China has rapidly become Africa's most important infrastructure builder, and the footprint of Chinese construction companies is seen in cities, towns and villages across the continent.
Economics & Business
Jan 11, 2023
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Turning carbon emissions into useful products like concrete could use as much as 5% of global CO2 pollution, but working out the details will be challenging, according to a report to Congress from a National Academies committee ...
Environment
Dec 15, 2022
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When cycling across the Bryggebroen bridge at Fisketorvet, you see three concrete sculptures emerging from the water surface in the inner harbor of Copenhagen. But it is actually only when you get under water that the work ...
Ecology
Nov 25, 2022
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Ending a requirement that has been in place for the past three years, Yosemite National Park won't require people to make reservations next year for day visits to the famed Sierra landmark.
Environment
Nov 16, 2022
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Cynthia Rosenzweig is a senior research scientist at the Columbia Climate School, and heads the Climate Impacts Group at the affiliated NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Since the 1990s, she has organized and led ...
Environment
Oct 31, 2022
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Sound-diffracting walls and rubberised asphalt ingredients tackle the major environmental concern of noise pollution from traffic.
Ecology
Oct 21, 2022
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Uganda's Owen Falls hydropower plant has a rich history that predates the country's independence in 1962. The plant is located across the White Nile and sits between the towns of Jinja and Njeru on the shores of Lake Victoria. ...
Social Sciences
Oct 7, 2022
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From construction projects to busy roads, airplanes and railways, human noise is everywhere. It is an invisible cause of stress, posing serious risks to human health and well-being. However, noise also harms animals living ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2022
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The much-loved red panda is renowned for its tree-climbing ability and adorable nature, but new research shows the endangered mammal is being driven closer to extinction.
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2022
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A tiny, rainbow-finned fish lives in the swiftly flowing waters of Georgia's Etowah River. Known as the Etowah darter (Etheostoma etowahae), it exists only in the Etowah River Basin, mainly inhabiting the mountain streams ...
Ecology
Mar 29, 2022
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