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  • Meaty meals and play stop cats killing wildlife, study finds

    Damian Carrington

    February 11, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Pet cats kill about 100 million animals a year in the United Kingdom, so to discourage the behavior, and protect mice, rabbits, and birds, scientists conducted an experiment with over 300 household cats. They found that feeding the felines meaty food and engaging in play that simulates hunting reduced the amount of wildlife they killed. And about three-quarters of owners who participated in the study said they would continue to play with their pets after it ended.

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  • Electric car batteries with five-minute charging times produced

    Damian Carrington

    January 19, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Israel

    Batteries that can be fully charged in five minutes have been created for the first time, allowing electric cars to recharge faster. The Israeli company StoreDot produced 1,000 of these new lithium-ion batteries, which can be recharged for 1,000 cycles while retaining 80 percent of the original capacity. It could be a few years before they are mass produced, but the CEO of the company says that this feat “demonstrates it is feasible and it’s commercially ready.”

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  • How water is helping to end 'the first climate change war'

    Damian Carrington

    December 18, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Sudan, El Fasher

    Cooperation and collective action work not only to mitigate the effects of climate change, they can also build bridges to peace. In El Fasher, Sudan, farmers and pastoralists along the Wadi El Ku River have come together to prevent water shortages by building weirs. The community built weirs enable the land to retain more water, and have led to increased cooperation among groups that had former resorted to conflict over scarce water resources in the region.

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