This Earth Day, how to know if the seafood you're eating is sustainable
Roughly 196 million tons of fish were harvested in 2020, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The organization also notes that the number of overfished stocks...
View ArticleWhat is Earth Day and what has it achieved?
Published1 minute ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Mark Poynting & Maddie MolloyBBC News Climate & Science Every year, millions of people...
View ArticleOn Earth Day, Biden is launching a new site to apply for Climate Corps jobs
President Biden has been trying to get young voters excited about his 2024 reelection bid, even though polls show they’re disappointed with some of his policies. (Image credit: Alex Brandon) The post...
View ArticleHow do you build without over polluting? That's the challenge of new Catan...
A new version of the popular board game Catan aims to make players wrestle with a 21st-century problem: How do you develop and expand without overly polluting the planet? The post How do you build...
View ArticleEuropean astronaut rookies make the grade
Published32 minutes ago Image source, EPA By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent The European Space Agency’s latest intake of astronauts have completed their basic training. The group of five received...
View ArticleBangladesh uses satellite transmitters on saltwater crocodiles in Asia’s first
DHAKA — In a breakthrough in saltwater crocodile conservation in the country, Bangladesh has started using a satellite tagging system to monitor the species’ movements, habits, and life span in the...
View ArticleBioplastics as toxic as regular plastics; both need regulation, say researchers
Almost 25 years after their hopeful debut, bioplastics contribute only about 1% of the global plastics market share, mainly for food packaging. But that may soon change. The Biden administration...
View ArticleMassive thick seaweed patches are again drifting toward South Florida beaches
Another huge patch of seaweed from the Sargasso Sea is floating towards Caribbean and South Florida beaches. Scientists are trying to predict where and when it will reach the shore. The post Massive...
View ArticleHow hot is too hot? New weather forecasting tool can help figure that out
Released on Earth Day, the federal government’s new “HeatRisk” tool can help people assess when heat goes from uncomfortable to dangerous. (Image credit: KATHRYN ELSESSER) The post How hot is too hot?...
View ArticleFather begins legal fight against BP for dead son
Published49 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing By Esme Stallard & Owen PinnellBBC News A father has started legal action against UK oil giant BP over the death of his...
View ArticleHandbag designer jailed for wildlife smuggling
Published2 hours ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Max MatzaBBC News A Colombian luxury handbag designer who pleaded guilty to smuggling purses made of...
View ArticleActivists file last-gasp suit as Indonesia fails again to pass Indigenous bill
JAKARTA — Civil society advocates representing more than 2,000 customary communities in Indonesia have initiated last-ditch legal challenges over parliament’s failure to pass an Indigenous rights bill...
View ArticleAmid record-high fires across the Amazon, Brazil loses primary forests
The Amazon Rainforest continues to feel the effect of 2023’s severe drought that intensified the dry season, provoking blazes across vast regions of untouched vegetation. Fire outbreaks in these swaths...
View ArticleTalks for a plastic pollution treaty are stalling. Could the U.S. be doing more?
Critics say the U.S. has been unwilling to push for measures in a global agreement that would drive big cuts in plastic waste. (Image credit: LUIS ACOSTA) The post Talks for a plastic pollution treaty...
View ArticleVoyager-1 sends readable data again from deep space
Published47 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, NASA By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent The US space agency says its Voyager-1 probe is once again sending...
View ArticleNepal’s tigers & prey need better grassland management: Interview with Shyam...
As winter bids adieu to the Northern Hemisphere and the mercury peaks and humidity plummets, most of Nepal’s plains and hills become tinderboxes awaiting a spark. As officials face a gargantuan task of...
View ArticleBioacoustics and AI help scientists listen in on elusive Australian cockatoos
Barely a year after the Australian government classified the eastern pink cockatoo as an endangered subspecies, scientists have deployed technology to help study and protect the birds. With the help of...
View ArticleWarming climate threatens to worsen air quality in already polluted Kathmandu
KATHMANDU — Whenever 60-year old Saraswati Adhikari goes for a morning walk in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, she says she feels a certain unease in her chest. “I get a burning sensation in my eyes and...
View ArticleNepal govt bypasses parliament to allow commercial projects in protected areas
KATHMANDU — Nepal’s government has bypassed the country’s parliament to issue a controversial ordinance facilitating foreign investment in different sectors of the country, including protected areas,...
View ArticleIndigenous Bolivians flee homes as backlash to mining protest turns explosive
Environmental activists in Bolivia say they’ve become the targets of discrimination, death threats and even bombings after speaking out against harmful mining operations in the department of Oruro. The...
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