Environment
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Birds of a feather... bathe together
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Sicilian squill – l-għansar ikħal – Scilla sicula
The Sicilian squill or l-għansar ikħal in Maltese is rarely found in garigue and rocky steppes. Its leaves are broad, marginally toothed with a line of short, white hairs. The flowers are in pyramidal to hemispherical inflorescences with pale...
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The ball is in our court
The world could avoid much of the damaging effects of climate change this century if greenhouse gas emissions are curbed more sharply, new research showed. The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, is the first comprehensive...
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Pollution worst on record in Beijing
Air quality in Beijing was the “worst on record” this weekend, according to environmentalists, as the city’s pollution monitoring centre warned residents to stay indoors with pollution 30-45 times above recommended safety levels. The Chinese...
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Nations progress with climate-related laws
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Delimara needs gas, not hot air
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The barbary nut iris
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Southern dwarf iris
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Australia remains on alert
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UN climate experts deny secrecy after new leak
The UN panel of climate scientists has rejected criticism that it is too secretive after a blogger sceptical about global warming published a leaked draft on Tuesday of one of its massive reports. The panel, whose work is a guide for governments...
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Bird whose song is like violin’s
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Maltese cliff orache – il-bjanka tal-irdum
The Maltese cliff orache or il-bjanka tal-irdum is rarely found. It is confined to the southern to north-western cliffs of Malta and Gozo, including the Fungus Rock Nature Reserve. This plant is perennial and grows as a dense shrub up to 80cm in...
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Biofuels not so green after all
Green schemes to fight climate change by producing more biofuels could actually worsen a little-known type of air pollution and cause almost 1,400 premature deaths a year in Europe by 2020, a study showed. The report said trees grown to produce wood...
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Royal urges action on environment
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It’s a growing bug’s world
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The harestail grass
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Toothed medick – in-nefel il-komuni
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A moth that ‘measures earth’
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Maltese Stocks – il-ġiżi ta’ Malta
The Maltese Stocks, know as il-ġiżi ta’ Malta is confined to cliffs and maritime valley-sides, but quite widespread along the southern to north-western cliffs of Gozo. The Maltese stocks are perennial and its leaves are fleshy and wavy-edged. The...
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Pushing Attard towards Rabat