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Science is key to environmental justice

Science is key to environmental justice

Science has the potential to save the environment across the board, benefitting disadvantaged communities in the process. Environmental justice, a term brought to life in...

Scientists stumble upon hundreds of octopus moms in the deep sea

Scientists have discovered a large nursery of octopus mothers some 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) deep in the Pacific Ocean.The octopuses are an unknown species...
Can we save the Leuser Ecosystem?

Can we save the Leuser Ecosystem?

Chasing Deforestation is a series that explores the world’s most threatened forests through satellite data and reporters on the ground.The third episode focuses on...

Environmental defenders fear backlash as defendant sues expert over testimony

Basuki Wasis, an environmental expert whose testimony helped convict a provincial governor of abuse of power, now faces a lawsuit brought by the latter...
Farmers feel the pressure after conservation crackdown around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake

Farmers feel the pressure after conservation crackdown around Cambodia’s Tonle Sap...

Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake is surrounded by a conservation area that consists of three zones: Zone 1 and 2, where farming is allowed, and...
Did Wall Street play a role in this year’s wheat price crisis?

Did Wall Street play a role in this year’s wheat price...

In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, global wheat spot and future prices skyrocketed, at one point by as much as 54% in...
In Japanese waters, a newly described anemone lives on the back of a hermit crab

In Japanese waters, a newly described anemone lives on the back...

A newly described anemone species has been found off the coast of Japan and appears to live exclusively on the shells of one hermit...

Mining, erosion threaten Indian rhino haven

India’s Kaziranga National...
Study highlights elusive Cameroonian gorillas, and the threats encircling them

Study highlights elusive Cameroonian gorillas, and the threats encircling them

Ebo Forest in southwestern Cameroon hosts a rare and enigmatic population of western gorillas.A new study analyzes how gorillas use the forest, finding they...