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Climate change: Antarctic Ocean absorbing more CO2
AFP, Published on 11/09/2015
» WASHINGTON - Defying earlier fears, researchers say the Antarctic Ocean has been absorbing increasing amounts of carbon dioxide over the past decade, making it critical to mitigating the worst effects of climate change.
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Brazil builds climate tower in pristine Amazon jungle
AFP, Published on 26/08/2015
» SAO SEBASTIAO DO UATUMA (BRAZIL) - Deep in the pristine Amazon jungle, Brazil's newest skyscraper has a mission unlike any other: to save the world.
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Smooth piste for Beijing's 2022 bid
AFP, Published on 30/07/2015
» China came of age as an Olympic power when it hosted the spectacular Beijing 2008, a display of the unlimited resources and political will some say are essential to its bid for the 2022 Winter Games.
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Rescue saves Philippine turtles from 'brink of extinction'
AFP, Published on 15/07/2015
» MANILA - Thousands of rare forest turtles have been rescued from horrifying conditions of captivity in the Philippines, saving the critically endangered animals from possible extinction, wildlife experts said Wednesday.
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China using chickens, fish to predict earthquakes: report
AFP, Published on 06/07/2015
» BEIJING - Chinese government researchers are using chickens, fish and toads to try to predict earthquakes, media reported.
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3D printers let amputees walk
AFP, Published on 03/06/2015
» Doctors amputated Ugandan schoolboy Jesse Ayebazibwe’s right leg when he was hit by a truck while walking home from school three years ago.
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Australia confident Great Barrier Reef 'not in danger'
AFP, Published on 29/05/2015
» SYDNEY - Australia said Friday it was confident it had done enough to prevent the United Nations from listing the Great Barrier Reef, the world's biggest coral reef ecosystem, as being 'in danger'.
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Governor declares emergency as California cleans oil spill
AFP, Published on 21/05/2015
» LOS ANGELES - The governor of California declared an emergency as crews scrambled to contain an oil slick and clean up popular beaches after a pipeline rupture dumped thousands of gallons of oil into the ocean.
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426 rescued as Myanmar offers first help to migrants
AFP, Published on 20/05/2015
» Hundreds of starving boatpeople were rescued off Indonesia on Wednesday as Myanmar for the first time offered to help ease a regional migrant crisis blamed in part on its treatment of the ethnic Rohingya minority.
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China illegally fishing in Africa, Greenpeace study finds
AFP, Published on 20/05/2015
» BEIJING - Chinese companies have been illegally fishing off the coast of West Africa, environmental campaign group Greenpeace said in a study Wednesday, at times sending incorrect location data suggesting they are as far away as Mexico or even on land.
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