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- JRR Tolkien
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It is commonly-accepted knowledge that there was a Rolex on the summit of Everest in 1953. In reality, it was the swansong of a now-defunct English brand called Smiths.
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African Safari, Conservation and the Covid Connection
The struggles of Africa’s $39.2 billion tourism industry sector could cause extreme poverty, lead to an increase in poaching and severely impact wildlife populations.
2˚C Will Push Most Tropical Rainforests Above Their Safe ‘Heat Threshold’
Climate change will mean death outweighs growth, and tropical forests will eventually switch to releasing more carbon into the atmosphere than they take out.
How Hot Will it Get This Century?
The latest climate models suggest it could be worse than we thought.
Coronavirus Closures Could Lead to a Radical Revolution in Conservation
With widespread closures of parks and conservation areas around the world, could this be an opportunity to transform the way we manage and use these protected environments?
Coyote Peterson Kills the Murder Hornet Myth
Animal Expert Coyote Peterson explains why we need not fear our own "slaughter and occupation" by the not-so mythical Murder Hornet
BP Paid a Steep Price for the Gulf Oil Spill but for the US, a Decade Later, it’s Business as Usual
The largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history began ten years ago, on April 20, 2010. Eventually, oil coated more than 1,000 miles of coastline in six states, and covered over 40,000 square miles.
Will Three Billion People Really Live in Temperatures as Hot as the Sahara by 2070?
A new study suggests humans, like any animal or plant, have a preferred climate or environmental niche in which they thrive – climate change will shift billions of people out of this comfort zone.
