Angola nears Africa oil giant status with 57 billion barrels and 27 trillion cubic feet of gas

Angola nears Africa oil giant status with 57 billion barrels and 27 trillion cubic feet of gas

Italian oil and gas mining giant ENI has announced discovery of new deposits in Angola, elevating the southwestern African nation to one of the leading producers on the continent south of the Sahara Desert. ENI announced the discovery on April 6 in its Block 15/06 concession offshore Angola, to underline...

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AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots but cases are few and far between: regulators

AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots but cases are few and far between: regulators

The European Medicines Agency has concluded there is a link between AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine and “very rare” but dangerous clotting events reported in a number of countries where the vaccine has been used, events which in some cases have been fatal. A safety committee, the agency said on Wednesday (April...

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Sorry state of reforestation: ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few’

Sorry state of reforestation: ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few’

After collecting seeds, they are usually sent to nurseries, where they are grown into seedlings for planting. The number and size of nurseries around the world are becoming fewer and smaller, raising the concerns about the future vegetation cover and some tree species. A study in which we interviewed over...

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In race to raise forest cover, scientists discover the world’s running out of seeds

In race to raise forest cover, scientists discover the world’s running out of seeds

Dean Swift has gotten really good at spotting where squirrels hide their seeds. In the forests of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and South Dakota, he looks for a moist shaded area with a small grove of trees, sometimes near a ravine. Here, he will find a cache of chewed cones...

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