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This was a particularly large one, so the question is, why did it happen? it may have been because one of the pod was having problems at the end of a pregnancy, a situation which has occurred before. an animal was having difficulty giving birth, all the other animals came around it — to protect it, we assumed — but in the process of doing that, the entire pod came into shallow waters and got left by the receding tide. and examining some of the pod should help experts understand whether pollu...

The climate crisis can sometimes to like the opposite. you miss the trees because youre so freaked out by the forest. you miss the different facets of this issue because the whole thing can feel so overwhelming. i never wanted, when were talking about the climate, forget the big picture, i do want to zoom in on one aspect of the climate crisis that doesnt always get a lot of attention, its the oceans. over the last 50 years, humans have burned enough fossil fuel, will, gas, oil, cut down enough ...

Compared with whats happening now. these are natural changes here. this is a natural system that drives these changes. what we are doing right now, we are increasing the speed of these changes. we see that environments are pretty much getting destroyed. but this is part of the human activity. in huge archives, vital geological records are stored. its the first time a new epoch has been proposed while were living through it. geologists now need to put this to a vote before the anthropocene epoch ...

They hold the fingerprints of human activity from the byproducts of fossilfuels, microplastics, and the fallout from nuclear weapons testing. and its the plutonium from these nuclear tests thats being isolated here to determine which year the anthropocene started. were looking at the plutonium radioactivity in the early 1950s. that was the point when this almost entirely artificial product was globally dispersed. and we pick it up from the early 1950s in sediments all over the globe. the last ep...

Scientists have announced the start of a process to declare that we are in a new time period — called the anthropocene — apologies for at the pronunciation, it is a difficult word to pronounce. because of the effects humans are having which can be seen on the whole planet. a core from the sediment of crawford lake in ontario in canada has been selected as the best example of human activity being permanently etched in the geological record. a new epoch isnt something that happens very often, ...

Now, we are increasing the speed of these changes. we see that environments are pretty much getting destroyed. but this is part of the human activity. in huge archives, vital geological records are stored. its the first time a new epoch has been proposed while were living through it. geologists now need to put this to a vote before the anthropocene epoch is set in stone. rebecca morrelle, bbc news. thats all for now — stay with bbc news. hello. well, southern parts of europe in the grip of a h...

These sediments can be analyzed. they hold the fingerprints of human activity from the byproducts of fossilfuels, microplastics, and the fallout from nuclear weapons testing. and its the plutonium from these nuclear tests thats being isolated here to determine which year the anthropocene started. were looking at the plutonium radioactivity in the early 1950s. that was the point when this almost entirely artificial product was globally dispersed. and we pick it up from the early 1950s in sediment...

Project in ghana which aims to monitor bats. dusk is the witching hour at this soe. the best time for this group of scientists to test the bats for different viruses and bugs. brute different viruses and bugs. we are t in: different viruses and bugs. - are trying to test for resistance antimicrobial in the to of the bats. that is what we are trying to do.— are trying to do. the question is as the bacteria _ are trying to do. the question is as the bacteria in _ are trying to do. the question i...

Group of scientists to test these bats for different viruses and even superbugs. we tried to test for resistant antimicrobials in the pool of the bats. that is what we are trying to do. the question is if the bacteria in the pre— resistance to antibiotics? bacteria in the pre- resistance to antibiotics?— antibiotics? exactly. that is the . uestion. antibiotics? exactly. that is the question. bats _ antibiotics? exactly. that is the question. bats are _ antibiotics? exactly. that is the quest...

For different viruses and even superbugs. what we try to test for are resistant antimicrobials in the poo of the bats. so thats what we are trying to do. so the question is, is the bacteria in the poo resistant to antibiotics? exactly. that is the question. yeah! 0k, got it. bats are a mystery because they can carry all these different pathogens, including coronaviruses, but not get sick themselves. this is actually an adult female and i think its even pregnant. kofi amponsah mensah is a conserv...