Planet Earth
There are 46 item(s) tagged with the keyword "Conservation".
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- 1. Helping species on the move
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Meet the software for working out where species will thrive in future, as global warming pushes them north seeking cooler places and key habitat is lost.
- 2. Secrets of sudden death of 200,000 antelopes in Central Asia
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In May 2015 the sudden death of more than 200,000 saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan baffled the world.
- 3. Your tropical food trolley
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Tropical climates in the depths of Asia, Africa or South America might seem a world away from the checkout queue in your average Scottish supermarket or corner shop. But if your basket contains chocolate, coffee, bananas or rice, you can almost guarantee that what you eat comes from far warmer places thousands of miles away.
- 4. UK's most wanted...
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You've probably heard of the harlequin ladybird and you've certainly seen a grey squirrel, but what about others that might be on their way?
- 5. 30 years of healing the ozone layer
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This week marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The signing of the Montreal Protocol was a landmark political event. The treaty is the first in the history of the United Nations to achieve universal ratification. Environmental science made it happen.
- 6. Biodiversity detectives!
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Take a look at some of the amazing techniques scientists use to follow nature's clues.
- 7. Devil rays get worldwide protection, and genetic tools could catch out illegal traders
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Devil rays, close cousins of the enormous manta rays, are stars of nature documentaries. These charismatic creatures are under threat from humans, specifically, because of the gill plate trade.
- 8. Equipping the UK to cope with coastal erosion
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Frequently linked to an increased threat from flooding, coastal erosion was widespread in the 20th century. We explain how the iCOASST project is helping to reveal what the next hundred years could hold.
- 9. Citizen science: The people behind the data
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From the UK Ladybird Survey to the Big Bumblebee Discovery, volunteer field workers are helping to answer some of science's big questions.
- 10. Amphibians under threat
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Frogs, toads, newts and salamanders look like hardy creatures and anyone observing a pond full of frogspawn could be forgiven for thinking their future was secure. But several emerging diseases are attacking the world's amphibians, sometimes with devastating results. Trent Garner explains how we're starting to understand the extent of the threat.
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