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Children lost one-third of a year’s learning to COVID, new study shows – but we need to think about the problem differently

Children lost one-third of a year’s learning to COVID, new study shows – but we need to think about the problem differently: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Children’s learning progress has slowed substantially during the pandemic, roughly equating to a loss of around 35% of the typical learning in a school year, according to a new study. …

One-third of the world’s tree species are threatened with extinction – here are five of them

One-third of the world’s tree species are threatened with extinction – here are five of them: _Shorea smithiana_, a rainforest tree vulnerable to habitat loss. Sepilok, Sabah, Malaysia. David Bartholomew, Author provided One in three of the world’s tree species are at risk of becoming extinct, according to a recent report by the Global Tree …