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New material to treat wounds can protect against resistant bacteria May 11, 2021
Researchers have developed a new material that prevents infections in wounds - a specially designed hydrogel, that works against all types of bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant ones. The new material offers great hope for combating a growing global problem.
Hidden within African diamonds, a billion-plus years of deep-earth history May 11, 2021
A team has come up with a way to solve two longstanding puzzles: the ages of individual fluid-bearing diamonds, and the chemistry of their parent material. The research has allowed them to sketch out geologic events going back more than a billion years -- a potential breakthrough not only in the study of diamonds, but […]
Researchers develop magnetic thin film for spin-thermoelectric energy conversion May 11, 2021
Engineers have proposed a satellite-aided drought monitoring method that can adequately represent the complex drought conditions into a single integrated drought index.
Sex cells in parasites are doing their own thing May 11, 2021
Researchers have discovered how microbes responsible for human African sleeping sickness produce sex cells.
The Aqueduct of Constantinople: Managing the longest water channel of the ancient world May 11, 2021
Aqueducts are very impressive examples of the art of construction in the Roman Empire. Even today, they still provide us with new insights into aesthetic, practical, and technical aspects of construction and use. Scientists investigated the longest aqueduct of the time, the 426-kilometer-long Aqueduct of Valens supplying Constantinople, and revealed new insights into how this […]
Invasive species alters marine community, interferes in post-disaster recovery May 10, 2021
Clavelina oblonga, an invasive marine fouling species, not only reduces diversity in communities it invades, it also interferes in their recovery following natural disasters - a process known as 'succession.'
Time running out to save coral reefs May 10, 2021
New data on the growth rates of coral reefs shows there is still a window of opportunity to save them from eroding by mid-century -- but time is running out.

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Africa: Oil Drill Threatens Namibia’s Unspoiled Landscape

Africa: Oil Drill Threatens Namibia’s Unspoiled Landscape

By Cowry News on April 2, 2021

AP Villagers living near the Okavango Delta have warned their livelihoods are at risk after Canadian company EconAfrica bought licenses off the Namibian government to conduct exploratory oil drilling across the…

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