Elon Musk sparks row at Royal Society but remains a member
7 hours ago ShareSave Esme Stallard Climate and science reporter, BBC News Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News ShareSave Reuters Members of the UK’s Royal Society have urged the elite...
View ArticleWorld’s largest iceberg runs aground off remote island
6 hours ago ShareSave Georgina Rannard Climate and science reporter Erwan Rivault Data journalist ShareSave Getty Images The world’s largest iceberg has run aground in shallow waters off the remote...
View ArticleThousands affected as cyclone floods Réunion Island in Indian Ocean
At least four people were killed and hundreds of thousands were left without water or electricity as Cyclone Garance flooded parts of the island of Réunion, a French territory in the Indian Ocean,...
View Article91% of Brazilian Amazon deforestation last year was illegal, report finds
Nearly all deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in the past year was illegal, a new report finds. Between August 2023 and July 2024, 91% of forest clearing in the Amazon lacked authorization,...
View ArticleWoolly mice designed to engineer mammoth-like elephants
3 hours ago ShareSave Pallab Ghosh ShareSave Colossal Biosciences Genetically engineered woolly mice could one day help populate the Arctic with hairy, genetically modified elephants and help stop the...
View ArticleGaza and West Bank farmers salvage olive harvest amid displacement,...
After Israel and the de facto government of the Gaza Strip, Hamas, agreed to a ceasefire beginning Jan. 19, Gaza’s olive farmers headed back to what’s left of their Khan Yunis and Rafah olive groves...
View ArticleIn a seasonally flooded Amazon forest, jaguars take to the trees
“It’s amazing, it’s amazing! I have no other word to describe it.” That’s how biologist Marcos Roberto de Brito defines the thrill of seeing a jaguar up close for the first time. Brito is the lead...
View ArticleAgroforestry stores less carbon than reforestation, but has many other...
A recent study in Ecological Solutions and Evidence shows just how complicated and challenging it is to achieve carbon sequestration goals through forest management — but not impossible. The research...
View Article‘Degrowth’ gains a foothold in Barcelona and support internationally
With the purchasing power of middle and working-class citizens shrinking as billionaires hoard ever more wealth, many people are searching for a new economic reality in line with their ecological...
View ArticleForest biomass growth to soar through 2030, impacting tropical forests
The harvesting and burning of forest biomass to produce energy continues to surge, according to a new report on near-term global production and demand for wood pellets. This growth comes despite...
View ArticleMangroves at risk as El Salvador begins work on new airport
Construction has begun on a new international airport in El Salvador despite ongoing concerns that the project will lead to rapid development near vulnerable wetlands and other coastal ecosystems....
View ArticleNew species of parrot snake described in Brazil’s threatened Cerrado
A new species of parrot snake lay undetected for nearly nine years in a scientific collection in Brazil. It closely resembled related species with bright green and yellow tones. But one detail set it...
View ArticlePrivate spacecraft lands on Moon – but may be on its side
13 hours ago ShareSave Georgina Rannard Climate and science reporter ShareSave A private US company says it has landed a spacecraft close to the Moon’s South Pole but fears the machine is not upright....
View ArticleWhat have we learned from 15 years of REDD+ policy research? (analysis)
For decades, efforts to halt deforestation in the Global South have gained much attention within the policy arena, most recently as a powerful and effective measure to mitigate climate change and...
View ArticleIndonesia families evicted for Jakarta PIK2 project flooded at relocation site
JAKARTA — The relocation site for families forced to make way for an upscale Jakarta property development was hit by a major flood this year, as extreme rain triggered fatal floods and landslides...
View ArticleEarly humans made tools from bones 1 million years sooner than scientists...
Archeologists know early humans used stone to make tools long before the time of Homo sapiens. But a new discovery out this week in Nature suggests early humans in eastern Africa were also using animal...
View ArticleRich nations fuel global biodiversity loss at ‘disproportionate’ scale, study...
High-income nations are wiping out wildlife far beyond their own borders by outsourcing their production of food and timber, according to a new study that shows their demand for these commodities...
View ArticleIndonesia seeks alternative funding as USAID freeze delays marine...
JAKARTA — A freeze on foreign aid funding from U.S. government agencies, including USAID, has delayed several marine conservation programs in Indonesia, according to senior officials in the world’s...
View ArticleAs Sri Lanka’s rail tracks continue to claim elephant lives, experts suggest...
COLOMBO — More than a decade ago, Thushari, a young female elephant, born wild and free, would roam the landscapes of Galgamuwa in northwestern Sri Lanka every day with her family in search of water...
View ArticleWomen in Ghana plant ‘diversion’ trees to protect shea trees and their...
As the growing demand for charcoal and firewood hastens the decline of shea trees in Ghana, communities living on the fringes of the country’s Mole National Park are planting fast-growing trees of...
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