Climate-resistant rock glaciers could be hiding water in plain sight
Even though there are more than 10,000 rock glaciers in the western United States, most people would look at one without knowing it. Unlike the snowy glaciers we’re more familiar with, rock glaciers...
View ArticleSpaceX wants to go to Mars. To get there, environmentalists say it’s trashing...
With each launch, SpaceX has been discharging tens of thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater into sensitive wetlands. Environmentalists say an increase in launches will only make things worse....
View ArticleHotel built without permits on disputed land riles neighboring Paracas reserve
PARACAS, Peru — As the sun set over Paracas Bay on April 7, 2023, a beachside hotel flashed with the lights of an electronic music party. Seen from afar, the building was a fluorescent dot twinkling...
View ArticleWest Africa’s forgotten felines endangered by conflict and research gaps
In the border region between Benin, Niger and Burkina Faso lies a network of protected areas that form one of the largest intact wildernesses in West Africa. The W-Arly-Pendjari (WAP) Complex is a...
View ArticleHow unusual has this hurricane season been?
NASA/ISS Hurricanes Helene and Milton – which have devastated parts of the south-east United States – have bookended an exceptionally busy period of tropical storms. In less than two weeks, five...
View ArticleClimate change fueled Hurricane Milton’s rapid intensification
Within just over 24 hours of forming in the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 6, Hurricane Milton grew from a Category 1 hurricane to a Category 5, the most powerful class of storms. It was a jump in wind speeds...
View ArticleThe Cuyahoga River was so polluted, it used to catch fire. Now it’s making a...
The plight of the river, which empties into Lake Erie at Cleveland, helped inspire the Clean Water Act. Now it attracts kayakers and anglers and could soon be removed from an EPA watchlist. The post...
View ArticleHow to spot ‘comet of the century’ in UK skies
Getty Images A comet that was seen from Earth last month for the first time in 80,000 years might be visible with the naked eye in the UK on Saturday evening, according to the Royal Astronomical...
View ArticleDeforestation remains low, but fires surge in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest
The rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has remained near a six-year low despite a surge in the number of fires burning in Earth’s largest rainforest, according to data released on Friday by...
View ArticleCountdown to mission hunting alien life on a distant moon
Getty Images In a few hours, a spacecraft should blast-off from Florida on the hunt for signs of alien life. Its destination is Europa, a deeply-mysterious moon orbiting the distant planet Jupiter....
View ArticleAngkor Plywood, the ‘timber cartel’ shipping Cambodian forests internationally
Several Cambodian journalists contributed to this report, but have requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the story. STUNG TRENG, Cambodia — Rare timber species likely logged from...
View ArticleBrazil upgrades park to protect Amazon’s tallest tree, allows tourism
South America’s tallest tree, a 400-year-old red angelim in the northern tip of the Brazilian Amazon, is the star of a newly created conservation area called the Giant Trees of the Amazon State Park....
View ArticleThe U.S. gets a new national marine sanctuary, the first led by a tribe
Over 4,500 square miles of ocean will be protected off the California coast. It will also be managed in partnership with the indigenous groups that fought to create it. (Image credit: Mario Tama/Getty...
View ArticleNew tourism restrictions to protect Bangladesh’s unique wetlands and...
In a bid to protect biodiversity hotspots in the country, Bangladesh plans to restrict tourism and introduce environment-friendly guidelines and directions for tourists visiting the Ecologically...
View ArticleScientists use fake dolphin carcasses to study real dolphin strandings
Stranded dolphins can tell researchers a lot about the health of dolphin populations and potential dangers to human health. But figuring out how many wash ashore is difficult because scientists rely...
View ArticleWhy biodiversity credits cannot work (commentary)
The earth is on the brink of a sixth extinction crisis, making it urgent to expand programs to conserve nature and its biodiversity, especially in tropical countries with the highest biodiversity. One...
View ArticleAs tidal power rides a wave of clean energy optimism, pitfalls persist
In the Pentland Firth off of Scotland’s coast, an array of underwater turbines churn 24/7, spun by powerful ocean tides. Operational since 2018, this tidal stream project reached a milestone last...
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A judge signed off on a 600 million dollar settlement between Norfolk Southern and people who live near the East Palestine train derailment. But many are unhappy with the outcome. A new study looks at...
View ArticleAfrica’s little-known golden cat gets a conservation boost, with community help
It was mid-2008. Mwezi “Badru” Mugerwa was almost done with his bachelor’s degree in forestry, an academic field that had trained him to view forests as a resource for extraction. However, as he...
View ArticleThe tribal leader dedicating his life to protect Philippine’s...
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — To his fellow tribal members, Datu Julito Ahao is jokingly called matanglawin, which literally means “having an eye of an eagle.” Aptly so. Under the watch of the 64-year-old...
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