New research suggests the chemicals are playing a significant and previously unknown role in the global decline of amphibians
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The paper found that by 2006, nations had already spent a quarter of that amount, or 234 gigatons. Meaning, the planet’s carbon budget would be exhausted by 2024—11 years from now— if emissions levels stayed the same, or even earlier if they continue their upward trend.
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Common pesticides ‘can kill frogs within an hour’
New research suggests the chemicals are playing a significant and previously unknown role in the global decline of amphibians
Warmest springs on record bring earliest flowers ever
(Photo: Libby Ellwood / Boston University)
During the exceptionally warm springs of 2010 and 2012, plants bloomed earlier in the eastern U.S. than they have since the American writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau started keeping records near Walden Pond in 1852.
My friend’s tulips are already up. Anyone else seeing this?
Nope, this is not a still from Blade Runner. It’s smog in Beijing.
Some of my friends in Beijing have said the air burns their eyes and lungs. Here’s a picture of my colleague with his double-barreled air mask. Intense. Note he’s wearing a trash bag to protect his suit from the dirty air when he goes out.