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Tropical-forest destruction has slowed — but is still too high

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Tropical-forest destruction has slowed — but is still too high

Loss of pristine tropical forests slowed last year — but the world is still falling far short of a global goal to end deforestation by 2030. The findings, from an analysis of satellite data released this week, highlight the need to improve conservation of tropical forests to protect biodiversity and slow climate change. In 2023, … Read more

Climate change has slowed Earth’s rotation — and could affect how we keep time

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Climate change has slowed Earth’s rotation — and could affect how we keep time

Climate change is starting to alter how humans keep time. An analysis1 published in Nature on 27 March has predicted that melting ice caps are slowing Earth’s rotation to such an extent that the next leap second — the mechanism used since 1972 to reconcile official time from atomic clocks with that based on Earth’s … Read more