Drinking plain water can be an effective way to prevent and treat metabolic syndrome. An international group of scientists from the USA, Japan, Mexico and Turkey came to such conclusions. Their study demonstrates that water suppresses the hormone that causes obesity and diabetes....

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has announced an international call for proposals for a small grant “Biodiversity Hotspot in the Mountains of Central Asia” with a maximum project budget of $20.000 US dollars. WWF Russia is the Regional Project Management Team and accepts applica...

In order to prevent the negative impact of household waste on the environment, the Travel Agency Ovadan Syyahat has carried out activity to clean up the area adjacent to the gas crater Shine of Karakum (Darvaza). During the eco-campaign with the participation of about 60 ...

The Global Carbon Project is an organization founded in 2001 that seeks to quantify the global emissions of the three dominant greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. The group’s atmospheric emission trackers estimate that 34 billion metric tons of carbon dio...

The COVID-19 pandemic with its devastating impact on people’s lives, livelihoods and economies has confused humanity’s plans for 2020, including those related to globally significant forums. However, it has not slowed the pace of climate change, which poses an ever-growing threat...

Due to the high potassium and fiber content, bananas remain one of the most nutritious and healthy foods. Moreover, they support heart health and have a positive effect on digestion. Nutrition expert of New York City Yan Karetnik told in an interview that the potassium in the pro...

It is similar to science fiction: huge solar power stations floating in space, transfer energy in large quantity to the Earth. And for a long time this concept for the first time developed by Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in 1920, basically inspired by science fiction ...

Sony, major home appliance manufacturer, which works closely with Apple, the US digital giant, has notified the Japanese government that it may have to withdraw its production from the country if the use of renewable energy sources is not developed properly. Japanese Minister ...

Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Patricia Espinoza announced a new Enhanced Transparency Initiative for Climate Change. The initiative seeks to bring countries, business communities, non-governmental organizations and other stakehol...

Tea is the main drink for majority of the Earth’s inhabitants in winter. Each type of tea is a unique taste and a complex of both useful and not very useful properties, which depend on the conditions of growing the tea bush and the method of processing the leaves. After cookin...