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This alarming disappearance of Arctic ice shows only too graphically how urgent is the need to tackle climate change, an alarm call that must reverberate across the world.

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The main reason that this species – The Bahaba – commands such high prices is in Chinese medicine, in which the swim bladder – used in treating lung and heart ailments – is highly prized.

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Gradually, he claims, the glorious loud chorus of sound that is the natural world is being quietened by the rising tide of humanity.

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Many key aquifers being depleted much faster than they can be naturally replenished, making sustainable management of water resources all but impossible.

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Aldrin and Armstrong could quite easily have been stranded on the moon – a gruesome scenario – though NASA had a plan in place in case of this horror.

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You have, apparently, a one in 3,000 chance – over an average 80 year lifetime – of getting killed or injured by lightning, according to the National Severe Storms Laboratory website.

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In fact, according to the University of Nebraska Based US Drought Monitor, moderate to severe drought now covers nearly 64 percent of the lower 48 states, statistics released making it one of the most widespread droughts in the past century.

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Scientists know that due to rising temperature snow is melting in poles.

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A team of scientists which includes Bob are working on a completely new and revolutionary type of nuclear reactor that could be safely operated without creating long-life radioactive waste materials.

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The UK, like it or not is getting warmer, many homes now heated and, things on the insect front getting to be quite worrisome. With the commonality these days of overseas travel, and the huge mass of imported freight that reaches our shores, opportunistic bugs are finding ways to not only get here but thrive.