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Two hippopotamuses contract coronavirus in Belgium
Het Nieuwsblad: two hippos at Antwerp Zoo in Belgium tested positive for coronavirus Two hippos at the Antwerp Zoo in Belgium have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. This was reported…
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Even Christmas trees are not immune to the pandemic deficit and inflation
Even Christmas trees are not immune to the pandemic deficit and inflation that plague the economy. Extreme weather and disruption of supply chains have reduced the supply of real and…
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Plastics in soil threatens food security, health, and environment: FAO
Plastic pollution has become pervasive in agricultural soils, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the UN agriculture agency, posing a threat to food security, people’s health, and…
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Armenian know-how: eco-pens can be sown and grown after use
Fountain pens have appeared on the Armenian market that can grow into a particular plant, if they are planted in the ground, like ordinary seedlings - Karine Harutyunyan Sputnik, from…
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World’s Eight Worst Wildfire Weather Years on Record Happened in the Last Decade
Lower humidity and higher temperatures are driving extreme weather that makes wildfires more frequent and intense, say experts. The world’s eight most extreme wildfire weather years have occurred in the…
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Causes inflammation, accumulates toxins and collects infections: what microplastics do inside us
Microplastic got into the diet of animals and people, and then anything happens to it. For example, it can begin to release toxins that it has previously accumulated, cause inflammation…
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UNODC and ICCWC support South American countries to combat wildlife trafficking: regional SudWEN meeting
30 November 2021 - Wildlife crime is a serious, transnational organized crime, putting millions into the pockets of criminal groups that exploit gaps in national law enforcement and criminal justice…
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In Chile, everything for lithium, at the expense of the environment
After solar radiation, the yellowish liquid contains lithium. © Marion Esnault/Reporterre Animals, plants, water… In Chile, life is disappearing as a result of lithium mining. One man, from an indigenous people,…
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Hundreds have been stung by frightened scorpions after torrential rains in Egypt
Heavy rains and floods in a southern Egyptian province have claimed the lives of three people and more than 500 are in hospital after scorpion stings, state media reported, the…
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A wind blows ash over Alaska from a volcano that erupted more than a hundred years ago
The Novarupta eruption is the strongest in the last century and among the largest in history A wind is blowing ash from a volcanic eruption over Alaska in 1912, the…