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Impact of climate change may be equivalent to 3.3 million years of transformations in tropical vegetation

The tropics cover less than one-third of the Earth’s surface, but are home to more than half of all known species. Forests, savannas, grasslands, deserts: a vast array of environments stretches along the planet’s equatorial belt. This diversity, however, is not static. It is the result of millions of years…

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6 Nutrition Gaps in Indian Children That Silently Damage Growth and Concentration

Iron: the reason a bright child blanks mid-sentenceIron deficiency is the most common nutritional disorder among Indian children, according to the National Family Health Survey-5 (NFHS-5), which found that 67 percent of children between six and 59 months are anaemic. Iron does not just make blood, it ferries oxygen to…

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The Surprise Multiplayer Hit Of The Year Just Got A Wild Update

The year's best co-op game has a huge update that adds a creepy new environment and a handful of new items and achievements.

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A new biome is coming as an alternative to the Tropics in Peak, but the only downside is you might be attacked by spiders

Who knows what else might be out there?

PC Gamer

Our primate ancestors evolved in the cold – not the tropics

Most people imagine our early primate ancestors swinging through lush tropical forests. But new research shows that they were braving the cold.

The Conversation

All food in PEAK and how to find them

Keep your stomach full to stay alive.

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Why are tropical animals so colorful?

Many animals in the tropics are colorful for a number of reasons, including some you might not expect.

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Nature benefits when logged tropical forests are left to recover – here’s how

In parts of the tropics like the island of Borneo, the pace of environmental change has been dramatic. Not long ago, the forests that covered most of the island were largely intact. But in recent decades, the scale of logging has intensified, and more areas of harvested forest have been…

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Importance of sunscreen during monsoon

Even during the rainy season in the tropics, ultraviolet (UV) radiation remains a serious issue. Although clouds can block direct sunlight, invisible UV rays, specifically UVA and UVB, can still penetrate through them and harm your skin. In fact, research shows that clouds can sometimes reflect UV radiation, increasing its…

The Times of India

Queensland’s wet tropics see 25% rise in threatened species in three years as climate change bites

Ecologist Stephen Williams says tropics ‘at a real risk of losing the very things it was made a world heritage area to protect’

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If you thought this summer's heat waves were bad, a new study has some disturbing news about dangerous heat in the future

As global temperatures rise, people in the tropics, including places like India and Africa’s Sahel region, will likely face dangerously hot conditions almost daily by the end of the century – even as the world reduces its greenhouse gas emissions, a new study shows.

The Conversation

Billions at risk of skin cancer as huge new hole found in Earth's ozone layer

The new find in the protective layer which sits 15 miles above the Earth is said to sit over the Tropics and potentially puts the lives of billions of people at risk

Daily Mirror

A huge Atlantic ocean current is slowing down. If it collapses, La Niña could become the norm for Australia

Climate change is slowing down the conveyor belt of ocean currents that brings warm water from the tropics up to the North Atlantic. Our research, published today in Nature Climate Change, looks at the profound consequences to global climate if this Atlantic conveyor collapses entirely.

The Conversation

Electricity from the cold ocean depths could one day power island states

In the tropics, the deep sea is cold and the sea surface is very warm. That temperature difference can be harnessed and turned into electricity. If we can improve the technology, this method of producing power could be a godsend for island nations reliant on expensive and polluting diesel for…

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Number Of Birds Living In Tropical Forests ‘Has Plummeted By Up To 90 Per Cent In Just 40 Years’

Professor Jeff Brawn said: “This is one of the longest, if not the longest, study of its kind in the Neotropics“.

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