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China, US set for ‘in depth’ talks on climate
"As this is the first face-to-face meeting in several months, I expect this trip to be focused on discussing how to restart engagement on climate and clean energy topics at both…
July 13, 2023
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Scientists sound the alarm over dramatic loss of 3 billion birds in North America: ‘We’re watching … extinction happen’
Peter Marra, a conservation biologist and dean of Georgetown University’s Earth Commons Institute, and his colleagues studied multiple bird-monitoring datasets and found a…
July 13, 2023
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John Kerry seeks climate dividend from thawing relations
“It would be substantive progress if Kerry and Xie could come out of their meetings saying ‘we’ve agreed that the Working Group is going to meet X-number of times between…
July 13, 2023
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John Kerry, US Climate Envoy, to Visit China
Joanna Lewis, who researches Chinese climate policies at Georgetown University, said that it was “important that some sort of positive agenda comes out of this meeting, even if…
July 12, 2023
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US climate envoy Kerry to visit China from July 16-19
John Kerry, the US special envoy on climate issues, will visit China from July 16-19, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment said on Wednesday, the latest senior US…
July 12, 2023
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Dolphin moms use baby talk to call to their young, recordings show
"It’s really important for a calf to know ‘Oh, Mom is talking to me now’ versus just announcing her presence to someone else,” added Janet Mann, a marine biologist at…
June 27, 2023
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We finally have malaria vaccines. The next hurdle: Distributing them.
Africa’s lack of health care facilities and workers; the multimillion-dollar price tag for distribution; and the expanding scope of malaria-carrying mosquitos all pose a threat…
June 11, 2023
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Cosmic Luck: NASA’s Apollo 11 Moon Quarantine Broke Down
A review of archives suggests that efforts to protect Earth from contamination by any organism brought back from the lunar surface were mostly for.…
June 9, 2023
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NASA’s Apollo 11 moon quarantine was hiding a dangerous secret
“To a degree previously unknown, the Apollo quarantine protocol suffered from numerous containment breaches that would likely have exposed the terrestrial biosphere to…
June 9, 2023
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A shocking number of birds are in trouble
Rich data on the global state of our feathered friends presents plenty of bad news — but also some bright spots. Researchers know better than ever how to help endangered birds,…
May 31, 2023