UAEREP Launches Fourth Cycle and Starts Receiving Project Proposals
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,-Monday 25 January 2021
The UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science (UAEREP) announced the launch of its fourth cycle...
We could grow wooden tables in the lab to save forests
Scientists extracted live cells from a zinnia plant and started growing wood-like plant tissue indoors with no soil or sunlight.
Wood is one of the...
The media will need to heed the plight of pollinators
“It’s not that people are indifferent; it’s just that they don’t even know about it.”
Key pollinators like bees and insects have experienced dramatic declines...
We need to change how we eat and youth are leading...
High meat consumption is also a leading cause of rising non-communicable diseases and harms the climate too.
The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need for...
The year 2020 was the hottest on record, NASA says
Manmade activities were the primary cause of the warming trend registered throughout last year.
The year 2020 was notable for a number of reasons, but...
New study links pollution to pregnancy loss in South Asia
Pregnancy loss has economic, social and cultural costs for South Asian women and their families, quite apart from the health risks alone. Their leaders...
Can railways be fully solar-powered?
Trains are the most efficient mode of transportation we have. They can be even more efficient.
Trains are the most efficient mode of transportation we...
Fruit farmer lights up Ceres Valley
Cape Town, 13 January 2021: It is no secret that South Africa’s farmers face many challenges on a daily basis. In the Ceres valley,...
Lockdowns ‘didn’t improve’ air pollution as much as thought
Only a systematic approach to controlling air pollution can deliver long-lasting results.
After many of the world’s nations went into months-long lockdown early last year...
The European Bison is No Longer a Vulnerable Species
13 January 2021. In the midst of a challenging and tumultuous year we have some wonderful news to share. Due to long-term conservation work,...
Paying people to tolerate wildlife is not a magic bullet for...
To try to quell human-wildlife conflicts, many conservationists and governments have turned to financial compensation.
Human-wildlife conflict is a complex issue globally. Whether it’s mountain...
Climate change is driving mollusks extinct in the eastern Mediterranean
To see how climate change is already devastating fragile ecosystems, look no further than the eastern Mediterranean.
If you want to see how climate change...
