Coral destruction for toilet construction: Interview with a Malagasy fisher
TOAMASINA, Madagascar — Abraham Botovao, a boat skipper and the president of the Association of Progressive Fishers of Toamasina, has become accustomed to seeing an unusual activity while out at sea....
View ArticleSouth Korea slashes forest biomass energy subsidies in major policy reform
In a major policy shift, South Korea announced Dec. 18 that it will end renewable energy subsidies for new biomass projects, as well as for state-owned coal and biomass cofired power plants starting...
View ArticleElectrochemical removal of ocean CO2 offers potential — and concerns
Ocean-based carbon dioxide removal technology is ramping up, with startups and existing companies racing to develop electrochemical techniques that either remove carbon from seawater or prompt oceans...
View ArticleYour gadgets are actually carbon sinks — for now
At any given moment, crude oil is being pumped up from the depths of the planet. Some of that sludge gets sent to a refinery and processed into plastic, then it becomes the phone in your hand, the...
View ArticleAmazon’s Boiling River gives scientists a window into the rainforest’s future
“You’re engulfed in waves of steam and sweating buckets and there’s no cool water anywhere,” Kenneth Feeley, a professor at the University of Miami, tells Mongabay. He’s describing the Boiling River...
View ArticleBrazil’s illegal gold miners carve out new Amazon hotspots in conservation units
When President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in January 2023, illegal gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon was out of control. According to the research collective MapBiomas, illegal miners —...
View ArticleThe fuel that moves people: the Ecuadorian case
Throughout most of the twentieth century, the Ecuadorian authorities pursued a geopolitical strategy that reflected a long-held conviction that they were cheated out of large territories in the...
View ArticleBee-harming pesticides’ emergency approvals to end
Getty Images Emergency use of three pesticides that can be deadly to bees will soon be stopped for good, the government has said. Neonicotinoids were banned in 2018 but sugar beet farmers have been...
View ArticleSpacecraft attempts closest ever approach to Sun
NASA A Nasa spacecraft is attempting to make history with the closest ever approach to the Sun. The Parker Solar Probe is plunging into our star’s outer atmosphere, enduring brutal temperatures and...
View ArticleThe year in tropical rainforests: 2024
The year 2024 saw significant developments in tropical rainforest conservation, deforestation, and degradation. While progress in some regions provided glimmers of hope, systemic challenges and...
View ArticleScience brings the bloom of farming to a Brazilian desert
The red landscape and enormous canyons of Gilbués, in Brazil’s Piaui state, are like something out of a science-fiction film. That’s what makes the occasional oasis of green peeping through the raw...
View ArticleAs polar ice caps melt, how are ‘Christmas animals’ faring?
Between snowy winters and holiday songs, many animals come to mind during Christmas. There are polar bears wearing Santa hats and red-nosed reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh. Turtle doves and the...
View ArticleNorthern Lights: The aurora that dazzled us in 2024
BBC Weather Watchers / Paul Appleby Simon King Lead Weather Presenter 24 minutes ago This year the night skies have been lit up by some breathtaking Northern Lights displays. For most of us the chance...
View ArticleRiver dredging in Bangladesh: Investigation shows government claims don’t add up
Over the last two decades, Bangladesh has spent a large amount of money to restore its waterways by dredging the rivers across the country to clear some silt and sand. The government planned to make...
View Article2024 will be the hottest year on record, even hotter than expected
It’s looking like 2024 will be the hottest year since record-keeping began, unseating 2023 for the top spot. Climate change is playing a role, and scientists say it was even hotter than expected....
View ArticleJaguar tracks still stained with blood in Bolivia
On one Saturday in August 2023, news of a jaguar (Panthera onca) death shook the small streets of the Amazonian town of Ixiamas in Bolivia. It was all community members were talking about, after...
View ArticleInternet crackdown shrinks already constrained room for activism in Vietnam
For Thảo, a journalist based in Hanoi, online reports from Vietnamese internet users were key to her and her colleagues’ coverage of Typhoon Yagi and its aftermath. The storm, the biggest in Asia this...
View ArticleAgribusiness giant Olam gets head start on EUDR; its suppliers, not so much
A massive gap is forming in the race to comply with the European Union’s antideforestation rules, as smallholder farmers and suppliers struggle to meet the new requirements while agribusiness giants...
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