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THE DOOMSDAY Thwaites underlines that global heating and glaciers do not wait for politicians, and every year action to reduce climate emissions is delayed only accelerates global disaster. natural 3

Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ keeps scientists at bay with iceberg and sea ice The RRS Sir David The key to the future of Nobody can get to“ Attenborough arrives Thwaites is the ice shelf Thwaites this year,” in Portsmouth to take and its tongue. These HollandtoldtheAssociated edges with warm water Press on Monday. “We on fuel before departing underneath border the tried to cut through it ocean and provide “back for a week. Couldn’t do from the UK for its maiden support” that holds the ”.it. So we’re next to it rest of the glacier in place, voyage to Antarctica. The preventing it from falling Thwaites is spawning .into the sea, Holland said more icebergs as it falls state-of-the-art research apart, Holland said. This What worries scientists is iceberg used to be the vessel will transfer that the leading edge of the tongue or leading edge of huge glacier is breaking Thwaites until it broke off station teams, food, apart in many places. about 20 years ago, Larter Even though total collapse said. It measures about 43 cargo and fuel to British of the glacier could take miles by 28 miles, almost hundreds or thousands of the size of Rhode Island, Antarctic Survey's five years, the edge is falling according to the National apart much sooner. And .Snow and Ice Data Center research stations as well if that goes, researchers fear nothing may stop the Much of the problem is as transporting essential .rest from doing the same that loads of sea ice have gravitated around the science equipment for I think the ice shelf“ huge iceberg. And that’s will be gone in a matter ironic – and troublesome studies on unstable of years to decades,” for researchers – because Holland said. “But the overall Antarctic sea ice glaciers before returning actual inland ice, that’s the is unusually low for this ”.really unknown question .time of year, Larter said 2

natural by Basten Gokkon on 19 November 2022 THE ORENGE KING 5

JAKARTA — Protecting all remaining orangutans and their forest habitat in Indonesia will provide a bastion for the survival of Asia’s only great ape, wildlife experts .say in a new investigative report The administration of Indonesian President Joko Widodo must implement full protection for orangutans and their intact forest habitats while beefing up law enforcement against poaching and land burning to save the critically endangered animals, according to the report by the U.S.-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). Also Forest creatures include some of humanity’s closest biological relatives. Due to human threats, they are also some of the most .endangered animals on our planet Southeast Asia hosts many unique forest species, and many of our English words for forest creatures have their origins in Southeast Asian languages. What sound to English speakers like exotic loanwords .aremeaningfulintheiroriginallanguages By exploring the Southeast Asian etymologies of these names, we can understand how humans have maintained relationships of respect and affinity with forest creatures over the centuries. And, as these ecosystems are under grave threat, it is important to recognise a different way of relating to .our most endangered relatives is possible 4

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In and around Las Vegas explore an environmental side to the region and get a natural history education. Thereality is that the sustainability Because Las Vegas is an artificial playground of this fragile desert environment built in the middle of the desert, is it any is a huge concern. We think Al Gore surprise that the valley may drain its entire would agree - it is an inconvenient truth water supply by the year 2021? Air that can no longer be ignored. But pollution is another serious problem: the sky there is hope. An environmentally- above the Strip is sometimes so dirty that conscious educational complex called the .you cannot see the mountains for the haze Springs Preserve is a breath of fresh air. Spread over 180 acres atop the site of the original springs and las vegas (Spanish for \"the meadows\"), where Southern Paiute tribespeople and Old Spanish Trail traders once pitched their camps, and where Mormon missionaries and Western pioneers later settled the Las Vegas Valley, this $250-million museum complex takes visitors on an incredible trip through .historical, cultural and biological time If you want to dig beneath the hard-scrabble surface of this desert oasis, start with the OriGen Experience. The \"Natural Mojave\" galleries simulate flash floods and expose the variety of native wildlife that calls this desert .home, from Gila monsters to big brown bats The \"People of the Springs\" exhibit traces the city's obscure history, from Native American dwellings to the arrival of the railroad on the Western frontier and the construction of Hoover Dam. The \"New Frontier\" rooms are stocked with kid- friendly interactive multimedia games that teach about conservation, the environment and life in the modern city. Who knew ?slot machines could be so educational The touchstone of the Springs Preserve is the forward-thinking Desert Living Center. Nevada's first platinum-certified LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) buildings stand proudly here, 6

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