Indigenous leader’s court win halts one of Australia’s ‘dirtiest gas projects’
Indigenous community members from the Tiwi Islands off the northern coast of Australia took Santos Limited to court, arguing that the company did not...
Guatemalans strongly reject mining project in local referendum
Nearly 88% of participating residents voted against metallic mining in a municipal referendum in Asunción Mita, in southeastern Guatemala.Locals fear the Cerro Blanco gold...
Many palm species are facing the risk of extinction
“We need to do all we can to protect more than a thousand palm species that we now know may be threatened.”
Palm trees are...
Another consequential year for the melting Arctic
Arctic sea ice extent shrank to its summertime minimum this week — tied with 2017 and 2018 for the 10th lowest ever recorded. However,...
The mystery of narwhal behavior, solved by chaos theory
Researchers have used mathematical models based on chaos theory to analyze the movements of a pod of satellite-tagged narwhals.Around solar noon, narwhals rest nearer...
Palm oil firms not acting fast enough on no-deforestation vows: Report
Only 22% of companies sourcing or producing palm oil in Indonesia have public and comprehensive no-deforestation policies, a new report by London-based nonprofit CDP...
Will termites aided by climate change help drive emissions?
Termites currently have their biggest effects in places like tropical savannas and seasonal forests and subtropical deserts.
In the tropics termites play crucial roles in...
Q&A with author Kristin Ohlson
In her new book, “Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World,” author Kristin Ohlson explores the science...
Q&A with author Guillaume Blanc
In debunking persistent myths like that of an “African Eden,” Guillaume Blanc, author of “The Invention of Green Colonialism,” lays bare contradictions in the...
Nepal’s mugger crocs face ‘senseless’ turf war over dwindling fish resources
The decline in fish stocks in Nepal’s Koshi River threatens the mugger crocodile, a species already under pressure from historical poaching and habitat loss.A...
Faced with grouper, snapper decline, Indonesia adopts harvest strategy
Indonesia is adopting a harvest strategy for grouper and snapper in the east of the country, where catch volume and average fish landed are...
Humans are dosing Earth’s waterways with medicines. It isn’t healthy.
Medicines, chemical formulations that alleviate much human suffering, can also be significant pollutants, with active ingredients often excreted from the human body and entering...
