A flying robot swoops in via Quebec to save endangered plants in Hawai‘i

A flying robot swoops in via Quebec to save endangered plants...

Surveying and collecting rare plant species that grow on steep cliffs has been a risky affair for scientists and conservationists for hundreds of years.The...
LED lights could contribute to massive carbon reductions

LED lights could contribute to massive carbon reductions

The world has been shifting away from wasteful incandescent and harmful fluorescent lights and increasingly adopting light-emitting diode (LED) technology, which promises to reduce...
Deforestation is pushing Amazon to ‘point of no return’: WWF report

Deforestation is pushing Amazon to ‘point of no return’: WWF report

A new report from the World Wildlife Fund, called the Living Amazon Report, warns that threats to the Amazon have gotten worse in recent...
Deadly landslides prompt Philippine president to call for tree planting

Deadly landslides prompt Philippine president to call for tree planting

Typhoon Nalgae, which made five landfalls on Oct. 29, killed 123 people across the Philippines, including at least 61 who died in floods and...
Tensions boil in Sumatra over a palm oil promise villagers say has yet to be kept

Tensions boil in Sumatra over a palm oil promise villagers say...

In West Sumatra province, tensions in a three-decade-old land conflict spiked this year after several residents of Nagari Aia Gadang village were detained by...
Climate Loss & Damage talks now on agenda, but U.S. resistance feared

Climate Loss & Damage talks now on agenda, but U.S. resistance...

Loss and Damage (L&D) climate finance will be on the agenda at COP for discussion for the first time ever by the world’s nations,...
Tribe and partners light up a forest to restore landscape in California

Tribe and partners light up a forest to restore landscape in...

The Karuk Tribe partnered with the U.S. Forest Service and other stakeholders to reintroduce traditional burning to help restore forests in the Klamath Mountains.The...
In Brazil’s soy belt, Indigenous people face attacks over land rights

In Brazil’s soy belt, Indigenous people face attacks over land rights

In Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul state, Guarani-Kaiowá Indigenous people seeking to reclaim their ancestral lands have been subjected to threats and violence by...
France’s Macron joins growing chorus calling for deep-sea mining ban

France’s Macron joins growing chorus calling for deep-sea mining ban

On Nov. 8, French President Emmanuel Macron became the first head of state to call for a complete ban on deep-sea mining, an activity...
Amid Mexico’s Day of the Dead, a fish declared extinct comes back to life

Amid Mexico’s Day of the Dead, a fish declared extinct comes...

Amid Mexico’s Day of the Dead festivities, a community released thousands of golden skiffia fish back into the species’ native range in the Teuchitlán...
These air-conditioner alternatives are cheaper – and better for the planet

These air-conditioner alternatives are cheaper – and better for the planet

Should increasingly brutal summer heat – and uncomfortably warm autumns – compel people to install air-conditoners? Heatwaves in numerous countries during 2022 sent all-time temperature records tumbling....
Climate change is threatening insects worldwide but we can still save them

Climate change is threatening insects worldwide but we can still save...

Habitat loss, pesticide use, air pollution, climate change. Insects worldwide are facing a host of challenges driving their numbers down. Climate change alone is posing...