African aid ‘needs science focus’
A leading physicist says aid to Africa needs to be focused on higher education, especially sciences.
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Key role of forests ‘may be lost’
The ability of forests to act as massive carbon sinks is under threat as a result of climate change stress, scientists warn.
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New limits to Antarctic tourism
Parties to the Antarctic Treaty adopt limits to tourism in the region, in a bid to protect the fragile ecosystem.
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Obama to regulate ‘pollutant’ CO2
The US government is to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, having decided they pose a danger to human health and well-being.
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MI5 set to recruit science chief
MI5 is to appoint a chief scientific adviser, whose brief will include work on combating the terror threat, BBC News has learned.
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