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With a reported boom in people becoming snake handlers, Guardian Australia’s Joe Hinchcliffe attended a venomous snake handling course in Queensland to investigate what’s involved in training to wrangle some of the world’s deadliest snakes. Christina Zdenek and Chris Hay,…
A High Court in the United Kingdom has ruled that BHP was responsible for the Mariana dam collapse, after the company was acquitted of criminal charges last year in a Brazilian court. Claimants are seeking up to $47 billion in…
6 min read 6 Things to Know From NASA About New US, European Sea Satellite Set to launch no earlier than Nov. 16, Sentinel-6B will continue a decades-long data record of sea level measurement that will help decision-makers manage coastal…
This is a short commentary by Mongabay fellowship editor Karen Coates. Uncertainty and hope — these sentiments prevail in a series of commentaries published by the latest cohort of Mongabay’s Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellows as they conclude their program…
Technicians and engineers encapsulate the Sentinel-6B spacecraft within a protective payload fairing inside the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, on Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. SpaceX Technicians are continuing launch preparations for Sentinel-6B, a satellite…
An Alaska Native corporation leased mineral rights inside a national park to Contango Ore Inc. The company’s plans are generating opposition from fishermen and conservationists. By Max Graham, Northern Journal Third in a three-story series published in partnership by Inside…
A bright yellow-green airglow blankets Earth’s horizon, dotted with the city lights of northern India, beneath a star-filled sky. This long-exposure photograph was taken from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above the Himalayas at approximately 1:11…
On Friday, at least 100 Indigenous protestors blocked the entrance to the 30th Annual United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, in Belém, Brazil. The action comes on the heels of an action earlier this week when hundreds of Indigenous…
In this artist’s concept, the ocean-observing satellite Sentinel-6B orbits Earth with its deployable solar panels extended. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA will provide live coverage of prelaunch and launch activities for Sentinel-6B, an international mission delivering critical sea level and ocean data…
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