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When questions arise about the integrity of carbon credits, project developers often point to one key safeguard: independent auditors who validate their credit claims. However, new research from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School suggests these auditors may not…
ANTANANARIVO — “Tomorrow offers two paths. On the left, extinction. On the right, survival,” eminent primatologist Jonah Ratsimbazafy told the recently concluded 30th Congress of the International Primatological Society (IPS) in Antananarivo in July. “We are in the middle now;…
Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary poster (Image credit: Illustration: (primary artist) Kathryn Robertson; (secondary artist) Matt McIntosh/NOAA) Download Image September 3, 2025 History and ecology are intertwined among the remnants of the sanctuary’s World War I-era shipwrecks, known as…
In the tropical dry forests of Campeche, Mexico, a tree-planting outpost stands deserted, its future uncertain. Once a hub of reforestation activity, it was abandoned in 2023 after flooding and depleted soil made restoration too expensive. For the NGO behind…
PORTO JOFRE, Brazil — When Oscar de Morais isn’t out tracking jaguars, you’ll find him aboard his houseboat moored along the banks of the São Lourenço River. He sits beneath a mosquito net on two stacked blue plastic chairs, watching…
Sweet, savory, raw, fried or baked. A main course, side dish, dessert or smoothie. Raise a hand: Who doesn’t have at least one fond memory of the world’s most widely consumed fruit, the banana? Maybe it’s because of its shape,…
Officials in Peru last week voted against a proposal to create an Indigenous reserve in the country’s Amazonian region, where isolated tribes face threats from logging, mining and drug trafficking. The decision will likely delay efforts to protect them by…
An estimated 129bn were being used every month around the world at height of pandemic, with no recycling stream The surge in the use of disposable face masks during the Covid pandemic has left a chemical timebomb that could harm…
From Covid misinformation to climate denialism, understanding the divergent paths of Australia and the US can help us fight the powerful forces that threaten our world As two scientists who lived through Australia’s black summer bushfires and the Covid-19 crisis…
Meteorology and mathematics Arizona State University Main Hollings Scholarship 2025