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What happens when nature and cities overlap
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — More than half of the world’s population live in urban areas where nature can feel like a distant concern. Thriving ecosystems do, however, exist within our cities — even…
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Why Mexico Wants You to Virtually Adopt an Axolotl Salamander
It can regenerate bits of its body. Ancient Mexicans revered it as a mischievous, shape-shifting god. They named it axolotl — translation: “water monster” — and it’s a “salamander with a Mona Lisa smile,” reports the Washington Post, “an alien-looking creature with a permanent grin and a crown of feathery gills”. But while there’s over…
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Kishida Says Japan Will Not Construct New Coal Power Plants at COP28
APPrime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers his speech during a COP28 meeting in Dubai on Friday. By Hirotaka Kuriyama / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer 17:01 JST, December 2, 2023 DUBAI — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Japan will not build any new coal-fired power plants that do not have greenhouse gas emission reduction measures in place during…
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COP28: Earth’s frozen zones are in trouble – we’re already seeing the consequences
As this year’s UN climate summit (COP28) gets under way in Dubai, scientists studying Earth’s frozen regions have been delivering an urgent call for action to policy makers. But is anyone listening? Throughout 2023, we have been warning of an impending series of crises occurring in the cryosphere – polar ice sheets, ice shelves, sea…
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COP28: Earth’s frozen zones are in trouble – we’re already seeing the consequences
As this year’s UN climate summit (COP28) gets under way in Dubai, scientists studying Earth’s frozen regions have been delivering an urgent call for action to policy makers. But is anyone listening? Throughout 2023, we have been warning of an impending series of crises occurring in the cryosphere – polar ice sheets, ice shelves, sea…
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NASA Probe to Observe Near-Earth Asteroid’s 2029 Close Encounter
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Handouts via ReutersThe NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-APEX hovers over the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, as shown in a still image from NASA artist’s video rendering. Reuters 15:56 JST, December 2, 2023 About 5½ years from now, astronomers calculate, an asteroid about as wide as the Empire State Building will…
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NASA Probe to Observe Near-Earth Asteroid’s 2029 Close Encounter
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Handouts via ReutersThe NASA spacecraft OSIRIS-APEX hovers over the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, as shown in a still image from NASA artist’s video rendering. Reuters 15:56 JST, December 2, 2023 About 5½ years from now, astronomers calculate, an asteroid about as wide as the Empire State Building will…
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Japan, EU Issue Statement Toward Practical Use of Fusion Energy
The Yomiuri ShimbunEducation, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Masahito Moriyama, right, and European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson are seen in Naka, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Friday. The Yomiuri Shimbun 14:49 JST, December 2, 2023 Japan and the European Union on Friday issued a joint statement committing to work toward the practical application of fusion power…
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Scientists Detect Oxygen in Noxious Venusian Atmosphere
NASA / JPL-Caltech / Handout via Reuters, FileData from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter was used in an undated composite image of the planet Venus. Reuters 14:06 JST, December 2, 2023 WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Oxygen accounts for about 21% of Earth’s air, with the rest of our atmosphere being primarily nitrogen. And most living…
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Japan Swelters During Hottest Autumn on Record; 2023 Looks to Become Japan’s Hottest Ever Year
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoPeople walk in warm weather in Tokyo in early November. The Yomiuri Shimbun 13:35 JST, December 2, 2023 Japan experienced its hottest autumn on record this year, with the September-November period soaring 1.39 C above the nation’s average between 1991-2020, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Friday. The latest figure, known as a “temperature…