Tag: climate
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Has lockdown sparked a change in our energy habits?
We like to think that, as individuals, we are unique and original. In fact, as a group, we are utterly predictable. Monday through Friday, the majority of the UK population wakes up around 7, commutes, works 9 to 5, then jumps into evening traffic, and arrives home to make themselves some dinner and a nice…
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Uncovering an ancient Antarctic rainforest
New research indicates that the icy continent was once home to a temperate rainforest, Shruti Sundaresan reports. When one speaks of Antarctica, we tend to automatically think of snow, ice, glaciers and penguins. However, research shows that the icy continent once had quite a temperate-rainforest-like climate!. The study was carried out by an international team…