Showing posts with label ENVIRONMENT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ENVIRONMENT. Show all posts
Friday, 1 April 2016

Shift to zero-carbon power must start by 2018 to avoid extra warming: study

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The world must begin the shift to zero-carbon sources of electricity as soon as 2018 to avoid adding new fossil-fuel power plants that wi...
Thursday, 31 March 2016

15 dead, 70 injured in India flyover collapse

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Indian rescue workers and volunteers try to free people trapped under the wreckage of a collapsed fly-over bridge in Kolkata. AFP Photo -...

How to prevent global warming

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By Peter Sunday Global warming and climate change have become terms for the century. According to the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climatic ...
Sunday, 27 March 2016

Why do people risk their lives – or the lives of others – for the perfect selfie?

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Michael Weigold , University of Florida 2016 hasn’t been a great year for the selfie. In February, Argentinian tourists passed around a ...
Saturday, 26 March 2016

Urbanisation in developing countries: a completely different kettle of fish

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Many developing countries are highly urbanised but lack large industrial sectors.  Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye Dietrich Vollrath , Unive...
Sunday, 20 March 2016

How serious is inbreeding in show dogs?

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David Balding , University of Melbourne and Federico Calboli , University of Helsinki A German shepherd with a sloping back that was ...
Friday, 18 March 2016

How bringing back predators can change the way prey behaves

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Craig Tambling , Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and Graham Kerley , Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University The reintroduction ...

Construction worker dies after falling 53 stories from downtown LA high-rise

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LOS ANGELES — A construction worker died Thursday after falling 53 floors from a high-rise building in downtown Los Angeles. Witnesses re...
Tuesday, 15 March 2016

How Africa could leapfrog fossil fuels to clean energy alternatives

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Georges Alexandre Lenferna , University of Washington Revolutions are, as a rule, rare and momentous processes . But across the African ...