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DOUALA, Cameroon — Henry Belle Ekam, 37, cuts a frustrated figure as he paddles his boat to the shore in the Bojongo neighborhood of Cameroon’s largest city, Douala. The fisherman has been out on the waters of the Wouri Estuary…
QAQORTOQ, Greenland – South Greenland is increasingly targeted for new mining projects as global demand for critical minerals continues to grow. These developments promise jobs, revenue and the prospect of greater economic independence. Yet for small-scale fishermen like Jens Peter,…
Twenty years after Wangari Maathai received the Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous defense of forests, democracy and women’s rights, the United Nations Environment Programme honored her legacy this week at a commemorative event held in Nairobi. The moment unfolded…
5 min read NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Spies Solar Wind ‘U-Turn’ Images captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe as the spacecraft made its record-breaking closest approach to the Sun in December 2024 have now revealed new details about how solar…
Researchers say the footage, captured near the North-West Pacific coast, is the first recorded evidence of the two species working together.
Northern resident killer whales appear to use dolphins as ‘scouts’, in a surprising cooperative hunting strategy Orcas and dolphins have been spotted working as a team to hunt salmon off the coast of British Columbia, according to a new study…
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Yu Cheng (NAOJ); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured a blowtorch of seething gasses erupting from a volcanically growing monster star in this image released on Sept. 10, 2025. Stellar jets, which…
The official portrait of the Expedition 74 crew on the International Space Station. Top row from left, Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Zena Cardman, both NASA astronauts, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Flight Engineer Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos Flight…
Analysis marking 10 years since Paris climate agreement underscores effectiveness of strong government policies The once-rigid link between economic growth and carbon emissions is breaking across the vast majority of the world, according to a study released ahead of Friday’s…
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