Face of 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed
Face of 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealedPublished14 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, BBC Studios/Jamie Simonds By Jonathan Amos, Rebecca Morelle and...
View ArticleNew illegal logging threatens Liberia’s forests amid vague ban
MONROVIA — Chainsaw-milled timber is emerging as a damaging new form of illegal logging in Liberia. Chainsaw milling is legally permitted only for small-scale production of boards for the country’s...
View ArticleNo answers for Ghanaian fishery observer’s family months after suspected death
ANYAMAM, Ghana — The brother of a Ghanaian fisheries observer who went missing from his assigned vessel last October says the family has received no information from the authorities investigating the...
View ArticleWild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant
Published23 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 ArticleState management and regulation of extractive industries in the Pan Amazon
The extractive industries are strategic components of the economy of all Amazonian countries, but their importance varies greatly. Mineral extraction creates tangible economic benefits for a sovereign...
View ArticleAs Kenya’s flood toll rises, Human Rights Watch says officials must step up...
Human Rights Watch accuses Kenyan authorities of not responding adequately to ongoing floods that have killed more than 170 people since the start of the rainy season. (Image credit: Andre Kasuku)The...
View ArticleThis week in science: biodegradable plastic, crops on Mars and deer vs. caribou
NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about biodegradable plastic, simulating growing crops on Mars, and how deer are disrupting caribou populations. The post This...
View ArticleOwl conservationist Raju Acharya wins Whitley Award in hat trick for Nepal
KATHMANDU — Raju Acharya, a Nepali conservationist, has been namedof the six winners of this year’s prestigious Whitley Awards, also known as the “Green Oscars,” in recognition of his work protecting...
View ArticleDeer are expanding north. That could hurt some species like boreal caribou
Wildlife ecologists have seen white-tailed deer expanding their range in North America over many decades. And since the early-2000s these deer have moved north into the boreal forests of western...
View ArticleBridge projects across U.S. offer clues to what may replace Baltimore’s...
What a new bridge over Baltimore’s Patapsco River will look like is still very much a matter of speculation. But one design stands out. (Image credit: Julia Nikhinson)The post Bridge projects across...
View Article‘Our life support system is at risk’: Interview with ‘Her Deepness’ Sylvia Earle
ATHENS — At 88, Sylvia Earle is at an age when most people would be slowing down. But retirement doesn’t appear to be on the radar of the famous oceanographer and marine biologist, known by many as...
View ArticleGovernment defeated in High Court over climate plans
Published4 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Esme StallardClimate and science reporter, BBC News The government has been defeated in court – for...
View ArticleA trek in the mountain forests of the Azores islands
Far out in the Atlantic Ocean is a chain of volcanic islands — a province of Portugal. We escape tor a mountain trek among the dairy cows and waterfalls of Sao Miguel island in the Azores. The post A...
View ArticleAfter adopting its own Green New Deal, a college town sets a new target
Ithaca, N.Y., will require that 50% of the money spent on its energy transition and on major infrastructure projects is directed toward those residents most at risk from climate change. (Image credit:...
View ArticleRocky rollout for Bangladesh’s ambitious solar-powered irrigation plans
Bangladesh plans to phase out diesel-powered irrigation pumps for solar ones to cut carbon emissions, but the country’s farmers have expressed concern about the availability of power during bad weather...
View ArticleUK’s Drax targets California forests for two major wood pellet plants
Drax, a major global manufacturer of wood pellets for bioenergy, has joined a California nonprofit in a controversial plan to build two industrial-scale wood pellet plants in the state. The two mills...
View ArticleNew ban threatens traditional fishers in Brazil’s Mato Grosso state
CÁCERES, Brazil — Fisher and bait seller Enilza Silva, 52, is a daughter of Pantanal fishers. When she was younger, Silva tried to keep a job in the municipality of Cáceres, in Mato Grosso state, but...
View ArticleCITES halts Ecuador’s shark trade; trafficking persists amid lack of...
Illegal trafficking of shark fins and bodies from Ecuador to Peru has gone on for years. On Feb. 6, Ecuador announced measures to restrict fishing of these animals. The announcement came in response to...
View Article‘Our rights are on trial in Brazil’: Interview with Indigenous movement...
The “People of the Sun,” as the Xokleng Indigenous people of Brazil call themselves, are no strangers to conflict and violence. In the early 20th century, as the southern region of the country was...
View ArticleTourist influx turns Lake Windermere green – report
Published43 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Save Windermere By Jonah FisherBBC environment correspondent High visitor numbers are turning one of Britain’s...
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