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Cameras capture abundance of life in a Himalayan refuge

Cameras capture abundance of life in a Himalayan refuge

Camera traps have captured tigers roaming at an elevation of 3,165 meters (10,384 feet) in eastern Nepal’s lower Himalayas — the highest they’ve ever...
Extreme heat takes a toll on tropical countries’ economies

Extreme heat takes a toll on tropical countries’ economies

Extreme heat costs tropical countries more than 5% of their annual per capita GDP, new research shows, while more prosperous mid-latitude countries lose only...
Deliberate dumping of plastic trash in the Pacific: How widespread is it? (commentary)

Deliberate dumping of plastic trash in the Pacific: How widespread is...

The Pacific coast of the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica is one of the most remote destinations in the country, and the whole of...
The challenge of protecting the Amazon’s largest bird of prey

The challenge of protecting the Amazon’s largest bird of prey

Monitoring, research, tourism, photography and environmental education are the tools to protect Brazil’s largest bird of prey, which currently has large and diverse populations...
Brown algae help us fight climate change

Brown algae help us fight climate change

Brown algae suck up large amounts of carbon dioxide from the air each year. In our efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change we...
Climate challenges make sustainable agriculture a pivotal priority

Climate challenges make sustainable agriculture a pivotal priority

Around the world, alarm bells are ringing over food security issues. On December 12, Finland announced plans to increase its emergency grain stocks in...
In just two decades the amount of microplastics has tripled on the seafloor

In just two decades the amount of microplastics has tripled on...

Microplastics make for an insidious form of pollution with vast quantities of tiny particles, invisible to the naked eye, permeating the environment from mountaintops...
US textbooks on biology fall short on climate change content

US textbooks on biology fall short on climate change content

Most college textbooks published in the 2010s had less information about climate change than in the previous decade. Climate change is a subject that students...
Why low-carbon fuels like green hydrogen are not benefiting from high fossil fuel prices

Why low-carbon fuels like green hydrogen are not benefiting from high...

Green hydrogen is essential for decarbonisation: to replace fossil fuels in various industrial processes. The number and scale of projects using and making hydrogen, a...
A new solar reactor turns plastic waste and CO2 into sustainable products

A new solar reactor turns plastic waste and CO2 into sustainable...

Plastic waste and greenhouse gases are two scourges on our planet, but what if we could repurpose them into something green with some help...
Heat pumps are boosting Europe’s clean energy transition

Heat pumps are boosting Europe’s clean energy transition

Heat pumps provided just 10% of global building heat in 2021, but a recent IEA report notes their use is really taking off across...
Why storing data offline results in climate benefits

Why storing data offline results in climate benefits

Although big data offers companies several advantages, it has some environmental downsides. The business landscape is becoming more digitally driven and data-oriented than ever before....