A Supreme Court case that protects the environment, health care, and food...
A group of fishermen asked the Supreme Court to gut a nearly 40 year old case that could weaken federal regulations on the environment, health care and food safety. The post A Supreme Court case that...
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In Utah, lawmakers are convening amid mounting pressure to enforce tougher conservation laws to save the imperiled Great Salt Lake. The post Utah lawmakers are hearing calls to protect the Great Salt...
View ArticlePeregrine lander: US Moon mission on course for fiery destruction
Published1 hour ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Astrobotic By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent The US company that was hoping to land on the Moon will bring its...
View ArticleUnseen images of code breaking computer that helped win WW2
Published1 hour ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Crown Copyright By Shiona McCallumTechnology reporter GCHQ has released never before seen images of Colossus, the UK’s...
View ArticleAgrarian reform agencies and national land registry systems in the Pan Amazon
Rural real estate markets in the Pan Amazon are regulated by institutions that are a legacy of the agrarian reform movements that played a prominent role in domestic politics during the last half of...
View ArticleStudy: Burning wood pellets for energy endangers local communities’ health
Forest and air quality advocates in the United States have long argued that manufacturing wood pellets from leveled forests and burning the compressed wood for energy is neither a green nor clean...
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Sometimes a highway map or an app isn’t detailed enough for outdoor explorers. So, a State College company created a new map featuring Pennsylvania’s parks, forests, and hiking trails. Also, it’s the...
View ArticleWhy the Amazon’s small streams have a major impact on its grand rivers
TAPAJÓS NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil — We have to walk fast inside the forest to keep up with the scientists and their local guides. It’s the dry season, and the heat in the Amazon Rainforest is...
View ArticleBee-harming neonicotinoid pesticide has emergency approval again
Published19 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Malcolm PriorBBC News rural affairs producer The UK government has given emergency approval for...
View ArticleWestern hoolock gibbon conservation in Bangladesh urgently needs funding...
Western hoolock gibbons (Hoolock hoolock), native to the forests of northeastern India, western Myanmar, and eastern Bangladesh, are among the world’s most threatened primates, listed as endangered on...
View ArticleIndigenous effort in Bangladesh helps reverse endangered fish’s slide to...
DHAKA — Lika Chakma, 37, says she can still remember her childhood days when the springs in the Digholchari Hajachara area of eastern Bangladesh, where she grew up, flowed year-round. These perennial...
View ArticleHow an oil boom in North Dakota led to a boom in evictions
This story was supported by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. The sign that welcomes people into Williston, North Dakota, has an inscription at the bottom: “Boomtown, USA.” It’s one way of...
View ArticleU.S. border wall threatens World Heritage status of Mexican reserve
The Mexico-U.S. border wall has interrupted the ecological connectivity of a nature reserve that’s a World Heritage Site, and should be addressed to remedy the situation, according to UNESCO. Without...
View ArticleCarbon catch and release: Study finds bottom trawlers stir up seabed CO2
Nearly a quarter of the world’s wild-caught seafood is scooped up by bottom trawlers, fishing vessels that drag heavy nets over the seafloor. These boats fish the world over and support numerous global...
View ArticleCourage & calm despite attacks: Q&A with Colombian activist Yuly Velásquez
Yuly Velásquez grew up on the banks of the Magdalena River near the Colombian city of Barrancabermeja, an area surrounded by a large network of swamps, lagoons and tropical forests. These wetlands are...
View ArticleGlobal buzzwords for 2024: Gender apartheid. Climate mobility. Mega-election...
2024 will be awash in new (and sometimes familiar) buzzwords that point up the polycrises (another buzzword) around the planet. Here’s a guide for the perplexed. The post Global buzzwords for 2024:...
View ArticleJapan lands on Moon but glitch threatens mission
Published59 minutes ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Jaxa By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent A Japanese robot has successfully touched down on the Moon but problems...
View ArticleReaders' wishes for 2024: TLC for Earth, an end to AIDS, more empathy, less...
As a new year dawns, we asked our readers to send us their global wishes. Here’s what they’re hoping for. (Image credit: Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images) The post Readers' wishes for 2024: TLC for...
View ArticleScientists map world's largest known deep-sea coral habitat
NPR’s Scott Detrow talks with Temple University biology professor Erik Cordes about the discovery of the world’s largest known deep-sea coral habitat. The post Scientists map world's largest known...
View ArticleJapan hopes sunlight can save stricken Slim Moon lander
Published5 hours ago Shareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Jaxa By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent Japan may yet manage to salvage its Moon lander, the country’s space...
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