Caribbean startups are turning excess seaweed into an agroecology solution
In 2015, smelly mats of a brown macroalgae called sargassum piled as high as 1.2 meter (4 feet) on the beaches of Barbados, recalls Joshua Forte. It was the fourth year in what has become an annual...
View ArticleA video shows two men toppling rock formations at Lake Mead trail
The National Park Service is seeking the public’s help in identifying the two men, caught on video pushing rocks off a cliff near the Redstone Dunes Trail earlier this month. The post A video shows two...
View ArticleResource wars and the geopolitics behind climate-fueled conflicts
Dahr Jamail was working in Alaska’s Denali National Park in the early 2000s when he decided to travel to Iraq to better cover the U.S.-led invasion of the region, on the now debunked basis that Iraq’s...
View ArticleProtected areas bear the brunt as forest loss continues across Cambodia
PHNOM PENH — New data published by the University of Maryland on April 4 and available through satellite monitoring platform Global Forest Watch show continued forest loss across Cambodia last year,...
View ArticleHyundai ends aluminum deal with Adaro Minerals following K-pop protest
JAKARTA — South Korean automobile giant Hyundai has ended an agreement with Adaro Minerals, a subsidiary of Indonesia’s second-largest coal miner, PT Adaro Energy, to procure aluminum for its electric...
View ArticleThe Rise and Fall of the Panama Canal
<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/04/15/great-divide_wide-14dfb09ef0709cd80a81af757fed2168bd7f0234.jpg' alt='Author Cristina Henriquez next to the cover of her new novel, The Great...
View ArticleAfter catch and release, here's how to make sure reef fish survive
People who fish in Florida and in federal waters are required to have special gear on board to help ensure groupers, snappers and other reef fish survive when they’re returned to the water. The post...
View ArticleCoral reefs can't keep up with climate change. So scientists are speeding up...
Climate change is heating oceans faster than the world’s coral reefs can handle. So scientists are breeding corals that can withstand hotter temperatures – but only to a point. (Image credit: Veronique...
View ArticleSumatra villages count cost of deadly river tsunami swelled by illegal logging
SOUTH PESISIR, Indonesia — Bendri lived with his wife and child just 80 meters, or 260 feet, back from the Surantih Mudiak Dalam River, which flows from Sumatra’s Barisan Mountains down to the Indian...
View ArticleScientists probe the secrets of mega icebergs
Published1 hour ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmos UK scientists are seeking to understand the triggers that...
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The Lackawanna River in northeastern Pennsylvania was once polluted from mining and sewage. We profile the longtime leader of a conservation group who spearheaded its cleanup. Chemical recycling...
View ArticleDamage at Glen Canyon Dam has Colorado River users concerned
Newly discovered damage to part of the dam holding back America’s second-largest reservoir has people who rely on the Colorado River worried about their ability to get the water they need. (Image...
View ArticlePrehistoric sea reptile 'twice as long as bus'
Published24 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Sergey Krasovskiy By Georgina RannardBBC science reporter Scientists have identified what was probably the largest...
View ArticleDid cloud seeding cause the Dubai flooding?
Published59 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Mark Poynting & Marco SilvaBBC News Dubai has been hit by record floods over the past 24...
View ArticleReport links H&M and Zara to major environmental damage in biodiverse Cerrado
Clothing giants H&M and Zara have been linked to large-scale illegal deforestation, land-grabbing, violence and corruption in the Brazilian Cerrado, according to an investigation by Earthsight....
View ArticleDeadly Africa heat caused by human-induced warming
Published23 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent A deadly heatwave in West Africa and the Sahel was...
View ArticleIn largest ever study, Indigenous and local communities report the impacts of...
Indigenous peoples and local communities are already feeling the impacts of climate change, according to firsthand accounts documented in a new study. The authors of the paper, published in the journal...
View ArticleHow predatory fishing has decimated Brazil coastal fish populations for decades
When he was a teenager at the end of the 1980s, Evanildo Sena would come back from a day of fishing dragging 5 or 6 tons of fish with his canoe at a time — a task for which he needed the help of one or...
View ArticleWildfire smoke contributes to thousands of deaths each year in the U.S.
Two new studies show the unseen toll smoke is taking on people across the country. Climate change is likely to make the problem even bigger. (Image credit: David Dee Delgado) The post Wildfire smoke...
View ArticleDrone cameras help scientists distinguish between drought stress & fungus in...
How do you identify sick oaks? For a long time, detecting unhealthy oaks and identifying the disease afflicting them required a lot of manual labor. Scientists often looked out of airplanes or walked...
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