UK getting more hot and more wet days – Met Office
EPA Climate change is dramatically increasing the frequency of extreme high temperatures in the UK, new Met Office analysis has confirmed. Its annual State of the Climate report says data from 2023...
View ArticleCalifornia’s newest state park is like a time machine
California’s newest state park just opened this summer — and a visit is like stepping into a time machine as its creators reimagine what a state park can be. (Image credit: Geloy Concepcion for NPR)The...
View ArticleIndigenous communities in the Bolivian Amazon combat droughts and floods
Luis Fernando Pumuy turns on the spigot outside of his house and splashes water onto most of his body, trying to cool off from the unrelenting heat in the Indigenous community of Asunción del...
View ArticleShort on funds and long on risk, Venezuelan conservation groups worry for future
Conservation has become a near-impossible task in many parts of Venezuela. Government funding has dried up, political pressure has scared away international donors, and criminal groups continue to...
View ArticleTroubled rubber plantation in Liberia shuts down after labor unrest
Two prominent union leaders remain in prison a month after the headquarters of the Salala Rubber Corporation in Liberia was set on fire by aggrieved rubber tappers. The pair are among 60 workers who...
View ArticleIn choice of mangroves or livelihood, Vietnam shrimp farmers choose the latter
Shrimp farming is a leading driver of mangrove deforestation the world over. As demand for the sweet crustaceans boomed over the past few decades, swaths of vital coastal forests were cleared at...
View ArticleDRC conflict hinders search for Itombwe nightjar, but ‘lost’ bird may yet be...
A rare bird known only from a single specimen captured in the eastern Congo Basin nearly 70 years ago has become one of the most sought-after species in the global Search for Lost Birds initiative....
View ArticleOctopus farming in the U.S. would be banned under a new bill in Congress
The OCTOPUS Act would ban farming the animal, and imports of farmed meat. It was introduced by a senator whose office says he learned about the plan through a story on NPR. (Image credit: Fred...
View ArticlePalm oil company fined for cheating; Sulawesi farmers to reap their due rupiah
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has ordered a palm oil company to pay 1 billion rupiah ($61,000) in fines for shortchanging villagers by not sufficiently paying them according to a profit-sharing...
View ArticlePeruvian bills could imperil marine biodiversity & artisanal fishing, experts...
This is the second in a series of stories covering the Peruvian fishing industry and was originally published on Mongabay’s Latam site. Read the first story here. In early April, 13 leaders...
View ArticleCould you go a whole week without buying new plastic?
The amount of plastic that we throw out really piles up. A “Morning Edition” staffer decided to find out how hard it would be to not buy any new plastic for a week. How did she do? The post Could you...
View ArticleScottish bog gets world heritage status
Tony Jolliffe / BBC After an almost 40-year campaign, a stunning but little-known UK landscape has been awarded world heritage status. The Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland in the far north of...
View ArticleGold mining in the Amazon has doubled in area since 2018, AI tool shows
In 2021, scientists and journalists got together to train an artificial intelligence model on how to detect gold mines in the Amazon. One year later, they launched Amazon Mining Watch, a tool capable...
View ArticleRhino poop draws all the deer (and boars and more) to the yard, study finds
KATHMANDU — Amid the tall, rustling elephant grass on the banks of a nearly stagnant Rapti River, half a dozen spotted deer approach mounds of rhino excrement. Unbeknown to them, a camera trap nearby...
View ArticleThe Amazon’s most fertile forests are also most vulnerable to drought: Study
The Amazon’s most fertile, productive forests, which are critical for supplying Brazil’s agricultural region with rainfall, are also the most vulnerable to drought, according to recent research that...
View ArticleBrazil’s wildcat mining is deeply rooted in its politics and thirst for minerals
Gold mining has been a feature of the Andean Amazon since pre-Colombian times and, along with silver, it was the cornerstone of the economy in the colonial and republican periods. In Brazil, gold...
View ArticleIn sub-Saharan Africa, ‘forgotten’ foods could boost climate resilience,...
For many people across sub-Saharan Africa, Cleome gyandra, commonly known as the spider plant, is not food: it’s a weed. A tall, leggy plant with stars of almond-shaped leaves and clusters of white...
View ArticleConservationists look for new ways to fight oil pipelines in southern Mexico
Mexico has pledged to more than double its clean energy output by 2030, investing in solar and wind power while transitioning away from fossil fuels. Yet the country continues to lag behind on its...
View ArticlePark Fire in California could continue growing exponentially, Cal Fire...
Cal Fire has confirmed that over a hundred structures have been damaged in the Park Fire, which grew overnight near Chico, Calif. Difficult firefighting conditions are forecast through Friday night....
View ArticleHow an abandoned baby owl was rescued in a warm tortilla
When a Texas resident found an abandoned baby owl at a family barbecue, she acted fast to rescue it — using a warm tortilla. The post How an abandoned baby owl was rescued in a warm tortilla first...
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