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Great Barrier reef faces more damage as hot seas cause bleaching 18 Mar 2022 - 04:35 pm
A school of fish swim above a staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) coral colony as it grows on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
Brazilian biologists "frightened" at amount of microplastics in Rio marine life 16 Mar 2022 - 09:51 pm
A man walks by garbage at a polluted beach on the banks of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon hits second straight monthly record 11 Mar 2022 - 04:30 pm
An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon rainforest in Rondonia State, Brazil September 28, 2021. Picture taken September 28, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
QU launches initiative to promote STEM programmes 09 Mar 2022 - 09:21 am
FROM LEFT: Minister of Social Development and Family H E Mariam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad; Chairman of  Qatari Businessmen Association H E Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani; H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada; and President of Qatar University, H E Dr. Hassan bin Rashid Al Derham inaugurating the STEM bus yesterday. The bus is a mobile laboratory to engage and encourage students to explore the broad possibilities of science, technology, engineering and mathematics outside the classroom.
Primordial octopus was up in arms - 10 instead of eight 08 Mar 2022 - 07:37 pm
Artistic reconstruction of the cephalopod species Syllipsimopodi bideni, whose fossil was discovered in Montana, inhabiting a marine environment beneath a tropical bay 328 million year old during the Carboniferous Period. Syllipsimopodi is the oldest-known relative of today?s octopuses. K. Whalen/Christopher Whalen/Handout via REUTERS.
An Indonesian woman bonds with endangered silvery gibbons 05 Mar 2022 - 12:34 pm
A Javan gibbon hangs on a tree in Sukabumi, West Java province, Indonesia, February 23, 2022. Reuters/Tommy Ardiansyah
A hotter planet means a hungrier planet, climate report warns 01 Mar 2022 - 01:27 pm
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Scientists propose Tyrannosaurus had three species, not just 'rex' 01 Mar 2022 - 12:37 pm
A Tyrannosaurus skeleton is seen during a media preview for the reopening of the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum dinosaur and fossil hall in Washington, U.S., June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
As climate dangers rise, scientists predict disasters before they happen 01 Mar 2022 - 11:53 am
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Seals help Japanese researchers collect data under Antarctic ice 01 Mar 2022 - 10:57 am
This video grab shows a Weddell seal fitted with high-tech head-mounted measuring devices to survey waters under the thick ice sheet, near Japan's Showa Station in Antarctica, April 2017. National Institute of Polar Research/Handout via REUTERS
UN climate report urges world to adapt now, or suffer later 28 Feb 2022 - 03:20 pm
The Rhone glacier and the source of the Rhone river are seen on an autumn day in Obergoms, Switzerland, October 25, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Tiny robots made in Mexico to explore moon in scientific first 25 Feb 2022 - 08:03 pm
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Scottish fossil of flying reptile leaves scientists 'gobsmacked' 22 Feb 2022 - 01:12 pm
Researchers carry part of the fossil of a newly identified Jurassic Period flying reptile, or pterosaur, called 'Dearc sgiathanach', found on a rocky beach at Scotland's Isle of Skye, Britain in this handout image from May 2017. Shasta Marrero/Handout via Reuters
75% of people want single-use plastics banned, global survey finds 22 Feb 2022 - 11:48 am
A woman picks up plastic cups along the riverbank of Pasig river, in Manila, Philippines, June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/File Photo
US sea level to rise by 2050 as much as in past century, NOAA says 16 Feb 2022 - 12:24 pm
The sun sets as a fisherman casts his line in the Pacific Ocean while sitting on a surfboard off the coast of Cardiff, California April 1, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Popular Chicago penguin pair to star in children's book 14 Feb 2022 - 02:43 pm
An undated illustration from the upcoming children's book
Shipping firm CMA CGM to stop transporting plastic waste 11 Feb 2022 - 03:40 pm
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SpaceX chief Elon Musk 'highly confident' his Starship will reach orbit this year 11 Feb 2022 - 01:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: Spacex SN15 starship prototype comes in for a successful landing for the first time from the company's starship facility in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S. May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Gene Blevins/File Photo