The annual national bee count to monitor how wild bees in the Netherlands are doing is starting on Monday and will last until March 24. Anyone with a balcony, garden or a nearby piece of greenery is welcome to participate in the count. There are some 360 bee species in the Netherlands, half of which are on the red list of threatened species. Around 34 species have already become extinct. The annual count is meant to monitor bee numbers and
April 22 is Earth Day. Started in 1970, the day celebrates our home and promotes efforts aimed at protecting the environment.Countless people are working every day to preserve our planet.While most people enjoy spending time sunning on the beach, some volunteer to restore sand dunes by planting seagrass. The plants help secure sand along the coast and help protect the delicate environment from hurricanes.REBUILDING SAND DUNES FOR EARTH DAYVolunteers are also helping remove hundreds of thousands...
April 22 is Earth Day. Started in 1970, the day celebrates our home and promotes efforts aimed at protecting the environment.Countless people are working every day to preserve our planet.While most people enjoy spending time sunning on the beach, some volunteer to restore sand dunes by planting seagrass. The plants help secure sand along the coast and help protect the delicate environment from hurricanes.REBUILDING SAND DUNES FOR EARTH DAYVolunteers are also helping remove hundreds of thousands...
April 22 is Earth Day. Started in 1970, the day celebrates our home and promotes efforts aimed at protecting the environment. Countless people are working every day to preserve our planet. While most people enjoy spending time sunning on the beach, some volunteer to restore sand dunes by planting seagrass. The plants help secure sand along the coast and help protect the delicate environment from hurricanes. REBUILDING SAND DUNES FOR EARTH DAY Volunteers are also helping remove hundreds of...
This tip sheet outlines some of the many ways researchers can help the news media cover research accurately, starting with the journalists who interview them about their own work.
by Courtney Vaughn The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! The weather forecast can no longer be trusted. Spring is unpredictable, like an emotionally detached, fickle lover. It brings us flowers,...
Working from home has become one of the key battlegrounds in the culture wars - and now almost one in four people believe they should even be allowed to WFA (work from abroad).
Landslides are one of the most destructive natural disasters on the planet, causing billions of dollars of damage and devastating loss of life every year. By introducing a new paradigm for studying landslide shapes and failure types, a global team of researchers has provided help for those who work to predict landslides and risk evaluations.
When Lauren Nelson returned home from a trip to Portugal in 2022, she was “on cloud nine.” It hadn’t been any regular holiday — she had just gotten married. She and her new husband, Darragh, as well as their young daughter, were celebrating the perfect week away when they found a lump on his bicep.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating new discoveries across industries, from video production to medicine -- and now, it's expanding what we know about antiquity. On Tuesday, researchers at the University of Pisa in Italy announced that they have successfully used AI to decipher a papyrus scroll found in Herculaneum, a town near Pompeii that was also destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. The scroll is one of 1,800 scrolls preserved in the Villa of the Papyri -- once owned by...
As crushing as Denver’s 20-point comeback win in Game 2 might have felt in the moment, LeBron James says Wednesday’s film session let the Lakers see some encouraging signs amid their many close-range misses.
As crushing as Denver’s 20-point comeback win in Game 2 might have felt in the moment, LeBron James says Wednesday’s film session let the Lakers see some encouraging signs amid their many close-range misses.