Planet

Going veggie can harm the planet too, warns Countryfile presenter Adam Henson

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Going veggie can harm the planet too, warns Countryfile presenter Adam Henson, who says vegetarians may be having a ‘disastrous’ impact on the environment with their choices Said that beef, sheep and dairy farmers are facing criticism on climate change People are being persuaded to go vegetarian or vegan by material online Henson said the … Read more

GEORGE EUSTICE: Wasting food damages our planet – we ALL have a duty to keep it out of the bin 

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GEORGE EUSTICE: Wasting food damages our planet – we ALL have a duty to keep it out of the bin By George Eustice Environment Secretary For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:07 BST, 10 July 2021 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 10 July 2021 Nobody wants to see good food go to waste. Yet, as a … Read more

Mars: China’s space agency releases stunning footage of Zhurong rover on the Red Planet 

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The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17, 2021 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province of China, carried on the Long March-2F rocket, to Chinese Tiangong space station July 19, 1964: China took its first official step into space, launching and recovering an experimental biological rocket carrying white mice. April 24, … Read more

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has made its EIGHTH successful flight on the Red Planet 

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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has made its EIGHTH successful flight on the Red Planet NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter completed its eighth successful flight on Mars  The 4-pound helicopter flew 525 feet (160meters) for 77.4 seconds. It landed roughly 440 feet (133.5m) away from Perseverance  It captures its own shadow, 14 days after its seventh flight By Chris … Read more

Halve the size of your steak if you want to cut carbon emissions and save the planet, says expert 

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Halve the size of your steak if you want to cut carbon emissions and save the planet, says expert Steak should take a back seat on plate if you want to save the planet, expert said She also warned going vegan can take its toll on the environment too  Halving weight of steak could be … Read more

NASA is sending a mission to Venus to explore the planet for the first time in more than 30 years

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NASA is returning to Venus for the first time in more than 30 years, as the space agency unveiled two new $500 million missions on Wednesday that are expected to launch within the next 10 years.  As part of its State of the Agency address, NASA administrator Bill Nelson said the missions, DAVINCI+ and VERITAS, … Read more

Nature: Earth has roughly 50 BILLION birds – six for every human on the planet, study finds

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There are roughly 50 billion birds alive on the Earth today, a big data study has found — the equivalent of around six for every individual human on the planet. Researchers from Australia’s University of New South Wales (UNSW) estimated how many birds there are across 9,700 species, all the way from pigeons to penguins. … Read more

Scientists claim to have found evidence of FUNGI on the Red Planet

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Images captured by the NASA Curiosity rover on Mars contain evidence of mushrooms growing on the Red Planet, according to a new study. Microbiologists Dr Xinli Wei from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and astrophysicist Dr Rudolph Schild from Harvard-Smithsonian analysed the images.  The pair claim that images from Mars taken by NASA rovers and … Read more

Scientists claim to have found evidence of FUNGI on the Red Planet

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Images captured by the NASA Curiosity rover on Mars contain evidence of mushrooms growing on the Red Planet, according to a new study. Microbiologists Dr Xinli Wei from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and astrophysicist Dr Rudolph Schild from Harvard-Smithsonian analysed the images.  The pair claim that images from Mars taken by NASA rovers and … Read more