January 2025 was warmest on record as climate change ‘overwhelms’ La Niña’s...
January 2025 was the warmest January on record, surpassing the previous record set by January 2024, according to satellite data from the EU’s Copernicus program. The findings were unexpected as...
View ArticleHow illicit mining fuels violence in eastern DRC: Interview with Jean-Pierre...
On Jan. 28, the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 captured Goma, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral-rich North Kivu province. The fall of Goma marks a shocking chapter in a...
View ArticleOaxaca Indigenous leader’s killing leaves land defenders’ safety in doubt
Ayuuk leader Arnoldo Nicolás Romero, a municipal commissioner of the Buena Vista ejido in San Juan Guichicovi, a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, was found dead Jan. 21. His body...
View ArticleHow long could the Santorini ‘seismic crisis’ last?
7 hours ago Malu Cursino BBC News EPA “We’ve put all our mattresses in the living room,” says Georgia Nomikou. The Santorini resident fears the impact of ongoing earthquakes on the Greek island,...
View Article‘Build baby build’, says PM as he sets out nuclear plan
Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to “build baby build”, as he announced plans to make it easier to construct mini nuclear power stations in England and Wales. The prime minister told the BBC the...
View Article£22bn for ‘unproven’ green tech could raise bills, MPs warn
The government is committing billions of pounds to an “unproven” green technology for reducing planet-warming gases without considering the impact on consumers’ bills, MPs have warned. Carbon Capture,...
View ArticleA dramatic rise in microplastics found in human brains, study finds
A new study has found a dramatic increase in levels of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) in human brains in recent years. MNPs have previously been detected in human lungs, intestine, bone marrow...
View ArticleTourists are back at this Instaworthy Philippine town, but can its sewage...
The Philippines’ western island province of Palawan tops tourists’ bucket lists for its picturesque main destination, El Nido. This small fishing town of 50,000 residents is located within the larger...
View ArticleIn Nepal’s Chitwan, elephant’s shooting, death raises eyebrows
KATHMANDU — On the morning of Jan. 5, a soldier deployed at the Chitwan National Park shot a wild elephant (Elephas maximus) after it allegedly attacked an elephant patrol attempting to guide it back...
View ArticleConcern UK’s AI ambitions could lead to water shortages
1 hour ago Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor•@zskBrian Wheeler Senior political reporter Reuters Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to make the UK a “world leader” in Artificial Intelligence (AI) could put already...
View ArticleSurge in rat numbers linked to climate warming, urbanization: Study
What’s new: Cities experiencing warmer temperatures, fewer green spaces and denser human populations are seeing a rise in rat numbers, a recent study shows. What the study says: Jonathan Richardson, a...
View ArticleIndigenous protests in Brazil topple law seen as threat to rural schools
After 23 days of protests, Indigenous groups and teachers in the Brazilian state of Pará have successfully pressured Governor Helder Barbalho to revoke a controversial education law that favored...
View ArticleReport reveals staggering levels of wildlife trafficking in Hispanic America
From the glacial fjords of Chilean Patagonia to the beaches and mountains of Baja California, Hispanic America, representing Spanish-speaking countries in South and Central America and the Caribbean,...
View ArticleMongabay series on illegal timber and cattle wins honorable mention in Brazil...
Blood Timber, a Mongabay series on illegal logging and cattle ranching in the eastern Brazilian Amazon, has received an honorable mention at the recent Banrisul ARI Journalism Award, a prize...
View ArticleThe world’s kelp needs help — less than 2% is highly protected
Using only fins, divers wild-harvest abalone off eastern Australia’s coast. The marine snail, known for its beautiful iridescent shell but sought for its meat, is a fishery worth more than 150 million...
View ArticleIn São Paulo, free-flight lessons help teach macaws to survive in the wild
“I remember my grandfather telling me about the macaws in this region. So, it’s impossible not to smile seeing them back. We know where they sleep and feed, so every time we want to find them, we know...
View ArticleStudy says land restoration worldwide can be funded with tiny fraction of...
Restoring degraded land around the world would cost a fraction of a percent of global GDP to fund, a new study shows, but the inequitable distribution of restoration needs means poorer countries bear...
View ArticleShea’s silent guardians restore Uganda’s traditional parklands
PADER DISTRICT, Uganda — In northern Uganda’s Pader district, farmers are working to preserve agricultural landscapes that have fed their communities for generations. These shea parklands, where...
View ArticleFarmers are worried after Trump released billions of gallons of water in...
Last week, the Trump administration released significant amounts of water from two dams in California’s Central Valley, with Trump claiming the action would have prevented the Los Angeles fires. Water...
View ArticleThe Pan Amazon as a hotspot of cultural diversity
The Amazon is renowned for its cultural diversity, particularly the ethnic diversity of its Indigenous nations, but also the cultural traditions of numerous other distinctive groups that have migrated...
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