As miner quells protests in Ecuador, Canadian firms’ rights record faces...
Violent crackdowns by Ecuadorian security forces on antimining protesters there have highlighted the outsize role that Canadian mining companies play in human rights abuses in other countries, and the...
View Article‘Weather whiplash’ cycles of floods & droughts imperil Nigerian farming
Growers in Nigeria are suffering huge losses due to a disruption of farming seasons caused by unusual and extreme weather conditions. Mallika Nocco, an assistant professor and extension specialist in...
View ArticleScientists solve mystery of ancient ‘tree of life’
Published49 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondent Scientists have solved the mystery of the origins of ancient...
View ArticleTwilight zone fishing: Can we fish the ocean’s mesopelagic layer?
Two hundred meters below the surface of the sea is a cold, faintly lit layer of water known as the mesopelagic, or twilight, zone. Here lives a menagerie of peculiar-looking creatures: blue-glowing...
View ArticleTackling climate change in one of Colombia’s largest wetlands
The time it takes to cross the Ayapel swamp, the largest swamp in the department of Córdoba, northern Colombia, is a good measurement of how much this landscape has changed in recent decades. The...
View ArticlePacific squid flashes its huge attack ‘headlights’
Published15 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 ArticleUndercover in a shark fin trafficking ring: Interview with wildlife crime...
Four years of investigating jaguar parts trafficking rings in Latin America led Andrea Crosta to a grim realization: The same smugglers were often involved in a variety of illegal enterprises,...
View ArticleCanada oil sands air pollution 20-64 times worse than industry says: Study
For years, Indigenous communities living near Canada’s oil sands have worried about the health impacts of the cloud of air pollution rising from the vast industrial mining complex. A recent study shows...
View ArticleBird populations are mysteriously declining at an Amazon park in Ecuador &...
When John Blake and Bette Loiselle arrived at Tiputini for the first time, they found exactly what they’d been looking for. For years, the two University of Florida professors had been working in Costa...
View ArticleBiden ending new leases in America’s top coal region
Citing climate change, federal land managers are moving to end new leasing for coal in the country’s top producing region. (Image credit: Stephanie Joyce)The post Biden ending new leases in America’s...
View ArticleThe brown pelican crisis of 2024 is here
Brown pelicans are appearing on California’s coastline. They are showing up emaciated, starving and weak. Dr. Elizabeth Wood of the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center of Orange County explains. The post...
View ArticleScientists reveal mysterious origin of Baobab trees, Rafiki’s home in ‘The...
Baobabs are sometimes called the “tree of life” with their thick trunks, crown of branches and flowers that only open at twilight. But theories about their geographic origin was divided among three...
View ArticlePhotos confirm narcotraffickers operating in Peru’s Kakataibo Indigenous Reserve
A wide strip of land cuts through the dense Amazon canopy in Peru’s Kakataibo Indigenous Reserve as shown by a photograph taken during a flyover on March 15, 2024. The images provide evidence of a...
View ArticleTo renew or not to renew? African nations reconsider EU fishing deals
Senegal now faces a decision it’s faced before. In the mid-2000s, small-scale fishers there mobilized in opposition to a fishing agreement with the European Union that allowed in many dozens of EU...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Home
As a coal plant winds down, its gradual closure has had ripple effects in the community, including local businesses, like restaurants. A community group rallied around stopping a chemical recycling...
View ArticleFor drought relief, Cordilleran women in the Philippines rely on seed saving
BENGUET, Philippines — Anita Sinakay grew up with her farmer parents saving seeds, a practice she continues now that she has her own farm. Today, Sinakay heads the Benguet Association of Seed Savers...
View ArticleSperm whale families talk a lot. Researchers are trying to decode what...
Scientists are testing the limits of artificial intelligence when it comes to language learning. One recent challenge? Learning … whale! Researchers are using machine learning to analyze and decode...
View ArticleWhen sea otters lose their favorite foods, they can use tools to go after new...
Some otters rely on tools to bust open hard-shelled prey items like snails, and a new study suggests this tool use is helping them to survive as their favorite, easier-to-eat foods disappear. The post...
View ArticleNew satellite platform monitors deforestation across ecosystems worldwide
When it comes to monitoring deforestation, tropical rainforests rightfully get the lion’s share of attention. However, as climate change-induced natural disasters and conversion of natural lands for...
View ArticleAmplifying Indigenous voices at the global level: Interview with Dario Mejía...
For the past two years, Dario Mejía Montalvo has presided over the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at a time when Indigenous peoples worldwide have gained new levels of recognition...
View Article