of OH radicals can be generated indoors, simply due to the presence of people and ozone. This means: People generate their own oxidation field and change ... | |
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| 49 | May 14, 2025 - A collaborative study tested 17 strategies in an 'intervention tournament.' Interventions targeting future thinking, such as writing a letter for a child to read in the future, are the most ... | |
| 49 | May 21, 2025 - Hurricane winds are a major contributor to storm-related losses for people living in the southeastern coastal states. As the global temperature continues to rise, scientists predict that hurricanes ... | |
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| 53 | May 14, 2025 - A new study finds that with bold and coordinated policy choices -- across emissions, diets, food waste, and water and nitrogen efficiency -- humanity could, by 2050, bring global environmental ... | |
| 53 | May 21, 2025 - Songbirds who make the arduous flight from their nesting sites in northern boreal forests to warm, southern climates in the winter may be rewarded for their journey with greater genetic ... | |
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| 57 | May 9, 2025 - Metals and hormone-disrupting substances such as estrogens present a genuine risk to the sustainability of agriculture and water management in Europe. This research provides new insights into the ... | |
| 57 | May 21, 2025 - A study has found that implementing robust air pollution control measures could mean Southeast Asian countries prevent as many as 36,000 ozone-related premature deaths each year by ... | |
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| 61 | May 8, 2025 - New report shows drastic decline in endangered primates and calls for conservation ... | |
| 61 | May 20, 2025 - After invasive American bullfrogs 'croak,' native turtles return to Yosemite, finds a new ... | |
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| 65 | May 8, 2025 - Global emissions of carbon dioxide from industry can be reduced by five per cent. But that requires companies and policy makers to take a holistic approach to energy efficiency and energy management ... | |
| 65 | May 20, 2025 - A novel analysis suggests more than 3,500 animal species are threatened by climate change and also sheds light on huge gaps in fully understanding the risk to the animal ... | |
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| 69 | May 8, 2025 - Scientists have launched an interactive global map to show the migratory patterns of more than 100 marine species in an effort to protect at-risk ... | |
| 69 | May 20, 2025 - Humpback whales are not always born in tropical waters, new research has shown -- challenging long-held assumptions about their breeding and migration behaviors, while raising new questions for ... | |
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| 73 | May 8, 2025 - Scientists have found that a mere 30 species of trees in the Cerrado -- the world's largest and most floristically diverse savanna -- account for nearly half of all its trees. The ... | |
| 73 | May 19, 2025 - A new report identifies the top 12 emerging threats that could accelerate pollinator losses within the next 5-15 years, according to ten of the world's leading ... | |
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| 77 | May 7, 2025 - Wealthy individuals have a higher carbon footprint. A new study quantifies the climate outcomes of these inequalities. It finds that the world's wealthiest 10% are responsible for two thirds of ... | |
| 77 | May 19, 2025 - The average energy project costs 40% more than expected for construction and takes almost two years longer than planned, finds a new global study. One key insight: The investment risk is highest for ... | |
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