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Methane hub to help countries meet global goal 01 Apr 2022 - 03:10 pm
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Brain-computer startup aims to treat depression without opening a skull 30 Mar 2022 - 03:29 pm
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Japan enjoys cherry flower season despite Covid-19 worries 29 Mar 2022 - 04:12 pm
A woman uses her phone under blooming plum blossoms, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, near Ming Dynasty City Wall Relics Park in Beijing, China, March 28, 2022. Reuters/Tingshu Wang
Chinese scientists discover marine fungus that can degrade plastic 28 Mar 2022 - 01:17 pm
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Volcanologists search for answers as Azorean island keeps shaking 27 Mar 2022 - 09:29 pm
Vittoreo Zanon and Fatima Viveiros monitor soil gases in Rosais near Velas as small earthquakes have been recorded in Sao Jorge island, Azores, Portugal, March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
Microplastics found in blood for the first time, study says 25 Mar 2022 - 07:58 pm
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Ferrybox seeks to explore the secrets of Chile's cold southern seas 24 Mar 2022 - 02:44 pm
Project Manager Manuel Unruh works on a 'FerryBox', a device that will measure water temperature, oxygen, salinity, chlorophyll, CO2 concentration and Ph in the subantarctic seas, in Punta Arenas, in Magallanes area, Chile March 18, 2022. Picture taken March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Sofia Yanjari
UN to roll out global early-warning systems for extreme weather 23 Mar 2022 - 04:13 pm
Boats and other debris are seen washed into Hawthorne ferry terminal by the force of floodwaters following heavy rains in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia March 2, 2022. AAP Image/Darren England via REUTERS
Brazilian man with floating home of scrap strives for environmental change 22 Mar 2022 - 08:09 pm
Luiz Bispo, who is living at Pavuna River which flows to Guanabara Bay, stands near his floating house what he says is an artistic installation developed by him to bring joy to the region and awareness to pollution of its waters, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 21, 2022. Picture taken March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Ocean warming threatens more frequent bleaching of Great Barrier Reef: Report 21 Mar 2022 - 04:09 pm
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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