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by Pierre-Henry Deshayes © Agence France-Presse Longyearbyen, NORWAY (AFP) — Home to polar bears, the midnight sun and the northern lights, a Norwegian archipelago perched high in the Arctic is trying to find a way to profit from its pristine wilderness without ruining it. The Svalbard archipelago, located 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from the North Pole and reachable by commercial airline flights, offers visitors vast expanses of untouched nature, with majestic mountains, glaciers and […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Bumblebees acquire a taste for food laced with a pesticide known to harm them, according to a study suggesting the chemicals pose an even greater threat to pollinators than previously thought. In experiments, researchers showed that bees initially put off by sugar water containing neonicotinoids — the most widely-used class of insecticide worldwide — soon started seeking them out to the exclusion of untainted food. The findings were published Wednesday in […]
(Eagle News) – Iimbestigahan ng Committees on Environment and Natural Resources gayundin ng Tourism and Finance ang epektong dulot ng polusyon sa isla ng Boracay sa ika-dalawa ng Marso. Una rito, sinabi ni Environment Committee Chairman Cynthia Villar na magsasagawa muna sila ng pag-iinspeksyon sa lugar para personal na makita ang kasalukuyang sitwasyon doon. Kabilang sa mga makakasama ni Sen. Villar ay sina Sen. Nancy Binay at Sen. Loren Legarda maging sina Sen. Sonny Angara, […]
