Record-breaking floods in northern Thailand intensify scrutiny of Mekong dam project
Sep 24, 2024, 7:26 am By
In the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, communities in northern Thailand’s Chiang Rai province are…Five times more marine fish may be at risk of extinction: study
Sep 24, 2024, 12:54 am ByWhat’s new: The number of bony marine fish species at risk of extinction could be five times…New approach to land management in Africa aims to climate-proof ecosystems
Sep 23, 2024, 7:34 pm By
Across Africa, numerous ecosystems are under pressures degrading their ecological, economic and…Mexico loses phosphate mining lawsuit in controversial arbitration process
Sep 23, 2024, 5:53 pm By
MEXICO CITY — A mining company trying to launch a controversial phosphate project in Mexican…Inaugural Planetary Health Check finds ocean acidification on the brink
Sep 23, 2024, 2:04 pm By
The first ever pulse check of the planet’s health shows that the Earth is far beyond it’s safe…As logging intensifies forest fires, Wet’suwet’en fight to protect old growth
Sep 23, 2024, 12:17 pm By
WET’SUWET’EN, Canada — The pilot flew over squares of clear-cuts and tree plantations, then…‘Dream birds’ in the mist: First photo of ‘lost’ bird in DRC mountains
Sep 23, 2024, 8:10 am By
Michael Harvey recalls the moment he first saw a flock of yellow-crested helmetshrikes flitting…Experts call for urgent leopard conservation efforts in Bangladesh
Sep 23, 2024, 7:26 am By
The Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), locally known as chitah bagh in Bangladesh, is mostly…Supreme Court decision on saving Kathmandu rivers stirs up heated reactions
Sep 22, 2024, 10:45 pm By
KATHMANDU — A recent Supreme Court verdict extending no-construction zones along the banks of…Brazil’s BR-319 highway disaster: Yet another maneuver (commentary)
Sep 20, 2024, 7:26 pm By
On September 14, Brazil’s National Department of Transportation Infrastructure (DNIT) submitted to…Permits granted for Colombia’s Alacrán mine amid pollution, deforestation concerns
Sep 20, 2024, 5:06 pm By
Permits granted for the construction of an industrial mining project in northern Colombia are…485 million years of data: Study tracks global temperature and CO2 link
Sep 20, 2024, 3:39 pm By
From the first birds and fish to pine trees, dinosaurs, woolly mammoths and humans, most life on…Heavy rains in Lake Chad Basin leave hundreds dead across countries
Sep 20, 2024, 1:34 pm By
At least 621 people have been killed and thousands more displaced by floods around Lake Chad, which…Indigenous peoples won in court — but in practice, they face a different reality
Sep 20, 2024, 1:31 pm By
After years of delays, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) will soon meet for…Rare frog rediscovered in Ecuador’s Andes after 100 years
Sep 20, 2024, 12:57 pm By
A frog species last seen in 1922 was found again in Ecuador’s southern Andes during a 2022…Mining activities threaten honey production in the Caatinga biome
Sep 20, 2024, 12:31 pm By
CAATINGA — They are not offering jobs, they are underestimating our intelligence. They want to…In Sri Lanka, election day is time for firecrackers — to ward off elephants
Sep 19, 2024, 11:01 pm ByCOLOMBO — Over the past two years, Daham Piyasena has lived through momentous times: the worst…Lab-grown corals resisted bleaching during Caribbean’s worst marine heat wave
Sep 19, 2024, 7:47 pm By
In mid-2023, the Caribbean Sea simmered as air temperatures soared, marking the hottest days ever…World’s biggest deforestation project gets underway in Papua for sugarcane
Sep 19, 2024, 12:57 pm By
JAKARTA — Excavators have begun clearing land in the Indonesian region of Papua in what’s been…What will the Brazilian food industry do about plastic packaging?
Sep 19, 2024, 12:17 pm By
Plastic waste is a global problem, and the food sector is one of its main drivers. It only takes a…
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