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ESA launches new project to protect biodiversity

Addressing this threat, world governments agreed through the UN Convention on Biological Diversity to reduce significantly the current rate of biodiversity…

Annual plants may cope with global warming better than long-living species

This finding suggests that quick-growing plants such as weeds may cope better with global warming than slower-growing plants such as Redwood trees — a…

New observatory is opened to monitor interactions between the atmosphere and the tropical oceans

The international observatory, located on the Cape Verde island of São Vicente in the tropical east Atlantic Ocean, began its working life in October 2006 and…

There's no scent like home

Tiny larval fish living among Australia's Great Barrier Reef spend the early days of their lives swept up in ocean currents that disperse them far from their…

'Red tide toxins' leave beachgoers breathless

The ecological phenomenon, known as Florida red tide, can be harmful for people with asthma. Florida red tides, an annual event in areas along the Gulf of…

A bumpy shift from ice house to greenhouse

“This is the best documented record we have of what happens to the climate system during long-term global warming following an ice age,” said Isabel Montanez,…

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