Vietnam's robusta: the go-to coffee bean in a warmer world?
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Environment
Brazil Indigenous group fights to save endangered evergreen
Dancing around a campfire in bright feather headdresses, a group of Indigenous eco-warriors prepares the painstaking process of planting the Brazilian pine tree, fighting to save the critically endangered species -- and their way of life.. He is helping lead the effort to save the Brazilian pine by planting tens of thousands of seedlings.
T-Rex skeleton on show in Zurich before auction
Yolanda Schicker-Siber gingerly fastens a pointy claw bone with a thin metal wire, putting the finishing touches on a giant Tyrannosaurus-Rex skeleton before a rare auction in Switzerland next month.. - Room for a T-Rex - Just over half of the bone material in the skeleton comes from the three Tyrannosaurus specimens -- above the 50 percent level needed for experts to consider such a skeleton high quality.
Sugar traps force cockroaches to adapt new sex 'gifts'
Humans using sugar in cockroach traps has inadvertently led to female roaches being turned off by the sugary "gifts" males use to entice them into mating.. The big losers are ordinary male cockroaches, who now secrete a gift too rich in glucose and take too long to start mating for the taste of many females.
Meatball from extinct mammoth unveiled by food tech firm
Food scientists on Tuesday unveiled a giant meatball made from lab-grown flesh of an extinct woolly mammoth, saying the protein from the past showed the way for future foods.. "We chose to make a mammoth meatball to draw attention to the fact that the future of food can be better and more sustainable."
Canada budget doles out incentives for clean economy
Canada unveiled a budget on Tuesday that aims to make it a clean energy "superpower" and secure a leading place in global supply chains for critical minerals and electric vehicles.. "We are going to make Canada a reliable supplier of clean energy to the world, and, from critical minerals to electric vehicles, we are going to ensure that Canadian workers mine, and process, and build, and sell the goods and the resources that our allies need," Freeland said.
Meatball from extinct mammoth unveiled by food tech firm
Food scientists unveiled a giant meatball made from lab-grown flesh of an extinct woolly mammoth on Tuesday, saying the protein from the past showed the way for future foods.. "We chose to make a mammoth meatball to draw attention to the fact that the future of food can be better and more sustainable." jhe/dk/ea
Race against time to save those trapped in Ecuador mudslide
Rescuers faced a race against time in southern Ecuador on Tuesday to find survivors of a landslide that has left seven people dead and more than 60 missing, according to the latest official toll.. A total of 64 people were still missing on Tuesday morning, with 163 homes affected by the landslide.
EU fossil fuel car ban gets final green light
The 27 EU member states gave final approval Tuesday to a ban on sales of new fossil fuel cars by 2035, after Germany dropped a last-minute blocking effort.. But manufacturers in Germany, one of the world's largest vehicle-producing nations, said the fuels could allow combustion engines to be used beyond 2035.
Bangladesh bans plastics in world's largest mangrove forest
Conservationists in Bangladesh said Tuesday that tourists dropping rubbish in the world's largest mangrove forest had seriously damaged the ecosystem, forcing the imposition of a single-use plastic ban in the World Heritage site.. Part of the Sundarbans was designated a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1997.
