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With Orca Watch just days away the staff of the Sea Watch Foundation is waiting in anticipation to start conducting watches and collect records of the orcas passing through the Pentland Firth. Three...
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RSPB’s innovative citizen science photography project returns The RSPB’s ground-breaking project Puffarazzi is back and once again needs the public’s help to find out more about one of our best loved seabirds. As...
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By David Richardson, University of East Anglia and Martijn Hammers, University of Groningen Death is, unfortunately, an inevitable consequence of life. In most animals growing old is accompanied by progressive deterioration in health...
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The Mackenzie River carves its way through the permafrost tundra of northern Canada. inEthos Design / shutterstock Dave Petley, University of Sheffield Early spring temperatures in the town of Deadhorse, on the north...
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Scientists have found microplastic pollution in once pristine spot near the border between France and Spain. Nathan Danks / shutterstock By Sharon George, Keele University and Carolyn Roberts, Keele University Microplastics have been...
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Cross-referencing a decade of Google searches and citizen science observations, researchers have determined which of 621 North American bird species are currently the most popular and which characteristics of species drive human interest....
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Primitive ponds may have provided a suitable environment for brewing up Earth’s first life forms, more so than oceans, a new MIT study finds. Researchers report that shallow bodies of water, on the...
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Just one small part of the UK’s energy future. majeczka/Shutterstock By Andrew Crossland, Durham University and Jon Gluyas, Durham University In the past ten years the UK’s electricity mix has changed dramatically. Coal’s...
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Author and activist George Monbiot. John Russell1/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA By Stephen Woroniecki, Lund University Natural climate solutions let nature do the hard work in the fight against climate change by restoring habitats such...
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Divedog/Shutterstock By Lauren Ford, Queen’s University Belfast and Pamela Judith Walsh, Queen’s University Belfast Demand for food is increasing rapidly – the global population is expected to reach 11.2 billion by 2100. To...
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