Scientists discover forests that may resist climate change While it's common knowledge that mountaintops are colder than the valleys below, a new University of Vermont (UVM) study is flipping the script on what we know about forests and climate. 04/18/2024 - 6:34 am | View Link
Urbanization is isolating fruit-loving birds and forests are paying the price This, in turn, allows forests to serve an important role storing carbon and reducing the impact of human-caused climate change. Yet according to a recent study in the journal Nature Climate Change, ... 04/18/2024 - 6:33 am | View Link
City Surprise: Urban Areas Are Brimming With Biodiversity We don’t recognize the wild animals living in our concrete jungles. But when we look for them, we realize how much there is to protect. 04/15/2024 - 3:00 am | View Link
New Yorkers planted a tiny forest in a spot where the city used to warehouse prisoners and smallpox patients The pocket forest has 1,500 plants on just 4,000 square feet of park land and is designed to promote biodiversity. 04/13/2024 - 10:32 pm | View Link
Incredible map shows world's 'fattest countries' Interestingly, the top 10 fattest countries were all located in the Pacific, with the island of Nauru holding the crown spot. With a population of just 12,511, the island sees almost nine in every ... 03/26/2024 - 4:40 am | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.