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Natural fires in the Mediterranean constitute no more than 1-5 percent, says environmental biologist

Although fires in Turkey are part of a cyclical scenario that repeats throughout the Mediterranean, according to estimates these wildfires constitute no more than 1-5 percent of all fires, says Dr. Małgorzata Suska-Malawska from the University of Warsaw.

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    Methane gases released into the air from Siberian limestone after last year’s heatwave has a much stronger effect on global warming than carbon dioxide, say scientists.

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    Poles are pioneers of polar research, expert writes in Norwegian weekly

    Poles are pioneers of polar research, carrying out important investigations into climate change, says a leading environmental scientist.

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    Underwater methane hydrates are a threat to the climate, says leading geologist

    Although methane hydrates on the bottom of the oceans are a possible alternative to conventional hydrocarbon sources, they are also a potential threat to the climate, says scientists.

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    Researchers warn of increasing shortage of oxygen in inland waters

    Development of agriculture and climate change causes a decrease in oxygen levels in inland waters which harms ecosystems and reduces the quality of drinking water, new research has found.

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    Scientists identify three tropical phenomena behind heavy rain in Indonesia

    How to deal with devastating tropical rainfall in Indonesia may have been solved after researchers found that it is the result of three different weather phenomena.

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    Cucumbers, pumpkins and zucchini can clean soil, say scientists

    Plants such as cucumber, pumpkin, zucchini, melon and watermelon have beneficial properties for cleaning agricultural soils without harming the environment biologists from the University of Lodz have found.

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    Geological boundary found in Scotland to receive ‘Golden Spike’

    The geological boundary between two stages of the Jurassic period has been discovered in Scotland by an international team of researchers led by scientists from the University of Warsaw.

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    2020 was ‘extremely warm’, says new weather report

    Two heat waves in January and February last year have led scientists to classifying 2020’s weather as ‘extremely warm’.

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