Agroecology offers blueprint for resilient farming in northern Ghana
Farmers in Ghana’s Upper East region traditionally decided when to plant and harvest their crops in rhythm with regular rainfall cycles. But the rains now come at increasingly odd times, farmland is...
View ArticleProgress on rights complaint systems in Congo Basin but more needed, says group
Conservation groups have made progress setting up complaints systems in protected areas in the Congo Basin, but there’s still a ways to go, the Rainforest Foundation UK says in a report released last...
View ArticleBolivia’s internal colonization and its March to the East
In the middle decades of the twentieth century, Bolivian society was profoundly traumatized by the Chaco War and the loss of about thirty per cent of its national territory; before that, it had ceded...
View ArticleColliding icebergs and chirping seals: Polar ocean sounds are reimagined in...
The frigid depths of the polar oceans exist only in the imagination for most people. Images of stark white ice fields and vast expanses of water might lead us to believe that the Arctic and Antarctic...
View ArticleWhy the Southwest peach could make a comeback
Centuries ago, Southwest tribal nations tended vast orchards of peach trees. But in 1863, thousands of those trees were cut down by the United States government when it ordered the Diné to leave their...
View ArticleSome of the world’s biggest cities are so polluted they’re warming slower
The question of whether global warming is accelerating is hotly contested among climate scientists. While some have argued that the current rate of warming — which hit an all-time high last year — is...
View ArticleMaker of Jeff Bezos’s yacht fined for using Myanmar ‘blood timber’
Dutch prosecutors have fined the makers of Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’s superyacht for its use of dubious Myanmar teak, in the latest instance of authorities cracking down on “blood timber” from...
View ArticleWhy countries failed to reach a global deal on cutting plastic pollution
NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Monterey Bay Aquarium chief conservation and science officer Margaret Spring about why negotiators failed to clinch a global treaty on reducing plastic pollution. The post...
View ArticleResearchers warn you might not want to reuse plastic food packaging
For decades we’ve been told to “reduce, recycle and reuse” to help the environment. But some experts say when it comes to plastic, we might want to hold off reusing plastic food packaging. The post...
View ArticleStudents and scientists collaborate to maintain Navajo Nation forests
Surviving desert heat, alpine cold, and meager rainfall each year, two-needle pinyon pines (Pinus edulis) are the backbone of many forests in the southwestern United States. Their stout branches offer...
View ArticleThe uncertain future of Amazon river dolphins amid historic drought
TEFÉ, Amazonas — “I’ve lived on this floating home for 40 years, and this is the worst drought I’ve ever seen. You can see that the water dropped well below the 2023 levels,” says Carlos Magno, as he...
View ArticleCoca-Cola cuts back on reusable plastic pledge
Coca-Cola is reducing its plastic recycling targets from previous commitments, which advocacy groups say is an abandonment of its reuse goals. The beverage giant’s announcement comes just as talks for...
View ArticleThat Cuban rodent species you never knew about? Turns out it’s two species
Hutias are a strange group of rodents living on various islands of the Caribbean. Although big, and sometimes looking a little plump, they’re active climbers and spend a considerable amount of their...
View Article‘Bear’s-eye camera’ reveals elusive Andean bear cannibalism and treetop mating
In the mountains of Peru, where ancient cloud forests meet the Amazon Rainforest, an Andean bear made scientific history. For four months, a camera collar captured the wild male’s daily life,...
View ArticleYoung people are dying of heat and their risks could grow, study finds
Scientists have pointed out that extreme heat is particularly dangerous for older people. A new study shows that young, healthy people are also dying too often in extreme weather. (Image credit: Ulises...
View ArticleAfter historic 2024 coral bleaching, hope remains for Mesoamerican Reef
2024 brought the hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever recorded, only narrowly surpassing the record set in 2023. The trend, driven largely by human-caused climate change, according to NASA, caused...
View ArticleLoggers and carbon projects forge odd partnerships in the Brazilian Amazon
Brazil’s largest carbon credit scandal, which came to light in June after a major police raid, has cast doubt on the viability of REDD+ projects in the Brazilian Amazon. The initiatives targeted by...
View ArticleHow conservation photographer Cristina Mittermeier uses visual storytelling...
Conservation photography occupies a unique space, blending the art of visual storytelling with the urgency of environmental advocacy. Cristina Mittermeier, a pioneering figure in this field, has spent...
View ArticleWisdom the 74-year-old albatross lays an egg with new mate
Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, has laid an egg, this time with a new partner. She is a Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), or mōlī in Hawaiian, and this is her first egg in four...
View ArticleGum-eating Tanzanian monkey is AWOL, fueling extinction fears
For more than a year, there have been no confirmed sightings of the critically endangered southern patas monkeys in their last known refuge, in western Tanzania. In 2021, fewer than 200 of these...
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