The people who make up the Pan-Amazonian melting pot: regional demographics
One reason it is possible to be optimistic about the future of the Pan Amazon is that none of the countries must deal with an impending demographic explosion. This was not always the case. In the...
View ArticleA coal power plant demolition serves as a poignant historical moment for the...
For six decades, coal has provided for — and polluted — the Navajo Nation. Demolition of a power plant brings mixed emotions. (Image credit: Benjamin Hunter)The post A coal power plant demolition...
View ArticleStunning photos of a vast e-waste dumping ground — and those who make a...
Three photojournalists have created an in-depth report on electronic waste — its negative and … positive … consequences. (Image credit: Muntaka Chasant)The post Stunning photos of a vast e-waste...
View ArticleMeet the kayakers cleaning up the historically polluted Anacostia River
We look at local effort by kayakers to clean up the Anacostia River, which is polluted with trash and debris. The post Meet the kayakers cleaning up the historically polluted Anacostia River first...
View ArticleHow eastern US forests look almost a century after chestnut trees started...
Chestnut trees began disappearing from eastern deciduous forests in the U.S. almost a century ago due to a nasty fungus. That has contributed to a vastly different eastern forest landscape today. The...
View ArticleAn inventory for acoustic monitoring: Interview with Kevin Darras
It started as a simple spreadsheet that documented locations where researchers were recording sound to monitor biodiversity. Three years on, the Worldwide Soundscapes project is a global database on...
View ArticleCambodian fishers-turned-citizen scientists monitor marine mammal deaths
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia — Cambodia has a marine mammal problem. Dolphins, dugongs and other species are caught and killed in fishers’ nets or wash up dead on beaches regularly, but no one knows how...
View ArticleRate of ocean warming has nearly doubled in the last two decades: Report
The world’s oceans are warming at an unprecedented rate. According to the EU Copernicus’ 8th Ocean State Report released this week, the rate of ocean warming has nearly doubled in the last 20 years....
View Article26 elephants from Namibia moved to Angola’s only private conservation area
Cuatir Conservation Area, ANGOLA — On Sept. 2, a team from Namibia’s Okonjati Game Reserve completed the last of four arduous translocations, taking a total of 26 elephants across the border to Cuatir...
View ArticleNobel Prize goes to microRNA researchers
Reuters The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 has been awarded to US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their work on microRNA. Their discoveries help explain how complex life...
View ArticleA nesting haven for sea turtles in Suriname is fading away
BRAAMSPUNT BEACH, Suriname — As little as five years ago, parts of the beach here were 500 meters or wider, more than a quarter of a mile, says Kiran Balrampersad. “Now,” he says, “there are only...
View ArticleCoffee agroforestry holds promise for smallholder growers in Malawi
RUMPHI, Malawi — In the villages below Nyika Plateau in northern Malawi’s Rumphi district, coffee rules. It’s one of the most common bushes in the region, grown in back and front yards or in open...
View Article‘Indigenous women in the Amazon must be empowered’: Interview with Nemonte...
At just six years old, Nemonte Nenquimo understood that there were two worlds. The first one was where her oko (a big house where she lived in the rainforest) existed. This world was lit by fire, and...
View ArticleSpacecraft launches towards knocked off course asteroid
A spacecraft is on its way to visit an asteroid that US space agency Nasa knocked off course in 2022. The Hera craft launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 10:52 local time (15:52BST) on Monday....
View Article‘Thugs’ disrupt Jakarta climate march as attacks on civil liberties increase
JAKARTA — A recent climate march in Jakarta was forcibly disbanded by an unidentified group of people, which highlights the growing challenges to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in...
View ArticleNorway poised to sail past opposition with deep-sea mining licensing plans
Norway is poised to move forward with plans to mine for seabed minerals along its continental shelf despite public opposition. On June 26, the Norwegian Ministry of Energy released a proposal for the...
View ArticleIn Mexico, Totonac spiritual guides work with scientists to revive ecosystems
PAPANTLA, Veracruz, México — Juan Gerónimo Simbrón, a traditional healer, walks through the tropical forest surrounding his house until he reaches a 100-year-old fig tree. Among the roots, he sets up...
View ArticleMy pilgrimage to the vanishing Sphinx snow patch
The Sphinx, a patch of snow believed to be the longest-lasting in the UK, has melted for the fourth consecutive year. Iain Cameron has spent decades surveying the patch, hidden in one of the most...
View ArticleThis mountain hamlet hit by Helene flooding preps for a winter without power
Most of the people who live in Poplar, N.C, are seniors. One priority is securing propane and kerosene heaters to keep them warm when it turns cold. (Image credit: Jessica Tezak for NPR)The post This...
View ArticleAre hurricanes getting worse? Here’s what you need to know
Climate change hasn’t increased the total number of hurricanes hitting the U.S., but it is making dangerous storms more common. (Image credit: Phelan M. Ebenhack)The post Are hurricanes getting worse?...
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