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Nepalese soldiers have retrieved four bodies and a skeleton from Mount Everest and the neighbouring peaks of Lhotse and Nuptse during a cleaning operation. The recruits collected 11 tons of rubbish since April, according to the army. At 8,849 metres, Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world and has also gained the sad notoriety of being the world's highest rubbish dump. Tons of broken tents and clothing, food packaging, cookers, empty water bottles, beer cans and oxygen bottles lie there, left behind by thousands of adventurers. There is also a lot of human waste - and dozens of corp...
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First-time visitors to the vast open area in the middle of Berlin often need a minute to take it all in. Stretching out before their eyes is a disused airfield that was constructed by the Nazis in the German capital's Tempelhof district long ago. After the former airport was shut down in 2008, the site was converted into the city's largest public park. Where once planes took off, skaters and cyclists now speed along the two runways. Due to its vastness, Tempelholfer Feld (Tempelhofer Field) as the locals call it, is a popular spot for flying kites. Designated areas for barbecuing, which is pro...
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Gardening is good for you, going by tests carried out by the University of Helsinki, which showed "significant" potential health benefits from keeping just a few potted plants inside your home. "One month of urban indoor gardening boosted the diversity of bacteria on the skin of the subjects and was associated with higher levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines in the blood," said Mika Saarenpää, a doctoral candidate at the university’s Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences. The tests exposed some people to "a growing medium with high microbial diversity emulating the forest soil" and...
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Wildlife trafficking has not substantially reduced over the past two decades, despite positive signs in reducing trafficking of iconic species like elephant and rhino, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported in Vienna on Monday. "The global scope and scale of wildlife crime remain substantial with seizures during 2015–2021 indicating an illegal trade in 162 countries and territories affecting around 4,000 plant and animal species," the office's third edition of the World Wildlife Crime Report says. During the six-year period, around 13 million individual animals and plants had been s...
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Small shampoo bottles, light grocery bags and other single-use plastics may soon be disappearing from the European Union after lawmakers in the world's largest trading bloc took a step closer to further bans on certain plastics. Other items facing prohibition include single-use packaging for fruit, vegetables and condiments in restaurants, where staff will be required to allow customers to bring their own reusable cups and containers with them when they dine in. The latest proposed restrictions come after the EU in 2021 banned plastic items such as straws and cutlery - and after the European P...
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Bali's coffee gardens are the perfect place to relax, where you can sip your brew while looking out onto lush rice terraces lined by coffee trees carrying crimson berries. Most people come to try the world's most expensive coffee - kopi luwak. Often sold in pretty packaging, kopi luwak is made from coffee cherries digested and then excreted by the Asian palm civet, fermenting as they pass through the animal's intestines. Producers claim that the fermentation process alters the amino acids and therefore makes the coffee less bitter and easier digestible. It also is said to have a special aroma,...
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Seed bombs were originally developed by guerrilla gardeners to transform bare public spaces, such as traffic islands, into little oases of greenery and colour. However, the small balls of seeds, potting soil and clay can also be used to make your own garden bloom, and they're easy to make yourself. The best way to do this is to use seeds from native plants. The DIY Academy in the German city of Cologne recommends chamomile, lavender or poppy seeds. However, you can also use ready-made mixtures with wildflower seeds if you prefer. To make them at home, in addition to your chosen seeds you will ...
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