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Arctic lakes emit less carbon amount than previously thought
In many parts of world, lakes receive, break down plenty of terrestrial carbon

Climate change could have economic opportunity for Arctic nations
About 8% of annual sediment input delivered to global oceans comes from Greenland ice sheet

Scientists reveal secrets of Denisovans in Siberian cave
Findings show that Denisovans, Neanderthals interbred over 100 years ago

Earth core started to solidify 565m years ago, unlike previous beliefs
“There is this huge range of 2bn years which scientists think is time frame when inner core was formed,” says Tarduno

Geopolitics, climate change pose threats to food production
Researchers identify 226 food shocks across 134 nations in 53-year period

Environment Minister, SEMED’s managing director discuss COP14, recycling projects
Fouad praised level of collaboration between bank and ministry in several environmental projects in Egypt

Fouad stresses importance of education in raising environmental awareness
Minister announced launching cultural event for environmental topics

Four suggested scientific solutions for Egypt’s water dilemma
Egypt projected to have critical countrywide fresh water, food shortages by 2025

Climate change strengthens sea waves, threatens coastal zones
Waves shape coastlines, influence how, where to build coastal infrastructures

Philips launches Ingenia Ambition X for step-change in productivity
Application combines fully sealed BlueSeal magnet technology, workflow innovations

African Youth Conference for Environmental Sustainability in Industries to be held in April
Event comes within Egypt’s presidency over African Union

Termites: efficient miniature fighters during droughts in rainforests
This study is yet another proof that we need to conserve biodiversity

North African date palms have Middle Eastern origin
Oldest archaeological evidence for Phoenix dactylifera found in UAE, Kuwait

Study reveals first direct evidence of Basilosaurus isis’ diet
15-metre-long ancient whale, discovered in Wadi Al-Hitan, was top marine predator

Eye in sky enables scientists to gauge global poverty
Researchers from Arhus University monitored implementing UN SDGs through satellite images

Study suggests generating solar energy from snow-covered mountains
Electricity must be produced when it is needed, as it is difficult to store large amounts of it

Mansourasouras tops Egypt’s scientific phenomenon in 2018
Egypt first Arab, African country to host COP14 on CBD

UN committed to create space for conflict resolution in 2019
Climate change moving faster than we are, says UN secretary-general

Science taking pictures of cats for very important reason
For AI to work well, it needs to be trained first on lot of data —not just any kind of data, but information that reflects kinds of tasks AI will be working on

Asexual reproduction in rice, turns agricultural dream into reality
Number of researchers, institutions, particularly in Europe, boycott GMOs

Egypt hosts PERSGA’s workshop addressing ecosystem management in Red Sea
SEM Project’s achievements exceed expectations of such projects: EEAA chairperson

Salmon may lose ability to detect dangers as carbon emissions increase
We hope findings will alert people to potential consequences of elevated carbon emissions, says research biologist at NOAA Fisheries

Minister of Environment stresses need to achieve commitments of Paris Agreement
Egypt, Germany elected by COP24 presidency to lead negotiations regarding convention’s funding

Presidency of COP14 selects Egypt, Germany to lead funding negotiations
Minister of Environment presided Egypt’s delegation to COP24

Revolution in cereal crops’ breeding: planting rice clones from its seeds
Oraby rice increases Egypt’s production of crop, resists drought, saves water

Barbecued meat, rice, drinking water could kill you softly
Because of human activities, arsenic pollution is rising

COP24 launches in Poland with hopes to meet PAWP’s goals
Minister of Environment presided Egypt’s delegation to COP24

UN COP14 closes in Sharm El-Sheikh, with agreement to scale up investments in nature, people
Parties launch Sharm El-Sheikh declaration, invite UNGA for high level summit on biodiversity by 2020

Round table for addressing air pollution, solid wastes management
Decreasing air pollution will enhance air quality, achieve notable results by 2020, says Fouad

15% of terrestrial, 7% of marine areas currently covered by protected areas: report
Over 20m km2 of earth’s land surface, nearly 27m km2 of marine areas designated as ‘Protected Areas’