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Science
Can captive breeding save this disappearing Everglades bird?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain South Florida water managers approve a breeding program for the endangered Everglades sparrow, which has been at the center of debate for decades over how to move water to dry wetlands to restore them. did. Cape Sable’s beach sparrow pilot program is likely to alter seasonal flood control in the sparrow’s habitat, which managers say could…
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Earth
Solar geoengineering could save 400,000 lives a year
Regional mortality affects income growth and climate adaptation. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2401801121 When it comes to finding solutions to climate change, there’s no shortage of technologies vying for attention, from renewable energy to electric vehicles to nuclear energy. One such candidate, solar geoengineering, claims to be able to rapidly cool the Earth, limit…
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Environment
Kitchen renovations could reduce household air pollution and save lives in rural China
Correlation analysis between kitchen characteristics (mechanical ventilation and separate kitchen in this study) and several influencing factors, including socio-economic and physical geographical factors. The heatmap on the left shows the correlation between each factor, and the diagonal bar chart shows the distribution of each factor. The numbers on the right are the corresponding correlation coefficients between those factors. Credit: Environmental…
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Biology
The fight to save Rockingham’s little penguin
Credit: David Selbert from Pexels Close to HMAS Stirling Naval Base, a battle is being waged on the shores of Garden Island to protect its most elusive inhabitants. Dr Belinda Cannell is a conservation ecologist at the University of Western Australia, and her decades of dedication to tiny penguins has earned her the affectionate nickname ‘Penguin Lady’. Belinda crawls into…
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