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Global warming is melting Arctic sea ice. Can science refreeze it?
In the dim twilight of an Arctic winter’s day, with the low sun stretching its orange fingers across the frozen sea, a group of researchers drill a hole through the ice and insert a hydrogen-powered...
View ArticleThe currency of impact: Why nonprofit models might be the future of serious...
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. At a time when traditional news outlets are shedding reporters and...
View ArticleSeychelles becomes first country to comply with fisheries transparency standard
In February, Seychelles became the first country to comply with an international standard that aims to make governments’ management of their fisheries more transparent. The goal of the Fisheries...
View ArticleInvasive water hyacinths are effective at removing microplastics, study finds
Microplastics are pervasive in the environment and often so small they can’t be seen with the naked eye. Removing them has been a big challenge, but recent research finds that water hyacinths can be...
View ArticleWhere war once raged in Iraq, Yezidi women plant hope
KHANKE, Iraq — In the wind-swept town of Khanke in northern Iraq, a fragile tree stands as a quiet symbol of resilience. Its slender trunk bends slightly in the dry breeze, its roots gripping soil...
View ArticleEven the Gulf of Aqaba’s ‘supercorals’ bleached during 2024 heat wave
EILAT, Israel — Rugged red mountains tower over the aquamarine waters off Eilat in southern Israel. A group of divers plunges beneath the waves on a warm winter morning, bound for a crag encrusted...
View ArticleIllegal gold mining creeps within a kilometer of Amazon’s second-tallest tree
Since 2019, researchers have been using lasers and making incursions into the depths of the Brazilian Amazon to identify giant trees that tower far above the rainforest canopy. Besides being a natural...
View ArticleTrump orders coal revival, but market favors natural gas
The president signed four executive orders to reverse the trend away from coal-fired electricity in the U.S., but there’s little economic incentive for utilities to bring it back when natural gas is so...
View ArticleUK’s rarest wildlife being ‘pushed to extinction’ by grass fires
1 day ago ShareSave Steffan Messenger Environment correspondent, BBC Wales News Clare Hutchinson BBC News ShareSave Garan Thomas Some of the UK’s rarest wildlife is being “torched alive” and pushed...
View ArticleCalifornia battery facility fire raises concerns over energy storage plant...
Following a lithium-ion battery fire at the Moss Landing plant in Monterey County in California, communities nationwide are expressing concerns about hosting similar plants. The post California battery...
View ArticleColossal squid filmed in ocean for the first time
A colossal squid has been filmed in its natural environment for the first time since the species was discovered 100 years ago. The 30cm-long (11.8in) juvenile was caught on camera at a depth of 600m...
View ArticleTracking Wolves in Italy
After being hunted to near extinction, wolves have made a population comeback in recent decades with the help of conservation efforts. Now, the country with the most wolves in Europe is Italy. Our...
View ArticleThe truth about life on other planets – and what it means for humans
15 hours ago ShareSave Pallab Ghosh ShareSave BBC Listen to this article on BBC Sounds There are some scientific discoveries that do much more than advance our knowledge: they create a shift in our...
View ArticleAustralia opposition leader clarifies he believes in climate change after debate
Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton has clarified he believes in climate change after facing backlash for comments made during an election debate on Wednesday night. Dutton and Prime Minister...
View ArticleScientists predict a brutal hurricane season while Trump takes aim at NOAA’s...
With towns and cities in the southeastern United States still reeling from hurricanes that hit last year, scientists are now releasing their forecasts for what could unfold in the hurricane season that...
View ArticleDestroying endangered species’ habitat wouldn’t count as ‘harm’ under...
The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species at risk. (Image credit: Tom Szczerbowski)The post...
View ArticleScientists find ‘strongest evidence yet’ of life on distant planet
Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life. A Cambridge team studying the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b has detected signs...
View ArticleProject to suck carbon out of sea begins in UK
1 day ago ShareSave Jonah Fisher BBC environment correspondent Reporting fromWeymouth ShareSave Getty Images A ground-breaking project to suck carbon out of the sea has started operating on England’s...
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Solar advocates fear a rider attached to a low-income solar bill in the PA House will upend roof-top solar. The former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, responds to the Trump...
View ArticleBites on gladiator bones prove combat with lion
11 hours ago ShareSave Alex Moss BBC News, Yorkshire Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News ShareSave University of York Bite marks found on the skeleton of a Roman gladiator are the first...
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