Insight: Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink
‘WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE, NOR ANY DROP TO DRINK’
These lines from ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge could have been written...
To protect its iconic condors, an entire Bolivian town declared itself...
Quebracho and Condor Natural Reserve in the Cordillera de Laderas was created on Aug. 24 this year in response to the poisoning deaths of...
Air quality regulation has ‘saved 1.5 billion birds’ in the US
Reducing pollution can have positive impacts in unexpected places.
Air pollution has reached endemic proportions across much of the planet and it’s not just people...
Marine conservation technology hub rises from old L.A. wharf (analysis)
In 2014, the Port of Los Angeles gave a 50-year lease to an aging wharf called City Dock No. 1 to a project called...
These plastic items kill whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds
When animals eat plastic, it can block their digestive system, causing a long, slow death from starvation.
How do we save whales and other marine...
Indonesian districts trial a shift from commodity monocrops to sustainable produce
A network of district governments across Indonesia is working on transitioning away from commodity-based economic development to sustainable, nature-based solutions.Many of these districts are...
The climate-driven effort to fix sewers
The UK will invest £1.1 billion over 5 years to address sewer climate challenges. Nearly 800 projects are planned through 2025.
Let’s talk about sewers.
No,...
Using spent coffee grounds for making concrete can greatly boost circularity
“The ongoing extraction of natural sand around the world – typically taken from river beds and banks – to meet the rapidly growing demands...
WWF SA identifies 4 Disruptive trends in local charitable giving
With Covid-19 taking its toll on every aspect of our lives, non-profit organisations that rely on public donations are confronted with the challenge of...
A Mekong island too tiny for industrial farming now points to...
In the decades following the U.S. war in Vietnam, the Vietnamese government championed intensive farming methods that boosted rice harvests and turned the country...
Carbon sequestration will pose great engineering challenges
Saline reservoirs are the most likely storage places for captured carbon dioxide because they are large and ubiquitous.
Climate change is upon us and in...
Why the Amazon’s small streams have a major impact on its...
An unprecedented time-series study in the basin of the Tapajós River, a major tributary of the Amazon, assesses the level of degradation of small...
