Coronavirus: can you catch it from your pet?

Pet owners are becoming increasingly concerned they could catch the coronavirus from their animals, but is that scientifically possible? The World Health Organisation issued updated information on Thursday 13...
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Climate change: huge East Antarctic Glacier vulnerable to melting

Denman Glacier in East Antarctica retreated 3.4 miles (5.4 kilometers) from 1996 to 2018, according to a new study by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University...

Great Barrier Reef suffers third mass bleaching in five years

The corals of the Australian Great Barrier Reef have been affected by a new phenomenon of massive bleaching, the third in five years after that of 2016 and 2017....
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Coronavirus face masks could have a devastating effect on the environment

Researchers have begun to see a spike in the number of discarded surgical masks washing up on Hong Kong beaches since the COVID-19 pandemic began at the end of...

Coronavirus: emissions decrease but it is not enough without interventions

The current health emergency is having significant impacts on transport, consumption and production activities in all the affected countries, including Italy, and this should translate into a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions,...

Save On Energy: online video streaming harm the environment

It’s difficult to imagine life without Netflix - few could have predicted that the DVD mail rental service would grow into the Oscar-winning entertainment behemoth it now...