A tale of two frogs: The tough uphill battle for rediscovered species
In 2021, a group of scientists in Ecuador looked in disbelief at a photo of a chocolate-colored frog with an orange belly. The researchers wondered: Could it be Atelopus guanujo — the Guanujo stubfoot...
View ArticleIndonesian palm oil firm clashes with villagers it allegedly shortchanged
JAKARTA — A dispute simmering for years has erupted into conflict between villagers and a palm oil company on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi over the latter’s failure to abide by a profit-sharing...
View ArticleIndonesian fishers mount a community-led fight against destructive fishing
TAKALAR/EAST LOMBOK/JAKARTA, Indonesia — Mustam Daeng Beta exhaled slowly before he began describing his time as a young fisherman many years ago. “Fish bombing was regular, also using poison,” Daeng...
View ArticleCan Vietnam’s forests survive the spread of acacia and eucalyptus...
Vietnam is a mountainous country, with three-quarters of its land area covered by mountains and hills. However, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, forest cover...
View ArticleAustralia wants to become a renewable energy superpower. Can it?
1 hour ago Hannah Ritchie,BBC News, Sydney BBC Hidden among thick bushland in the outer suburbs of southern Sydney sits an expansive facility housing a technological breakthrough. It’s here that...
View ArticleWhat is nature worth? As Wall Street assigns a dollar value, Indigenous...
Putting a dollar amount on a single species, let alone entire ecosystems, is a controversial idea, but creating a tradable asset class based on that monetary value is even more problematic, experts...
View ArticleCambodian companies tied to abuses promoted by UN program, rights group alleges
PHNOM PENH — A rights group in Cambodia has accused a United Nations project of promoting private sector actors tied to human rights and environmental abuses. The U.N. Development Programme’s SDG...
View ArticleWhy the science of tides was crucial for D-Day
June 6, 1944 the Allied Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy and took the Nazis by surprise in the largest sea-to-land invasion in history. This would be remembered as D-Day and would ultimately lead...
View ArticleAs Big Tech eyes the carbon market, will it work this time?
Tech giants are joining forces and having a go at the beleaguered voluntary carbon market. In an attempt to offset their greenhouse gas emissions, or at least a part of it, Meta, Microsoft, Google and...
View ArticleBoeing launches long-delayed astronaut capsule
1 hour ago Jonathan Amos,Science correspondent, @BBCAmos Reuters The American Boeing company has launched its Starliner capsule towards the International Space Station (ISS) with two Nasa astronauts...
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A different kind of youth activist: Meet the high schoolers who invented a...
The vision “I think science is the perfect way to solve this issue. Because a lot of innovation and invention happens in science, and technology is always changing. And so I think, if I really wanted...
View ArticleRestoring Indigenous aquaculture heals both ecosystems and communities in...
For generations, native Hawaiians have understood that their aquaculture systems, fishponds known as loko i‘a, serve as nurseries that seed fish populations in surrounding waters. For the first time, a...
View ArticleAmazon deforestation threatens one of Brazil’s key pollinators, study shows
With their metallic-blue-and-green bodies and iridescent wings, orchid bees aren’t just charismatic bugs. They’re specialist pollinators in tropical rainforests from Mexico to Brazil and are primarily...
View ArticleEmissions from loss of plant diversity spells massive climate trouble: Study
Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air and store it in their leaves, stems, roots and the soil. But as climate change and human activities drive more plant species toward extinction, that stored...
View ArticleRiding the Tren Maya: A journey on Mexico’s controversial new railway line
Last December, the Mexican government opened part of its ambitious Tren Maya project, a railway line connecting the tourist hubs of Cancún and Tulum with the rest of the Yucatán Peninsula. However, the...
View ArticleOn a remote island, Honduras plans mega-prison in an unstudied reserve
Honduras is preparing the construction of a maximum-security prison to address the country’s ongoing security crisis, which continues to suffer from widespread gang violence. But the prison happens to...
View ArticleUnrest and arrests in Sumatra as community fights to protect mangroves
LANGKAT, Indonesia — Ilham was sitting outside on his terrace in the village of Kuala Langkat on April 18 when a scrum of men in plainclothes arrived at his home and strong-armed him into a waiting...
View ArticleThe arguments for swapping lawns for more natural landscaping
It’s lawnmower season but some homeowners and others say it’s time to shift from well-trimmed lawns to more environmentally friendly landscaping. The post The arguments for swapping lawns for more...
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As the climate changes, many species are teetering on extinction. How much...
In the first flush of an Arctic spring, the boreal forest begins to stir, emerging from a silvered quiet. Icicles shatter like glass. Meltwater babbles, braiding in puddles and then in deltas. Snow...
View ArticleA heat dome can bring dangerously high temperatures. What is it?
Much of the Southwest U.S. is experiencing extreme heat this week — with temperatures blazing past 100 degrees. And a phenomenon known as a heat dome is to blame. (Image credit: Justin Sullivan)The...
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