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26 May

Green Legacy: Over 6.3bln Tree Seedlings Readied For Planting, So Far

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The ministry of agriculture on Tuesday said it has made over 6.3 billion seedlings ready for the tree planting campaign in the upcoming main rainy season in Ethiopia. Preparations are ongoing for the annual Green Legacy initiative’s tree-planting campaign, which, officials say, aims at curbing the effects of climate change and deforestation in Ethiopia.. More than 6.3 billion seedlings of various trees including fruits have so far been readied for planting, said Iyasu Elias (Prof), State Minister of Agriculture. He said the preparation this year gives more focus on putting in place follow-up and nurturing mechanisms for planted trees, as…

13 May

Nature loss: Watchdog highlights ‘precarious state’ of environment

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A report from an independent watchdog says it's very concerned about the "precarious state" of England's environment. The Office for Environmental Protection says that existing laws are failing to slow the damage to land, air and water. Protecting the environment should have the same urgency as efforts to reach net zero emissions, the study says. The government says current laws will make a real difference and put nature on the road to recovery this decade. The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) was set up under the 2021 Environment Act to hold the government and other public bodies to account in England and…

13 May

Moon soil used to grow plants for first time in breakthrough test

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Scientists have grown plants in lunar soil for the first time, an important step towards making long-term stays on the moon possible. Researchers used small samples of dust collected during the 1969-1972 Apollo missions to grow a type of cress. Much to their surprise, the seeds sprouted after two days. "I can't tell you how astonished we were," said Anna-Lisa Paul, a University of Florida professor who co-authored a paper on the findings. "Every plant - whether in a lunar sample or in a control - looked the same up until about day six." After that, differences emerged. The plants…

13 May

How much plastic do you use in a week?

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Thousands of people will count their plastic waste for a week in a national survey of how much we consume. The count, put together by the organisation Everyday Plastic and Greenpeace, starts on Monday. Only the US uses more plastic per person per year than the UK, research suggests. Campaigners say the count will shed a unique light on how households consume the environmentally damaging material. Huge amounts of energy and fossil fuels are needed to make new plastic, and it sticks around in our environment for a long time. It is also only possible to recycle plastic two or three…

13 May

Black hole: First picture of Milky Way monster

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This is the gargantuan black hole that lives at the centre of our galaxy, pictured for the very first time. Known as Sagittarius A*, the object is a staggering four million times the mass of our Sun. What you see is a central dark region where the hole resides, circled by the light coming from super-heated gas accelerated by immense gravitational forces. For scale, the ring is roughly the size of Mercury's orbit around our star. That's about 60 million km, or 40 million miles, across. Fortunately, this monster is a long, long way away - some 26,000 light-years in…