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Ancient Antarctica was a warm swampy rainforest, says sediment study Antarctica

Ancient Antarctica was a warm swampy rainforest, says sediment study

It’s hard to imagine Antarctica as anything other than a freezing lifeless landscape, but that wasn’t always the case. Now, an international team has recovered a 90-million-year old soil sample that paints the most detailed picture of ancient Antarctica ever found, revealing a swampy rainforest and balmy temperatures.According to the…
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April 2, 2020
Covid-19 And Climate Change: Asia’s Policy Choices In The Age Of ‘Crisis’ Green Deal

Covid-19 And Climate Change: Asia’s Policy Choices In The Age Of ‘Crisis’

The Asian continent spans a vast geographical area. The novel coronavirus emerged in the eastern part – Wuhan, China – and quickly spread to other countries within a couple of months after first reported cases in December. In Asia’s western reaches lie the Maldives, long the posterchild of the international…
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April 2, 2020
Europe’s Green Transition Risks Becoming a Victim of the Global Pandemic Green Deal

Europe’s Green Transition Risks Becoming a Victim of the Global Pandemic

View photos(Bloomberg) -- Before the pandemic halted daily life and shattered economies, the European Union had set a course for a difficult re-invention. By 2050, the bloc had decreed, under the banner of its Green Deal, there would be no net greenhouse gas emissions from the entire continent. The announcement Wednesday…
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April 2, 2020