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Canaries in the coal mine: why birds can tell us so much about the health of Earth

Canaries in the coal mine: why birds can tell us so much about the health of Earth: A Eurasian jay (_Garrulus glandarius_) sighting suggests a productive oak tree is nearby. Andy Jenner/Shutterstock Following a deadly explosion in a Welsh coal mine in 1896, an engineer called John Haldane invented a type of bird cage that …

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Two Canaries of Climate Change Conference

Two Canaries of Climate Change Conference – a Africa interest event taking place on 2018-02-14 09:00:00 in Australia The Two Canaries Conference marks the 20th anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol, the pioneering international treaty on greenhouse gas emissions to which, in December 1997, 192 nations put their signatures. It is the first official conference of the re-envisioned …

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