Microplastic pollution adds to oceans’ problems
Thu 7:43amTiny plastic pellets entering the world’s oceans act as vectors for pollutants, endangering marine wildlife, study warns.Q&A: ‘Things can change’: new head of global biodiversity platform
Wed 6:30amAna María Hernández, first woman IPBES chair, says protecting threatened species requires a wholesale shift in attitudes.Poorly designed climate mitigation plans ‘could increase hunger’
Tue 9:33amClimate mitigation strategies that do not consider farming impacts could increase hunger, study finds.Digital tool aims to translate 2,000 African languages
May 20, 2019, 6:58 amNew digital platform aims to aid translation of African languages to spur access to global markets.South Asia bears half of global low birthweight burden
May 15, 2019, 7:30 pmMalnutrition and gender inequalities cause babies to be born underweight, health experts say.Venezuela struggles to halt measles epidemic
May 13, 2019, 7:13 amMeasles transmission is still active and health experts warn measures to contain the outbreak are insufficient.Yemen’s forests another casualty of war amid fuel crisis
May 9, 2019, 9:19 amMillions of trees are likely being lost as a result of excessive firewood-gathering, environment authority warns.Climate now biggest driver of migration, study finds
May 8, 2019, 5:42 amRising temperatures and weather-related disasters cause more migration than poverty and conflict, researchers say.Biodiversity loss mars SDG success, report finds
May 7, 2019, 5:46 amA quarter of species are under threat, devastating livelihoods around the globe.Calls for urgent action against antimicrobial resistance
May 3, 2019, 10:35 amDrug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million deaths a year by 2050, a UN report warns.Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content - study
May 2, 2019, 5:50 amHusking rice before parboiling can greatly reduce the amount of arsenic reaching the whole rice grain, researchers say.Madagascar: an imperilled nature sanctuary
May 1, 2019, 7:55 amVohibola forest is a rich haven for flora and fauna but its existence is under threat from loggers and poachers.Children hooked on heavily processed food in Brazil
Apr 29, 2019, 12:26 pmOverweight child who often eat ultra-processed food show signs of addiction similar to drugs, Brazilian study finds.Egyptian village revives Papyrus as tourism returns
3:00amResidents of El-Karamous in the Nile Delta have revived the ancient art of papermaking.Malaria vaccine rollout in children ‘ends hiatus’
Fri 5:53amMalawi’s rollout of a malaria vaccine in children under two could lessen the burden of the disease, say researchers.Funding Africa’s mHealth innovators only half solution
Apr 25, 2019, 7:07 amDespite increasing use of mobile technologies in African healthcare, key challenges remain, writes Laura Owings.Waste does not exist: there is only post-trash
Apr 22, 2019, 1:00 amWith waste generation set to soar in developing regions, maximum material reuse is crucial, say chemical science experts.Invasive weed ‘could cut crop yields by 30 per cent’
Apr 19, 2019, 2:00 amFailure to fight an invasive weed spreading across the continent could lead to 30 per cent cut in predicted yields, scientist warns.Managing diabetes key to lowering kidney disease
Apr 17, 2019, 8:00 pmMore than 9 million people with advanced kidney disease lack access to vital treatment, according to the Global Kidney Health Atlas.Q&A: ‘Universities would rather highlight work of men’
Apr 16, 2019, 8:00 pmAward-winning Palestinian researcher Amira Shaheen says patriarchy remains a major obstacle for Arab women in science.
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