Pakistan’s Floods Are a Climate Change Warning
Pakistan, among the countries most vulnerable to climate change, has been battered by floods and extreme heat as critics say its government needs to do more.
Environment & Sustainability
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Photos: Indigenous elders push for comeback of the revered Philippine crocodile
DUNOY, Philippines — In the dense, tropical rainforests of the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, an ancient predator drifts silently beneath the surface of still rivers. For Indigenous Agta elders, this reptile is not a menace, but a guardian. “We…
Carney Unveils Major Projects for Canada to Offset Damage of Trump’s Tariffs
Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled big infrastructure plans. But they are likely to meet resistance from Indigenous and environmental groups.
Park guardians or destroyers? Study dissects 2 narratives of DRC’s Indigenous Batwa
Long celebrated by some NGOs and Indigenous rights activists as the guardians of the forest, the Batwa of South Kivu had lived inside what is now Kahuzi-Biega National Park (KBNP) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) until the 20th…
More than half the world’s forests fragmented in 20 years — but protection works: Study
“If you can imagine walking into a huge, 1,000-kilometer square [386-square-mile] tropical forest … it’s moist and damp [with] rich soil and an overstory. You imagine walking into a 10-meter [33-foot] patch of forest and it’s just a totally different…
Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands
DNA analysis of endemic specimens in museums finds 79% of ant populations in Pacific archipelago are shrinking Island-dwelling insects have not been spared the ravages of humanity that have pushed so many of their invertebrate kin into freefall around the…
Rome mayor’s claim of swimmable Tiber in five years met with scepticism
Experts unconvinced by Roberto Gualtieri’s mooted timescale for river to be reopened for public bathing Rome hopes to welcome swimmers back to the River Tiber within five years, the city’s mayor has announced, drawing inspiration from Paris, where the Seine…
BBC Inside Science
Results from Nasa’s Perseverance rover may show signs left in rocks by living organisms.
Accelerating National Weather Service Transformation
The National Weather Service (NWS) is transforming to better protect and serve communities by focusing on the people of NWS, improvements to infrastructure, and advancing the agency to meet the future. When Ken Graham began his tenure as the NWS…
Deforestation Threatens Public Health. Securing Indigenous Land Rights Can Help, Researchers Find
A new peer-reviewed study examined the impact Indigenous territories have on human health in two categories of diseases, finding that municipalities located close to Indigenous lands with intact forests have a reduced risk. By Katie Surma Indigenous territories are a…