Washington DC (UPI) Nov 16, 2021 Wearing a face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic presented identification issues at airports and with smartphones, but a new study finds those wearing a mask are also impacted when it comes to recognizing friends and co-workers – even if those people have nothing covering their face. New research from York University, published Wednesday in the journal Cognitive Research: Principles … Continue reading Wearing a mask can impact ability to recognize others, study says

Washington DC (UPI) Nov 17, 2021 New research is calling for the preservation and restoration of natural habitats to prevent future pandemics. A study, published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature, showed that without abundant food sources, animals abandon their habitats and risk spreading disease to domesticated animals and humans. Cornell University scientists, who authored the research, focused on fruhttp://dlvr.it/SczrNh Continue reading Preserving animal habitat could prevent future pandemics, study says

Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 16, 2022 UN climate talks got a fillip Wednesday as Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched the country back into the battle to curb global warming and global leaders reaffirmed key pledges. Lula arrived Tuesday in Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and went straight into climate diplomacy with meetings with US envoy John Kerry and … Continue reading Brazil’s Lula, world leaders bolster UN climate talks

Bangkok (AFP) Nov 17, 2022 French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday backed a proposal by Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to hold a 2025 United Nations climate conference in the Amazon rainforest. “I fervently hope that we can have a COP in the Amazon so I fully support this initiative by Lula,” Macron said during a trip to Bangkok for an Asia-Pacific Economic … Continue reading France backs Lula’s proposal to hold climate conference in the Amazon

Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 16, 2022 As climate change compounds the impact of crises and conflict, aid workers and politicians are looking for new ways to help those affected and mitigate the damage to their environment. “Climate change is both a stresser and a risk multiplier,” said Anne Witkowsky, US assistant secretary of state for conflict and stabilisation operations. It can lead to … Continue reading Conflict zones fight ‘multiplier’ effects of climate crisis

Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (AFP) Nov 16, 2022 A pledge by G20 leaders, whose countries account for most global CO2 emissions, to pursue the most ambitious target against global warming breathed new life into fraught UN climate talks in Egypt on Wednesday. Analysts and campaigners welcomed the final communique from the G20 meeting in Bali, Indonesia, which comes as negotiators in Egypt are struggling to … Continue reading G20 breathes new life into UN climate talks

Boston MA (SPX) Nov 17, 2022 The Earth’s climate has undergone some big changes, from global volcanism to planet-cooling ice ages and dramatic shifts in solar radiation. And yet life, for the last 3.7 billion years, has kept on beating. Now, a study by MIT researchers in Science Advances confirms that the planet harbors a “stabilizing feedback” mechanism that acts over hundreds of thousands of … Continue reading Earth can regulate its own temperature over millennia, new study finds

Washington (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has for the first time said he would give away most of his $124 billion fortune to charity, but warned that doing so effectively will be hard. The pledge matches similar commitments by some of the world’s richest people, including Bill and Melinda Gates, Elon Musk, and others. In a CNN interview released Monday, Bezos said … Continue reading Amazon founder Bezos says will donate most of fortune to charity

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 15, 2022 Large comprehensive experiments that integrate satellite, airplane, and ground-based observations were conducted at the Sanjiang Plain in northeast China from May to October to boost the black soil protection and use, according to the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Northeast China, one of the world’s three major black soil regions, is reghttp://dlvr.it/Scsh8W Continue reading Joint experiments conducted to facilitate black soil protection

Pessamit, Canada (AFP) Nov 14, 2022 Even though he lives in the middle of Canada’s boreal forest, Jean-Luc Kanape can sometimes go weeks without seeing a single caribou. But for as long as he can remember, the animals have been part of his life. For centuries, “our ancestors survived thanks to the caribous – using its meat, pelts and tools made from its bones,” says … Continue reading In Canada’s boreal forest, one man works to save caribou