The largest primate ever to walk the Earth went extinct because it could not adapt to its changing environment, with the mighty beast reduced to living off bark and twigs before dying off, scientists said on Wednesday. Gigantopithecus blacki, which stood 10 feet tall and weighed up to 660 pounds, thrived in the forests of […]
Cindy Camp is one of many Americans facing rising utility costs. Ms. Camp, who lives in Baltimore with three family members, said her gas and electric bills kept “going up and up” — reaching as high as $900 a month. Her family has tried to use less hot water by doing fewer loads of laundry,
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A rare North Atlantic right whale calf spotted off the coast of South Carolina is expected to die after its head, mouth and lips were split open, likely by a boat propeller, officials said. The calf was seen with its mother on Jan. 3 with serious wounds, and “is likely to die as a result,”
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Among this incredible diversity “we are bound to discover new sources of food, medicines and other useful active compounds that can help us find nature-based solutions to some of the biggest challenges we face today,” Kew’s fungi expert, Dr Raquel Pino-Bodas, said. Source link
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The first few days of the new year brought confirmation of some disturbing news: 2023 was the hottest year ever recorded. Researchers had that would be the case amid relentless daily and monthly record-breaking temperatures — but just how significant were the numbers, and what does it mean for the future of our warming planet? These charts paint
The United States experienced 28 disasters last year that each cost at least one billion dollars, the highest number on record and the latest measure of the growing toll of climate change. Those disasters, tallied by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, include the wildfire on Maui last August; Hurricane Idalia, which hit Florida later
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Astronomers witnessed mysterious light around a failed star in an unexpected celestial discovery using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. A group of astronomers witnessed infrared emissions from methane surrounding a brown dwarf, likely due to energy in its upper atmosphere and indicating it as an aurora akin to Earth’s northern and southern lights, NASA announced
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A recent study found bottled water contains far more pieces of plastic — tiny bits known as microplastics and even more minuscule nanoplastics — than previously estimated. The findings raise questions about potential health concerns, but experts say there some ways to reduce the risk. Just how much plastic are we talking about? The average
Like homes, cars and electricity lines, trees provide vital services. But they can also be dangerous, even deadly, in storms or when they are not cared for properly. At least two of the four people killed in the powerful storms that hit the Southeast on Tuesday were killed by falling trees. Both died while driving,
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Changing snowfall patterns have far-reaching consequences, from water shortages to shuttered ski resorts. A new study confirms that human-caused climate change has affected snow patterns across the Northern Hemisphere, including clear declines of snowpack in at least 31 individual river basins. What’s more, the researchers found that when a region warms to an average temperature
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