Wildfire in Namibia Rips Through Etosha National Park
More than a third of Etosha National Park in Namibia has burned, threatening the rich biodiversity in a popular tourist attraction.
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Trump administration spending $625m to revive dying coal industry
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Malaysian small-scale farmers worry about rights under proposed seed law changes
This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2, forthcoming, will report more on Malaysia’s seed quality bill. On an August Sunday morning, a rice mill roars in a public park in the busy Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. Paddy…
Report finds 226 Indigenous land defenders in Peru at risk of violence
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NOAA-supported expedition to explore deep waters of Cook Islands
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First review of Amazon plastic pollution finds widespread contamination
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California’s kelp forests struggle to recover a decade after collapse
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‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal
The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades.
Namibia footage shows wildfire devastation in Etosha natural park – video
A fire has burned through a third of Namibia’s vast Etosha national park, one of Africa’s largest game reserves. The site in the north of the largely desert country is home to 114 mammal species, notably the critically endangered black…
Our 2025 NOAA-supported education program students share insights
Our 2025 NOAA-supported education program students share insights The 2025 Science and Education Hollings and EPP Undergraduate Symposium is running from July 28, 2025 through July 31, 2025, with student presentations beginning on July 29. (Image credit: NOAA Education) Download…