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Nice to have known you? Newly discovered langurs are facing extinction

Nice to have known you? Newly discovered langurs are facing extinction

The newly described primate has been named after Mount Popa, a sacred pilgrim site in Myanmar. It’s not every day that new species of non-human...
Africans feel the heat in a warming world

Africans feel the heat in a warming world

Much of Africa is likely to exceed a 2°C rise and more likely to see a 3-6°C rise by 2100 if high emissions continue....

Zayed Sustainability Prize Opens Submissions for 2022 Edition

Small and medium enterprises, non-profit organisations and high schools invited to submit entries before 6 May 2021 deadline Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates-Wednesday 18 November...
Grey wolves, not people, are the real bane of pumas in a US state

Grey wolves, not people, are the real bane of pumas in...

In 2000 scientists began monitoring wild pumas in the area of Yellowstone National Park and carried on doing so for years. In the year 2000...
Small nuclear reactors could help lower the UK’s emissions

Small nuclear reactors could help lower the UK’s emissions

The electricity generated by each reactor would suffice to power 450,000 homes. Building small nuclear reactors around the United Kingdom would help lower the country’s...
A warming climate could cause baby birds to go hungry

A warming climate could cause baby birds to go hungry

A lag between when larvae and birds hatch because of warming weather could be catastrophic for bird hatchlings. Some species of birds are facing a...

3D Virtual WETEX & Dubai Solar Show Attracts 63,058 Visitors, Largest...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates : Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) organised the Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) and Dubai Solar Show...
In India, air pollution is a far worse threat than Covid-19

In India, air pollution is a far worse threat than Covid-19

Locals venturing outdoors in New Delhi “felt an itching or burning sensation in the eyes and throat,” a newspaper reported. India has been battered by...
Burt Rodrigues, CEO of Biodx

Insight: How effective is your cleaning company, and the products they...

Burt Rodrigues CEO of Biodx gives his insight on the managing your cleaning company. Managing your cleaning company “Your staff have come back, albeit warily but...
We commute less but use more power

We commute less but use more power

When it comes to residential power usage patterns, the “days of the week cease to have meaning,” says economist Steve Cicala. For all the climate...
By century’s end wildlife habitats could shrink by a quarter

By century’s end wildlife habitats could shrink by a quarter

Already mammals, birds and amphibians around the planet have seen their natural habitat range shrink by 18% on average. As the global human population continues...
A shift in financing can make our fisheries more sustainable

A shift in financing can make our fisheries more sustainable

Over a third of the world’s fisheries have been overexploited and the health of marine ecosystems is in decline. Our oceans provide around 90 million...