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Kildare-based drinks company set to thrill A-listers tastebuds at the Oscars 2021 Naked Collective co-founder Niall Phelan hopes Carey Mulligan will be sipping his Mude drinks at the pre-Oscars bash Updated (Image: Irish Mirror) Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in...

20 April 2021 11:40 GMT Updated  20 April 2021 12:47 GMT OPINION: Key parts of the oil and gas industry have signaled their determination to play their part in trying to meet the Paris climate goals. ENERGY EXPLORED: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCELERATE Gain valuable insight into the global oil and gas industrys energy transition from Those at the forefront of change — such as Shell, Equinor, BP and Eni — are gradually stepping up investment in renewable power. They are also relying on significan...

Countries are largely missing out on a key strategy to fight climate change. While mounting evidence showcases the emissions-reduction benefits of well-managed indigenous and community lands, few countries actually set targets to protect these lands in their initial national climate plans in 2015 (known as “Nationally Determined Contributions,” or NDCs). As countries submit new NDCs this year as part of the international Paris Climate Agreement, helping indigenous peoples and other local co...

Reptiles Magazine The frog, which belongs to the Gastrotheca genus was discovered in the Peruvian Amazon. April 15, 2021 Gastrotheca gemma was discovered in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. Photo by Venegas PJ, García-Ayachi LA, Echevarría LY, Paluh DJ, Chávez–Arribasplata JC, Marchelie A, Catenazzi A (2021) Researchers have discovered a new marsupial frog species in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest that is part of the Gastrotheca genus. The frog, Gastrotheca gemma, is green in coloration wi...

15 April 2021 8:08 GMT Updated  15 April 2021 8:08 GMT in  Singapore Pavilion Energy has imported a so-called carbon-neutral liquefied natural gas cargo into Singapore — the first for both the company and the city state. Carbon emissions associated with the LNG cargo from well to tank including the extraction, production, transportation and regasification will be offset by retiring a corresponding amount of high-quality carbon credits sourced from Pavilion’s portfolio of carbo...

Archyde April 13, 2021 by archyde The new species of frog discovered in a natural park in the Peruvian Amazon. HANDOUT / AFP A new species of marsupial frog, whose eggs develop in a pouch on its back, has been discovered in a natural park in the Peruvian Amazon, the National Service of Protected Natural Areas (Sernanp) reported on Monday (April 12). “This new species is distinguished by a thick grainy skin on the back, a green dorsal coloration without a pattern, a turquoise iris and a belly...

This article by Magdalena Tanev was originally published on plantmedicine.org and appears here with permission, via Microdose Psychedelic Insights. For centuries, the use of the sacred ayahuasca brew has been a vital healing mechanism for indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest, and in recent years, growing numbers of foreigners have flocked to Central and South America to try the medicine. These ceremonies, which are conducted by experienced shamans and facilitators traditionally tak...

Deforestation in Amazon Rainforest Rose By 17% In 2020 08/04/2021 An aerial view of a tract of Amazon jungle after it was cleared by farmers in Para, Brazil on September 26, 2019. Photo: Reuters/Ricardo Moraes  Bogota: Deforestation in the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, rose by 17% last year, with wildfires, beef production and logging causing forested areas roughly the size of El Salvador to disappear, according to new data published on Wednesday. The loss of primary for...

At Least 403 COVID Victims Secretly Buried in Peru On 4/8/21 at 3:41 PM EDT At least 403 people who died from COVID-19 were secretly buried by local authorities in a massive, unmarked grave site in Peru, family members of the victims said, according to an investigation. The victims were buried in a field in Iquitos, a city located in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon in Loreto state, the Associated Press reported in its investigative story. Local authorities approved of the secret burials but ne...

increase font size Dana Wilde: What do spiders know, and how do they know it? While animal instinct plays a role in behavior, spiders make choices that suggest more complex minds at work, Dana Wilde writes. Share Photo by Dana Wilde At the end of March after the snow was gone, I was mindlessly poking around in last year’s grass at the park, when what to my wondering eyes should appear but tiny black glints of activity. I got alert. Their darting arthropodic gaits suggested they were spiders,...