In Colombia, race is on to save 8 rare tree species found nowhere else
In January 2020, Luis Carlos Galeano was traveling with his family through the Claro River Basin in Colombia’s mountainous Antioquia department when his wife, Viviana Aguirre, pointed out a tree by the...
View ArticleLand distribution in Colombia, Venezuela and Guyana | Chapter 4 of “A Perfect...
The unequal distribution of land in Colombia is the root cause of that nation’s violent history. Multiple policy initiatives spanning decades have failed to resolve the problem. The first agrarian...
View ArticleThe New Arctic: Amid record heat, ecosystems morph and wildlife struggle
Walruses have traversed the Arctic for millennia, gregarious pinnipeds that rest en masse on drifting pack ice, diving to feed on crabs, clams and other seafloor delicacies. Icy platforms also serve as...
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Climate connections: Four stories of relationships forged through climate action
The spotlight When Kristy Drutman attended the U.N. climate negotiations in Poland in 2018, she was struck by how impersonal everything felt. As a climate storyteller, educator, and social media...
View ArticleAndes community-led conservation curbs more páramo loss than state-protected...
A recent study found that high-altitude ecosystems in the Andes, known as the páramo, managed by eight communities in Ecuador have led to a reduction in soil and vegetation decline, due to the...
View ArticlePostponement of century-old Indian Science Congress sparks controversy
The Indian scientific community finds itself in a precarious position these days. The century-old Indian Science Congress, recognized as the country’s most extensive annual assembly of premier...
View ArticleMini rainforest project aims to serve as Kalimantan reforestation blueprint
JAKARTA — The authority, academics and companies are working together to build a miniature tropical rainforest they hope will serve as a blueprint for the reforestation program in Indonesia’s new...
View ArticleLift-off! Private company launches for the Moon in Florida
Ready, set, lift off… on our live coverage, at last. We’re still a few minutes away from today’s Moon launch, which is set to blast off from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 06:05 GMT (01:05 EST). But if the...
View ArticleUS spacecraft blasts off towards Moon's south pole
Published41 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Georgina RannardScience...
View ArticleUN award for Nepal’s tiger range restoration spurs euphoria amid challenges
KATHMANDU — Nepal’s pioneering landscape-level ecosystem restoration initiative, aimed at creating dispersal space for tigers, has been globally recognized for its efforts to fight and reverse...
View ArticleA highway project in Chile threatens one of the world’s longest-living tree...
When Chilean President Gabriel Boric instructed the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) to complete the final section of a highway connecting the southern cities of La Unión and Corral in June 2023, the...
View ArticleUS stingray falls pregnant despite having no mate
Published2 hours ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Maddie MolloyBBC News Climate & Science A stingray called Charlotte is pregnant despite not...
View ArticleFind the manatee: New AI model spots sea cows from images
How do you count manatees? Ideally, standing by a river while playing with the aquatic mammals. However, in a world where manatee populations face increasing threats, a faster and more accurate method...
View ArticleReduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic makers used recycling as a fig leaf
Recycling “does not solve the solid waste problem,” the head of a plastics trade group said in 1989, around the time the industry was launching its recycling campaign. (Image credit: YASUYOSHI CHIBA)...
View ArticleIn Brazil’s soy belt, community seed banks offer hope for the Amazon
COLÍDER, Brazil — Not too long ago, the plot of land that Maria Ivonete de Souza inherited was barren, the soil hardened by years of cattle ranching. When the family had arrived to the Amazon from...
View ArticleMillions of donkeys killed each year to make medicine
Published6 hours ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, The Donkey Sanctuary By Victoria Gill and Kate StephensScience team, BBC News To sell water and make his living,...
View ArticleMethane mega-leak exposed in Kazakhstan
Published56 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Marco Silva, Daniele Palumbo,...
View ArticleAs climate disasters claim their children, Bangladeshi mothers seek safety in...
DHAKA — Jhinuk recalls screaming as water rushed into her hut in northeastern Bangladesh last August. “Four children clung, two stumbling toddlers. Fear choked me, air like ice, but I held them high,...
View ArticleAfter 50 years of the U.S. Endangered Species Act, we need new biodiversity...
The 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) — the most consequential environmental legislation ever created — is ringing in a new year of hope. As we welcome 2024 and celebrate the strides...
View ArticleWhat happens when a wind farm comes to a coal town?
Coal jobs have been declining for generations. Now in the town of Keyser, West Virginia, there’s a different energy source on the horizon. The post What happens when a wind farm comes to a coal town?...
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