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After quinoa’s boom, Bolivian farmers face degraded soils and climate stress
AROMA MARKA, Bolivia — The rolling hills around the town of Aroma Marka are a cacophony of colors: golden-yellow, deep-red and purplish-black quinoa pods smatter the otherwise barren landscape here in Bolivia’s southern Altiplano, the Andean Plateau. At 3,800 meters…
Salt marsh recovery isn’t enough to offset destroyed older wetlands, study finds
Along Earth’s coastlines, grassy wetlands flooded by seawater, called salt marshes, trap and store carbon at rates roughly 40 times higher than forests on land. As salt marshes have expanded in some regions, scientists were hopeful their carbon stores might…
Trump’s Push to Keep Coal Plants Open Is Costing Hundreds of Millions
Costs have been mounting in the year since the Trump administration began directing aging coal plants to say open.
Scientists mark Attenborough’s 100th birthday with newly named wasp
A tiny wasp, collected in the early 1980s in Chile’s Valdivia province, lay inside an unsorted drawer in the Natural History Museum, London, for more than 40 years. After taking a close look, researchers have recently confirmed it’s not only…
Honduran authorities seize jaguar kept as pet, put spotlight on local trafficking
Authorities in Honduras have seized a jaguar kept as a pet by a businessman, in a high-profile raid that conservationists say should serve as a deterrent for others engaged in wildlife trafficking. The May 6 raid at a home in…
Egyptian teens use robots for ‘smarter and more responsive’ way to protect Earth
Mudskippers are amphibious fish that can live both in water and on land. Usually found in muddy landscapes, the big-eyed creatures dig tunnels through the mud with their mouths, wrapping themselves in air pockets to maintain healthy levels of oxygen.…
Salmon farm faces new cruelty claims as Trump seeks to supersize fish farming
New undercover video appears to show cruel treatment of salmon at Cooke hatchery amid push for ‘chickenification’ of fish The Trump administration is keen to do to fish what has been done to chickens – mass-produce them on an industrial…
How a kindergarten teacher became the accidental guardian of 200 king penguins
When the birds started nesting on her land at Useless Bay, Chile, Cecilia Durán Gafo decided she would protect them from people and predators Five pairs of rubbery feet carry velvet-sheathed black-and-white bodies towards the rope line separating the king…