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The Thatch

May 4, 20223 min read

Swapping 20% of beef for microbial protein ‘could halve deforestation’

Move would also lower emissions by reducing razing of trees and methane emissions from livestock, scientists say Replacing 20% of the...

The Thatch

Aug 30, 20215 min read

Plummeting Euphrates water level threatens Syria’s breadbasket

Across northeast Syria, power generation has already fallen by 70 percent since last year DAMASCUS, Syria--Aid groups and engineers are...

Polly Bevan-Bowhay

Jul 28, 20211 min read

Wildfires’ wrath forces thousands to flee in ravaged southern Europe

Tearing through Spanish and Greek countryside, raging wildfires have devastated several parts of southern Europe. The wildfires have...

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