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Battling climate change, Japan looks to seagrass for carbon capture

Asahi News 25 Apr 2024

Japan, the world’s fifth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, covers a surface area smaller than California but has some of the longest coastlines in the world ... dioxide it produces, scientists say.

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10 times as much of this toxic pesticide could end up on your tomatoes under ...

Alternet 25 Apr 2024

But they are not yet up to the task of modeling the complex, real-world learning disorders that have been linked to acephate and malathion, according to Jennifer Sass, a senior scientist at the ...

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Could a ‘devastating’ virus steal the world’s chocolate forever?

Metro UK 25 Apr 2024

But scientists at universities in the US and Ghana have found a new way to stop the virus, and hopefully save the world’s chocolate at the same time. Why is the world’s chocolate under threat? ... The world’s top ten chocolate producers (Picture.

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A plant’s-eye view of the climate reveals weird new ecosystems

The Irish Times 25 Apr 2024

A team of German and Swiss scientists have mapped the world’s climate from a plant’s perspective and have used climate and plant growth models to predict how plants’ view of climate will shift with climate change.

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NYU doctors successfully perform first-ever combined heart pump, pig kidney transplant

The News International 25 Apr 2024

This comes a month after surgeons at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted a pig kidney into 62-year-old Rick Slayman, marking the first successful procedure of its kind in a living human patient in the world.

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Dubai all set to host IFCC World Lab 2024 on May 26-30

Emirates 24/7 25 Apr 2024

... Association (UAEGDA), Dubai is all set to host the IFCC World Lab 2024, a prestigious global conference that will bring together laboratory professionals and scientists worldwide, from 26 to 30 May.

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Space Trash Signs: Space Pollution Visualized as Constellations

ACCESSWIRE 25 Apr 2024

Launched with the support of aerospace companies and space agencies, scientists and universities, as well as activists, museums and media from around the world, the initiative introduces new constellations made from space debris.

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Are we heading for a year with no summer? It’s happened before

Metro UK 25 Apr 2024

Those affected by the sweeping cold were not aware the cause of their misery lay half a world away, and today scientists continue to investigate the relationship between the eruption and subsequent changes to the global climate.

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Dubai announces new crisis management office for health emergencies

Khaleejtimes 25 Apr 2024

... and continues for three days at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Among those present were several leaders from health institutions, scientists, doctors, experts, and specialists from the UAE and abroad.

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Dubai Health Authority sets up Disaster and Crisis Management Office

Gulf Today 25 Apr 2024

... April 23 and continues for three days at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Many leaders from  health institutions, scientists, doctors, experts, and specialists from UAE and abroad attended the event.

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Carnation Revolution, a wind of change that blew from Portugal 50 years ago

Anadolu Agency 25 Apr 2024

"The 25th of April was a classic military coup ... Jose Miguel Sardica referred to the American political scientist Samuel P. Huntington’s book, The Third Wave, according to which the world went through three democratization stages ... .

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Scientists strive to save West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Xinhua 24 Apr 2024

... melting of the ice sheet is critical for forecasting how much and how fast seas will rise around the world, scientists from New Zealand's GNS Science, Victoria University of Wellington, and the U.S.

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10 Times as Much of This Toxic Pesticide Could End Up on Your Tomatoes and ...

ProPublica 24 Apr 2024

But they are not yet up to the task of modeling the complex, real-world learning disorders that have been linked to acephate and malathion, according to Jennifer Sass, a senior scientist at the ...

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Artificial intelligence helps scientists engineer plants to fight climate change

Phys Dot Org 24 Apr 2024

To support these efforts, Salk Institute scientists are harnessing plants' natural ability to draw carbon dioxide out of the air by optimizing their root systems to store more carbon for a longer period of time.

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