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Human Rights

Putting Child Rights at the Heart of Climate Talks

“Whatever land my father had and the house he had went under the water in the river erosion and that’s why my parents decided to get me married,” said Sul...

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Environment

Cancer Risk Tied To Pollution In Environment

Prolonged exposure to poor air quality appears to increase the risk of cancer, particularly breast and prostate cancers, a study in the US has suggested, bolstering evidenc...

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Sustainable Development

Let's Be Crystal Clear: Public Water Needs To Be Protected

This is an opinion piece from Jon Bowermaster, the founder of Oceans 8 Films and One Ocean Media Foundation. Sizable and necessary attention has been paid in recent years ...

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Environment

In Disposable Mucus Houses, These Zooplankton Filter The Ocean

Swimming hundreds of feet beneath the ocean’s surface in many parts of the world are prolific architects called giant larvaceans. These zooplankton are not particular...

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Human Rights

Water Rights Are Civil Rights & Civil Rights Are Human Rights

An April 20, 2017 press conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey was held to protest the state's planned privatization of the city's water utility company and to advocate fo...

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Sustainable Development

Matt Damon: Children Are Drinking Water So Dirty, It Looks Like Chocolate Milk

Jetlagged after a flight from Australia, Matt Damon is wearing a smart dark suit with a crisp white shirt as he sits at the headquarters of the World Bank in Washington. He...

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Sustainable Development

14 Spectacular Green Roofs Around The World

Watermill Residence, Water Mill, New York, Autofamily House, Poland, Biesbosch Museum, National Park De Biesbosch, Netherlands, Daniel F., Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Sc...

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Environment

Date With Marine Life

Flanked by the Arabian sea on one side and flush with lakes, rivers and ponds, Thiruvananthapuram has been blessed with an abundance of water bodies. However, not many of u...

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Sustainable Development

Tiny Silk Batteries Dissolve Within Weeks

A flexible battery made of gauzy silk films could power electronics and then melt away after a preset number of days (ACS Energy Lett. 2017, DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00...

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Environment

Mammoths, Sabre Tooth Tigers And Other Megafauna Went Extinct

Mammoths, sabre-tooth tigers, giant sloths and other ‘megafauna’ died out across most of the world at the end of the last Ice Age because the changing climate b...

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