Understanding how corals turn sunscreen into toxins could help save reefs
When corals and sea anemones absorb oxybenzone, their cells turn it into phototoxins, molecules that are harmless in the dark but become toxic under sunlight.
Sunscreen...
UN focus on plant health, crucial for boosting food security worldwide
NEW YORK, USA, le 13th May 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/On the very first International Day of Plant Health, marked on Thursday, the UN Food...
To reduce fossil fuel dependence, sustainable buildings are key
The EU has recognized the CO2-reducing potential of the buildings sector, but a lot remains to be done.
With the war in Ukraine dragging on,...
Shipping poses grave risks to whale sharks worldwide
The maritime shipping industry may be causing the decline of whale sharks, a hugely important species in the oceans.
Whale sharks, as their name indicates,...
Forests and green urban areas can help embattled insects
Climatic conditions play an increasingly important role for the maintenance of pollinator diversity.
An apocalypse is upon insects worldwide as legions of them are succumbing...
The race to save Zambia’s wetlands
NAIROBI, Kenya, 01st April 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/-As the sun sets in central Zambia, orange rays reflect across the Lukanga Swamp, a vast wetland...
Greta Thunberg speaks for Africa when it comes to climate. Where...
CAIRO, Egypt, 21 April 2022 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Africa has become the face of the global climate crisis, yet Greta Thunberg has emerged as the continent’s...
Champion of women’s right to manage land and forests wins top...
NEW YORK, USA, 06 May 2022 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- A veteran Cameroonian activist working to preserve her country’s forests, and improve the lives of...
Putting a dollar value on nature will give governments and businesses...
Overhauling society’s concept of wealth to include “natural capital” – the value nature provides to humans – is a critical step for slowing and...
Zutari fast-tracks its disaster response in flood-ravaged KwaZulu-Natal
With the vital N2 corridor in Durban damaged to the extent that the road is impassable in certain sections following the recent flooding in...
Saving Madagascar’s critically endangered singing lemurs
Yet like all other lemurs, indris are critically endangered and are losing out to habitat loss and poaching.
Indri lemurs are winsome, herbivorous creatures that...
A hardy plant could help us fortify stressed crops
Most plants handle adverse conditions like droughts by scaling back their biological functions or even shutting down entirely. Not so extremophytes, which have evolved...
