Day: November 3, 2023

Climate Change
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Saleemul Huq, Pioneering Climate Scientist and Advocate for Poorer Nations, Dies at 71

Saleemul Huq, a pioneering climate scientist from Bangladesh who pushed to get the world to understand, pay for and adapt to worsening warming impacts on poorer nations, died of cardiac arrest Saturday. He was 71. “Saleem always focused on the poor and marginalized, making sure that climate change was about people, their lives, health and […]

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Environment
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Floral Biodiversity Risk of Extinction: Orchids at High Risk

In alarming news, it has been estimated that up to 45% of recorded flowering plant species are threatened by extinction. The new study State of the World’s Plants and Fungi (SOTWPF) 2023 released by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and supported by Australia’s national science agency CSIRO, found “plant species are dying out at least 500 times […]

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