Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah – study
”tipping point could be much closer. As much as 40% of the existing Amazon rainforest is now at a point where it could exist as a savannah”
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Nobel 2020 – Peace
World Food Programme (WFP) has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize this year. A good choice, they have made a differece to millions of people.
Nobel 2020 – Literature
Nobel Literature 2020 – Poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”.
Nobel Prize 2020 – Chemistry
2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry – awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”
Nobel Prize 2020 – Physics
This year’s Nobel Physics prize is about the darkest secrets of the universe. half to Penrose, and half jointly to Genzel and Ghez.
Nobel Prize 2020 – Physiology or Medicine
2020 Nobel Medicine Prize is awarded to three scientists who have made a decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis.