Climate scientist 'could lose job' for refusing to fly
A climate scientist on Wednesday said he was being threatened with the sack for refusing to fly back to Germany from a research trip in Papua New Guinea.
A climate scientist on Wednesday said he was being threatened with the sack for refusing to fly back to Germany from a research trip in Papua New Guinea.
Environment
Oct 4, 2023
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To hunt the narwhal, whose long tusk was the unicorn horn of medieval myth, you need absolute silence.
Ecology
Oct 4, 2023
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The UN called for rapid decarbonization of the shipping industry on Wednesday, warning that the price tag could top $100 billion a year as the sector's emissions continue to swell.
Environment
Sep 27, 2023
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Panama is looking into new sources of water for the Panama Canal, which moves six percent of global maritime trade but recently had to restrict traffic due to drought, its operator said.
Environment
Sep 13, 2023
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Simple actions can be taken to prevent the deaths of whales, sharks and other ocean giants caused by collisions with ships, argue David Sims and colleagues in a Comment published in this week's Nature. "Humanity and some ...
Ecology
Sep 9, 2023
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Between 1840 and 1867, thousands of enslaved Africans who had been "liberated" from slave ships intercepted by the British Royal Navy were taken to the South Atlantic island of St Helena. But little is written in history ...
Archaeology
Sep 7, 2023
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The prevalence of blue-green algae blooms in southern Ontario will become more frequent as temperatures rise, say Brock University researchers.
Ecology
Aug 21, 2023
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The Panama Canal, an engineering wonder allowing ships to travel between two oceans, is seeking to adapt to climate change after a biting drought has seen traffic and income dry up.
Environment
Aug 4, 2023
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The world's largest shipping companies are starting to update their fleets for a greener future. Maersk received the world's first dual-fuel methanol container ship in July 2023, and dozens more container ships that can run ...
Environment
Jul 24, 2023
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To quickly obtain the spatiotemporal distribution images of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in water, a research team led by Prof. Huang Ying from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 10, 2023
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