How a lineage of chiefs built a thriving fish oasis in Lake Malawi
CHIKOMBE BEACH, Malawi — Dressed in a red T-shirt, a yellow-and-blue wrapper tied from the chest, and flip-flops, Zainab Kassim looks like any of the ordinary people gathered at Chikombe Beach along...
View ArticleAt least 146 dead in back-to-back tropical cyclones in Philippines
Two tropical cyclones recently struck the Philippines one after the other, leaving at least 146 people dead, according to government reports. The country first felt the peak intensity of Severe...
View ArticleFixing EVs’ ecological and social problems needs circularity and transport...
Decarbonizing transportation systems generally involves replacing traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) cars with electric vehicles (EVs). But any conversation about decarbonizing transport...
View ArticleStudy finds bonobos more diverse, and more vulnerable, than previously thought
Bonobos, human’s closest relatives, are classified as an endangered species. Groundbreaking research suggests their vulnerability might be even more severe than previously thought. In a...
View ArticleCommunities in the Amazon struggle amid the second year of a devastating drought
A prolonged drought, now in its second year, is devastating large swaths of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. Whole communities and the Amazon’s largest city are struggling under the parched conditions. The...
View ArticleAfrica needs COP29 funding & international finance reform to manage climate...
It is always puzzling to witness the immense hype surrounding COPs (conferences of the parties to international conventions or treaties). Back in 2009, Barack Obama had just been elected U.S....
View ArticleMining drove 1.4m hectares of forest loss in last 2 decades: Report
Global mining activity is increasingly destroying forests, including protected areas, according to a recent analysis. Between 2001 and 2020, nearly 1.4 million hectares (3.5 million acres) of tree...
View ArticleIndonesian mother imprisoned for protesting palm oil factory next to school
Gustina Salim Rambe appeared quietly distraught as a court on Indonesia’s main western island of Sumatra sentenced her to more than five months in prison for speaking out against the environmental...
View ArticleLesser noddy sighting stirs up birding community in Bangladesh
On Sept. 7, 2024, British ornithologist Gary Allport and Dutch birdwatcher Jan-erik Nilsen took a boat from Bangladesh’s coastal district of Cox’s Bazar to Sonadia Island. On their way, while they...
View ArticleExport of unprocessed logs threatens DRC’s tropical forests: Report
Failure to enforce a crucial forestry law is undermining the Democratic Republic of Congo’s economic growth and endangering its tropical forests, according to a recent report. The DRC bans exports of...
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Scientists found a new ally in the fight to clean up CO2 emissions: ‘Chonkus’
Tucked away in the most extreme nooks and crannies of the Earth are biodiverse galaxies of microorganisms — some that might help scour the atmosphere of the carbon dioxide mankind has pumped into it....
View ArticleCan cattle and wildlife co-exist in the Maasai Mara? A controversial study...
Cattle and conservation don’t typically mix. For centuries, East African pastoralists like the Maasai trudged across the region’s savannas with their herds, passing by elephants and lions in their...
View ArticleU.S. toughens stance on plastics production in run-up to key treaty summit
The chances for a stronger international agreement on limits to plastic production may have increased dramatically as the world nears a U.N. deadline for achieving a plastics treaty. The game changer:...
View ArticleIs the delay of Europe’s deforestation regulation a cause for regret, or an...
A European Commission project to counter deforestation and forest degradation associated with “the making available on the Union market as well as the export” of certain agricultural products was...
View ArticleReport reveals how environmental crime profits in the Amazon are laundered
A new report by the FACT Coalition found that many investigations into environmental crimes do not follow the money. Of the 230 cases analyzed, 76% involved the use of front and shell companies,...
View ArticleMountain highland bats lack data, face climate threats: Study
Bats in mountainous regions are facing more threats and lack of data compared with their lowland counterparts, a recent study showed. Lead author Rohit Chakravarty in an interview with Mongabay said...
View ArticleForest fires outside tropics drove 60% CO2 surge since 2001: Study
Global carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have soared by 60% since 2001, driven largely by the burning of forests outside the tropics, according to a new study. There are now, in fact, more...
View ArticleAtmospheric methane removal: A promising but challenging climate solution
A variety of geoengineering technologies are being closely studied to rapidly remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But researchers are also now considering removing another powerful greenhouse...
View ArticleAfrican women’s assembly unites for climate justice
The third Women’s Climate Assembly (WCA) took place recently in Dakar, Senegal, bringing together roughly 150 women activists and community leaders from 14 West and Central African countries. The...
View ArticleTrump’s victory promises to shake up U.S. energy and climate policy, analysts...
Despite Donald Trump’s focus on fossil fuels, his return to the White House won’t derail clean energy, analysts and activists say. (Image credit: Evan Vucci/AP)The post Trump’s victory promises to...
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