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The radical assault on longstanding measures to drive down Australia’s emissions and facilitate decarbonisation seems almost pathological
Read moreUN-backed report finds even temporary rises above Paris agreement target could cause harm to glaciers and polar ice sheets Earth’s icy regions face such dangerous melting that global heating should be brought back below 1C after an inevitable period of overshooting global temperature targets, a UN report has found. Permanent and widespread losses of snow and ice expose a “persistent myth” that overshooting the 1.5C target of the Paris climate agreement – to 2C or 3C – could be manageable or even preferable to urgent cuts to emissions, the report found. Continue reading...
Read moreDr Marta Shahbazi was travelling to a conference to receive award for scientific excellence in developmental biology An “inspiring” Cambridge scientist died in the Spanish train collision on Wednesday that killed at least 69 people. Dr Marta Shahbazi, 41, an affiliate associate professor at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and a group leader at the city’s Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB), was travelling on one of the trains involved in the crash near Urda in Toledo province. Continue reading...
Read moreIt was feared The Short-Necked Oil Beetle had become extinct in Wales after recent surveys.
Read moreLetter: Dr Ahmad Elabbar reflects on what such a decision means for academics who are working on today’s most difficult and urgent topics
Read moreThe Covid pandemic shed an unforgiving light on health and social care inequalities. The lessons have yet to be absorbed The fear that so many felt as the death toll rose during the Covid pandemic was magnified for Fiona Walker. “I know from experience they wouldn’t have valued my life,” she says, in a new report on the treatment of people with learning disabilities during the crisis. The 1.5 million people in the UK with learning disabilities, and their families, had reason for concern. Death rates in England were four to six times higher than average for people with learning disabilities. As
Read moreStaff at Plymouth's aquarium pay tribute to a sand tiger shark believed to be almost 30 years old.
Read moreMarkus and Mo weighed about 70kg (11st) at birth, and now weigh about 500kg (78st) each.
Read moreThe popular attraction in County Down has been forced to close while efforts continue to remove oil from the pond.
Read moreTwo men from the Armagh Planetarium and Observatory have had asteroids named in their honour in recognition of their work.
Read moreThere has been a steep rise in the number of people labelled autistic over the last 20 years. Is that down to greater understanding – or overdiagnosis?
Read moreRelying on technology can make us forgetful, but there are some simple ways to sharpen your recall. Memory experts describe the tricks and habits that can help
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