Reconciling conservation agriculture and agroforestry for sustainability
There are three fundamental rules of financial planning: (1) save continuously, (2) invest in a diversified portfolio of assets and (3) exercise patience via a long-term strategy. This common-sense...
View ArticleThe lowly sea cucumber may be helping to protect coral reefs against disease
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Apple waste, spider silk, enhanced cotton: How bio-based textiles could...
The spotlight If you’ve read any climate-related news in the past several years, you’re probably familiar with the scourge of microplastics. These tiny bits of plastic end up clogging oceans. They...
View ArticleOil and gas companies emit more climate-warming methane than EPA reports
Oil and gas drillers are releasing more climate-warming methane than the government estimates, a new study shows. (Image credit: David Goldman) The post Oil and gas companies emit more climate-warming...
View ArticleWhale menopause linked to longer lifespan
Published21 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Helen Briggs and Victoria GillScience correspondents, BBC News Whales that go through the...
View ArticleSlugs and snails to get 'image makeover'
Published53 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Jon Hawkins/Surrey Hills Photography By Katy LewisBBC News, Hertfordshire A campaign to give slugs and snails an...
View ArticleNot just polar bears — climate change could push African rhinos to extinction
New research is ringing alarm bells about how climate change may impact one of Africa’s most iconic and vulnerable animals: the rhinoceros. “Climate change has the potential of wiping out all of them...
View ArticleElon Musk's Starship goes 'farther than ever'
Published7 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 Jonathan AmosScience...
View ArticleClimate change brews trouble for tea industry, but circular solutions await
It’s estimated that we drink around 5 billion cups of tea every day. Producing this vast quantity of leaves to quench global thirst for black, green and other varieties is an industry that spans more...
View ArticleMini radio tags help track ‘murder hornets’ and other invasive insects
The yellow-legged hornet is a predator: after it sets up a nest in a new neighborhood, its workers head out in search of smaller wasps, flies and bees to feed the hive’s growing brood. One of its...
View ArticleE-Sak Ka Ou Declaration underscores Indigenous rights as a conservation...
It was a sunny day in Koh Lanta, an island known for tourism in Krabi Province, Thailand. Surrounding us were calming shades of blue and green, a white sandy beach with endless coconut trees and a...
View ArticleBrazil’s Amazonian states push for court reforms in bid for justice
Brazil’s Supreme Court has sworn in its first justice with an Amazonian background in almost 20 years. Flávio Dino de Castro e Costa, a former federal judge who served as a governor and a senator for...
View ArticleHuge new no-fishing zones give Antarctic marine predators and their prey a break
Thousands of miles off the southeast coast of South America lies a set of remote islands, one broad and comma-shaped, the others a series of small dots that trail off into the South Atlantic Ocean....
View ArticleDaniel Lewis explored the roles of different trees play his new book, 'Twelve...
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with writer Daniel Lewis about his new book, Twelve Trees, which zeroes in on a different tree species in each chapter. The post Daniel Lewis explored the roles of different...
View ArticleWater voles to benefit from £25m landscapes scheme
Published16 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Kevin Church/BBC By Lucy VladevBBC News rural affairs correspondent England’s fastest-declining mammal, the water...
View ArticleAustralian farm grows world's biggest blueberry
Published1 hour ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Costa Berries By Tiffanie TurnbullBBC News, Sydney An Australian farm has smashed the record for the world’s largest...
View ArticleTo detect illegal roads in remote areas, AI comes into play
For years, detecting illegal roads in remote areas has remained a challenging and labor-intensive task. More often than not, it requires poring over satellite images to identify thin lines cut through...
View ArticleBrazilian youngsters discuss how they are tackling the climate emergency
The climate emergency has affected development and violated the rights of children and adolescents around the world, and in Brazil. In addition to fires, prolonged, extreme droughts make access to...
View ArticleToilet paper: Environmentally impactful, but alternatives are rolling out
Toilet paper is so common in some countries it’s only noticed when it’s not there, as exemplified by the panic buying that prompted shortages when the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020. Thought to be in...
View ArticleThe 'insane' plan to save the Arctic's sea-ice
Published44 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Real Ice By Mark PoyntingBBC News climate reporter Perched on sea-ice off Canada’s northern coast, parka-clad...
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