Category Archives: Society
The big player
The kiri is all the talk in the carbon credit market. Will it deliver? The Chinese kiri tree is a miracle of nature. It grows 10 to 20 feet in a single year and up to 80 in seven, it … Continue reading
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Sharks’ favourite lunch stop
One 75-km stretch of beach in Florida has the largest number of shark attacks in the world Most people bitten by sharks in the shallow, murky water of Volusia County, on central Florida’s east coast near Daytona Beach, just feel … Continue reading
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Building a better bee
Every morning at about nine, Ron Hoskins slips into his white beekeepers outfit, pulls trays out from beneath 17 of his 50 buzzing apiaries in a conservation park in Swindon, England, and painstakingly sorts through the contents with a magnifying … Continue reading
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On a deadly trail
Caribou are disappearing at an alarming rate. But some think they know how to save them. For years, First Nations groups and scientists have been warning about the decline of caribou. Now, with some herds wiped out completely and others … Continue reading
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When the sea goes silent
New research suggests a possible cause of dolphin and whale strandings: severe to profound hearing loss When weakened by disease, starvation or injury, dolphins succumb to an instinctual fear of drowning. Seized with panic, they swim to shallower and shallower … Continue reading
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