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Poverty rate in India was slashed, says report, but globally 1.2bn still poor

October 22, 2022

British Reporter — Index shows 1 in 5 people in the developing world living in multidimensional poverty. Hundreds of millions lack adequate nutrition, sanitation, housing and good cooking facilities. But, India’s MPI poverty rate fell from 55.1% to 16.4% as millions were lifted out of poverty according to University of Oxford.

In sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, young children dying at greater-than-expected rates

Generally, as people age, the rate of mortality increases. Yet there’s one

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October 16, 2022

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Black hole burps up shredded star

For first time astronomers see black hole spewing stellar remains years after

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October 13, 2022

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Rainforest trees may have been dying faster since the 1980s

British Reporter — Tropical trees in Australia’s rainforests have been dying at

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May 18, 2022

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World Bank Group Increases Support for Climate Action in Developing Countries

British Reporter — The World Bank Group today announced its new Climate Change Action Plan that aims to deliver record levels of climate finance to developing countries, reduce emissions, strengthen adaptation, and align financial flows with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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July 22, 2021

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The world at our feet: Reflections on Earth and its prospects

British Reporter — Humans have known for a long time that there was more than the earth beneath our feet—that there was, in fact, a big-e Earth—but it took a while before we figured out our place in relation to the sun and

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July 21, 2021

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Ear to the Ground: Locating Elephants Using Ground Vibrations

British Reporter — Researchers from the University of Oxford, Mpala Research Center and Save the Elephants, have used a combination of acoustic microphones and seismometers to locate elephants.

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July 15, 2021

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Rare Meteorite Could Hold Secrets to Life on Earth

British Reporter — Scientists are set to uncover the secrets of a rare meteorite and possibly the origins of oceans and life on Earth. Research carried out on the meteorite, which fell in the UK earlier this year, suggests the rock dates back

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July 13, 2021

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Giant Comet Found in Outer Solar System

British Reporter — The discovery of the comet estimated to 100-200 kilometers across was made by Penn researchers following a comprehensive search of data from the Dark Energy Survey. Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein is the most distant comet ever discovered and possibly the largest

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July 2, 2021

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New Source of Gravitational Waves Discovered

British Reporter — For the first time, scientists have picked up the ripples in space-time caused by the death spiral of two celestial juggernauts, a neutron star and black hole, UKRI notes. Scientists picked up the reverberations from these two objects using a

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June 29, 2021

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Nature-Based Solutions Highly Effective in Long Term

British Reporter– Nature-based solutions (NbS) can contribute to the fight against climate change up to the end of our century, according to new Oxford research in the leading scientific journal Nature. The analysis suggests that, to limit global temperature rise, we must slash

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June 19, 2021

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The Win-Win of Forest Protection: Enhancing Lives While Slowing Climate Change

British Reporter– The 21st century has seen a surge in governments’ strategic protection of forests, for good reason. Forest protection enhances people’s lives while slowing climate change by enabling trees, soil and grasslands to perform their natural functions of removing carbon dioxide

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June 10, 2021

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The Ocean Cleanup and The Coca-Cola Company Announce New Partnership

British Reporter — The Coca-Cola Company and The Ocean Cleanup announced that Coca-Cola will become a Global Implementation Partner for The Ocean Cleanup’s river project. The unique partnership brings the international company and technological non-profit together behind a clear objective: to stem

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June 7, 2021

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Protecting Fragile Marine Ecosystems

British Reporter — This year’s World Environment Day, officially celebrated on 5 June, focuses on ecosystem restoration, an important aspect of a healthy world. The EBRD’s work with the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP) shows how this can be successfully achieved, EBRD

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June 5, 2021

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