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A new report on bird populations in the United States reports an alarming decline, with 112 species at a "tipping point" due to habitat loss and climate change. Of those, 42 species are experiencing sharp declines, raising alarm bells in...

The world's largest iceberg, A23a, has stopped about 70 kilometers from South Georgia Island, an isolated region of Antarctica, thus reducing the risk of a collision that could have affected the local ecosystem. This news was confirmed by...

The "Apocalypse Vault', the global seed bank located on the island of Spitsbergen in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, has received another 14,000 seed samples to protect the planet's agricultural biodiversity. The facility,...

A new study confirms that the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta has an amazing ability to learn and memorize the coordinates of the Earth's magnetic field, using them as a veritable natural GPS to navigate to their favorite nesting and...

Nearly 200 countries missed the deadline to submit their new roadmaps for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to the UN under the Paris Agreement. Only 10 countries met the deadline, raising concerns about the global commitment to combating climate...

The threats to flora and fauna are increasingly diverse and complex. A quarter (24%) of freshwater wildlife, including crustaceans, fish and insects, face a ""high risk of extinction'' due to ""considerable...

There are concerns coming from the US. A tragic but not unexpected case has been reported in Louisiana, where the first death associated with the H5N1 virus in the United States has been confirmed by health authorities. The patient, a man over 65...

Trouble never comes alone, not even in climate issues. The ways in which people consume and feed themselves are causing "interconnected" crises that affect biodiversity, climate and health, threatening the survival of essential ecosystems...

Călin Georgescu has been radicalized. This statement does not belong to us, but is the conclusion of a comparison that we requested from Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT) between the statements made by Călin Georgescu in an interview given to the...

Reporter: In EU Member States we are witnessing a debate on GMO and NGTs cultivation. Farmers would like to grow plants that give higher yields and are more resistant to climate change, frost and drought through genetic modification, while...

Fires have devastated large parts of the world over the past decade. Last year, Europe, the Middle East and Africa suffered some of the worst forest fires since 2000, according to the Forest Fires 2023 report, published by the Commission's...

Social media star pygmy hippo Moo Deng "predicted' Donald Trump would win the US presidential election. The four-year-old female hippo On Monday, he went viral on TikTok and Instagram, inspiring products and memes featuring his face and...

Zoology researchers meet in Bucharest, within the International Congress of Zoology (ZoologyCon 2024), which will take place at the Casa Universitarilor, between November 6 and 9. Specialists from Austria, Belgium, Romania, China, Mexico will...

A recent case of bird flu in a pig in Oregon is the first detection of the H5N1 virus in this species in the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced. The virus was discovered on a small farm that did not sell the meat...

A team of researchers from the "Babeş-Bolyai" University (UBB) in Cluj-Napoca has made a remarkable discovery in the Eastern Carpathians, identifying an extremely rare plant, Andryala laevitomentosa, which could be the oldest plant on...

At a time when our planet is undergoing irreversible transformations, experts warn that it is vital that humanity takes concrete measures to protect biodiversity. Reports from the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services...

The regional assembly of the Azores Islands, a Portuguese archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean, has approved the creation of the largest marine protected area in the North Atlantic. This decision places the Azores at the forefront of global...

Wildlife populations across the planet have suffered a shocking 73% decline in just 50 years, according to WWF's latest Living Planet Report. This dramatic loss signals the highest level of nature degradation in the Anthropocene era, fueling...

Australia will quadruple the area of the vast marine protected area around Heard and McDonald islands, located near Antarctica, where penguins, seals and whales live, the government announced on Tuesday, reports AFP. This measure represents a...

The glaciers in Switzerland experienced an accelerated melting this year, exceeding the average of recent years, according to a report by the organization GLAMOS (Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland). This trend continues to draw the attention of...

Ocean warming, considered a crucial indicator of climate change, has accelerated significantly since 2005, a new report from Europe's Copernicus Observatory shows. More than a fifth of the world's ocean surface has been affected by...

As every year, in the city of Konya, in the region of the same name, the month of September concluded with the International Mystic Music Festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. This year, the event expanded to 16 cities,...

Greenpeace warned Norway, in a report, about the "irreversible" consequences of mining projects on the bottom of the sea, an activity that, according to the organization, will affect the entire marine ecosystem.

Plastic pollution continues to threaten aquatic environments at an alarming rate, with millions of tonnes of waste ending up in rivers and oceans every year. According to a recent report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and...

Antarctica, una dintre cele mai izolate şi fragile regiuni ale planetei, se confruntă cu o nouă ameninţare: sosirea speciilor marine non-native şi poluarea marină provenită de pe alte continente din emisfera sudică. Aceste riscuri sunt...

Antarctica, one of the most isolated and fragile regions on the planet, faces a new threat: the arrival of non-native marine species and marine pollution from other continents in the southern hemisphere. These risks are highlighted by a new study...

Art can find its place anywhere. The works made within the "Art (and Ecology) at the Seashore" project were exhibited on the seafront in Eforie Sud, where they will remain until the end of August. European artists Meri The Zu and Reinier...

Our country has faced a new wave of heat waves in recent days. This is the first red heat code (the tenth this summer) ever issued in August in Romania, the director of the National Meteorological Administration, Elena Mateescu, said. Entire...

Freedom was wider before the COVID-19 pandemic, and now we hardly remember that until the year 2020 we lived completely differently. Moreover, epidemics had a profound impact on the history of humanity, shaping the course of civilizations and...

Changes in temperature greatly influence life on this planet. The water temperature in Australia's Great Barrier Reef has reached its highest level in 400 years in the last decade, according to a study. Water temperatures have risen every...

Cititul a devenit o îndeletnicire tot mai ocolită de marea masă a oamenilor din ţara noastră. Beneficiile acestei intreprinderi sunt evidente, dar cu toate acestea numărul cititorilor este în continuă scădere. Muzeul Antipa oferă publicului,...

Reading has become an activity increasingly avoided by the great mass of people in our country. The benefits of this enterprise are obvious, but nevertheless the number of readers is constantly decreasing. The Antipa Museum offers the public, on...

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Albania represents one of the new tourist destinations for Romanians, especially since the WizzAir company made available the direct route Otopeni-Tirana. The former communist country, where Enver Hoxha's regime was much harsher than the one...

Rare fossils of a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex have been excavated in the swamplands of North Dakota - a discovery worthy of attention for the scientific knowledge it could provide about the life and history of this famous dinosaur species and for...

Glissando Garden Center, a company specialized in the trade of flowers, plants, gardening articles and plant protection products, is listed today on the AeRO Market, according to an announcement by the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB).

Sâmbătă, sibieni şi turişti au dorit să viziteze şi să participe la evenimentele organizate de Muzeul Naţional Brukenthal. Atracţia din centrul Sibiului a fost Palatul Brukenthal unde lumea a stat la coadă cu o oră înainte de deschiderea Galeriei...

Criminals eager to make money out of absolutely anything do not bypass the area of animals and plants living in the wild. Illegal trade in wild animals and plants remains a widespread practice, according to a report published by the United...

The planet is changing at the same time as the climate. The effects are devastating for certain species. The earth has changed under the effects of human activity and, in this new environment, infectious diseases proliferate. Recent studies have...

Even though reforestation is a difficult operation, being expensive, difficult to plan and difficult to execute, without taking into account the associated environmental obstacles - weather, pests and natural calamities - some countries have...