Environment

Joint UN report says rate of world hunger dropping amid wider eradication efforts

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A farmer in The Gambia shows a dry tuft of rice in a drought period.

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139 bizarre and beautiful new species discovered in Greater Mekong region

A bat with nightmarish fangs, a stealthy wolf snake, a ‘dementor’ wasp and the world’s second longest insect are among the 139 new species discovered by scientists in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong region in 2014. Many are already at risk, according...

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Japan must stop killing whale science

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Japan plans to hunt 333 minke whales annually for 12 years as part of...

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EPA and DOE K Basin settlement spurs Hanford Cleanup

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have reached a settlement over DOE’s failure to meet a critical September 2014 Tri-Party Agreement milestone for beginning sludge removal from the K West...

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