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Geoengineering startup’s launch meets with criticism

Geoengineering startup’s launch meets with criticism

Make Sunsets sells “cooling credits” to support its geoengineering startup. Some experts say it’s the rogue actor they’ve worried about. The Make Sunsets startup says...
The new UN deal fails to address the root causes of nature’s destruction

The new UN deal fails to address the root causes of...

All this is left to the more than 190 countries under the treaty to implement. Given the pressures of the extinction crisis and the increasing...
Scientists in Ecuador rediscover 32 frog species once believed extinct

Scientists in Ecuador rediscover 32 frog species once believed extinct

“I can’t tell you how special it is to hold something we never thought we’d see again,” a reseacher says. Amphibians in tropical rainforests have...
Extreme cold is another curse of a changing climate

Extreme cold is another curse of a changing climate

Experts have predicted that blizzards will get more severe due to a warming planet that changes weather patterns. Extremely cold weather that is sweeping some...
What’s all the brouhaha over bottom trawling?

What’s all the brouhaha over bottom trawling?

A new episode of “Mongabay Explains” examines the controversial fishing method known as bottom trawling, in which vessels drag a net across the seafloor...
Q&A with young Indigenous activist Samela Sateré Mawé

Q&A with young Indigenous activist Samela Sateré Mawé

Samela Sateré Mawé, a leading voice among Brazil’s Indigenous youth, spoke to Mongabay about the importance of social media to Indigenous peoples as a...
10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2022

10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2022

The books on this year’s list center on some of the knottiest problems facing humanity, from climate change to biodiversity loss to the spillover...
Guatemala landfill feeds ‘trash islands’ hundreds of miles away in Honduras

Guatemala landfill feeds ‘trash islands’ hundreds of miles away in Honduras

An estimated 20,000 metric tons of trash from the Guatemala City landfill flows down the Motagua River into the Caribbean each year, where it...
Vaping and smoking drive environmental harm from farm to fingertip

Vaping and smoking drive environmental harm from farm to fingertip

Electronic cigarettes heavily marketed via single-use flavored products are increasingly popular. These products require disposal of large amounts of hazardous waste, including huge quantities...
Unsustainable fishing to be banned in Irrawaddy dolphin’s Bornean sanctuary

Unsustainable fishing to be banned in Irrawaddy dolphin’s Bornean sanctuary

Indonesia’s fisheries ministry is working with a conservation NGO to draw up plans prohibiting fishing gear considered dangerous to critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in...
Mongabay’s ‘Must Listen’ Podcast List for 2022

Mongabay’s ‘Must Listen’ Podcast List for 2022

2022 was an exciting year for Mongabay’s podcast team, with a brand-new season of the long-form, exploratory series “Mongabay Explores,” diving into the island...
California’s network of marine protected areas must be strengthened and expanded (commentary)

California’s network of marine protected areas must be strengthened and expanded...

During December 2022, California is holding its first 10-year review of its marine protected areas network, to be used to inform the network’s future.Previously,...