Researchers have made significant advances in developing a novel vaccine against Zika virus, which could potentially lead to global elimination of the disease. …read more Source:: Science
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Amazon deforestation and number of fires show summer of 2019 not a ‘normal’ year
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•The perceived scale of the Amazon blazes received global attention this summer. However, international concerns raised at the time were countered by the Brazilian Government, which claimed the fire situation …read more Source:: Science
An India-Pakistan nuclear war could kill millions, threaten global starvation
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•A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could, over the span of less than a week, kill 50-125 million people — more than the death toll during all six years …read more Source:: Science
Antimicrobial resistance is drastically rising
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•Researchers have shown that antimicrobial-resistant infections are rapidly increasing in animals in low and middle income countries. They produced the first global of resistance rates, and identified regions where interventions …read more Source:: Science
Evolution of life in the ocean changed 170 million years ago
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•New research identifies a previously overlooked global event which changed the course of the evolution of life in the oceans. It coincided with a rise in calcium carbonate-secreting plankton and …read more Source:: Science
Some corals can survive in acidified ocean conditions, but have lower density skeletons
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•Coral reefs face many challenges to their survival, including the global acidification of seawater as a result of rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. A new study shows that …read more Source:: Science
Antibiotics found in some of the world’s rivers exceed ‘safe’ levels, global study finds
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•Concentrations of antibiotics found in some of the world’s rivers exceed ‘safe’ levels by up to 300 times, the first ever global study has discovered. …read more Source:: Science
Human influence on global droughts goes back 100 years, NASA study finds
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•Human-generated greenhouse gases and atmospheric particles were affecting global drought risk as far back as the early 20th century, according to a new study. …read more Source:: Science
New fallout from ‘the collision that changed the world’
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•When India slammed into Asia, the collision changed the configuration of the continents, the landscape, global climate and more. Now scientists have identified one more effect: the oxygen in the …read more Source:: Science
Arctic warming will accelerate climate change and impact global economy
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•Carbon released into the atmosphere by the increasing loss of Arctic permafrost, combined with higher solar absorption by the Earth’s surface due to the melting of sea ice and land …read more Source:: Science