Can higher CO2 levels boost plant life enough to dent global warming?
13 May 2020
Increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere may be boosting vegetation for now, but climate change is set to more than wipe out any gains, says James Wong
-
Subject
-
Section
-
Type
-
Topics
-
Author
-
Issue
-
Premium
The focus on coronavirus is essential, but we can’t forget the climate
13 May 2020
The coronavirus pandemic may be the biggest crisis most of us have faced, but we can’t afford to tackle our crises one at a time and let politicians off the hook on climate change
Cheap and easy $1 coronavirus test to undergo trials in Senegal
13 May 2020
Trials of a $1 covid-19 testing kit that produces results in under 10 minutes are under way in Senegal. If it works, it could be a vital tool in the surrounding region
What the latest research suggests about the coronavirus in pregnancy
13 May 2020
A growing number of case studies suggest that covid-19 is linked to a higher rate of preterm births, and the virus may be able to cross the placenta to a fetus
How accurate are the results from self-testing for covid-19 at home?
13 May 2020
Countries are increasingly sending out home coronavirus self-testing kits. But can the results from swabbing your own nose and throat be trusted?
Coronavirus: Developing countries are ‘on a ledge with no safety net’
12 May 2020
David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee, says the world's richest countries still have time to help protect the most fragile countries from the spread of covid-19
An AI trained to spot hidden objects can see through camouflage
12 May 2020
An AI trained to spot objects hidden against a background is able to see through camouflage and outperforms existing algorithms at the task
Neanderthals may have learned jewellery-making from us
11 May 2020
The first modern humans to settle in Europe made pendants out of bear teeth – and a few thousand years later, Neanderthals started doing it too
US start-up is testing drones in India to enforce social distancing
11 May 2020
Police are using surveillance drones to enforce social distancing rules worldwide during the covid-19 pandemic, raising concerns about privacy violations
UK plan for green heating will take 1500 years to hit 2050 target
11 May 2020
Details of a UK plan to reduce carbon emissions by switching to green heating sources falls a long way short of a 2050 target set by government climate advisers – at the proposed funding rate, it will take 1500 years
