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El creciente apetito de las naciones ricas por los metales impulsa una oleada de planes mineras en todo el mundo, incluso en el piedemonte amazónico de Ecuador y Colombia. Por Dylan Baddour, fotos por Tom Laffay Read this article in…
Champions of exceptionalism say humans hold a unique moral status. Yet there’s only one species recklessly destroying the planet it needs to survive At first light in Massachusetts bay, a North Atlantic right whale threads the shallows with her calf…
In the days leading up to Hurricane Irma’s landfall in September 2017, Esther Louis made preparations to flee Florida with her husband and four children. The Category 4 Hurricane was expected to hit the Florida Keys and make it’s way…
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In the shallows off northern Bali, where the reefs flicker with life and the sea carries the rhythm of work and prayer, a…
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare? As autumn blurs into winter, the news is once again filling up with a familiar story:…
Excessive heat and more frequent medical incidents in Southern college football stadiums could be a warning sign for universities across the country. By Olivia McMurrey, Lee Hedgepeth TUSCALOOSA, Ala.—When Vanderbilt University football fan Douglas Dill set out with his son…
A market central to a Brazilian port city’s culture and cuisine got a makeover for the U.N. Climate Change Conference. The results have thrilled some, but angered others.
Wealthy nations’ surging appetite for metals has fueled a flurry of plans to mine in wilderness around the world, including on the edge of the Amazon Basin. Story by Dylan Baddour, photos by Tom Laffay MOCOA, Colombia—This isn’t the first…
Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and climate science reporter Bob Berwyn as they explain the key issues setting the agenda at this year’s U.N. climate change conference. By Bob Berwyn COP30 is underway in Belém, Brazil,…
Move over açaí berries – a new superfood could be emerging from the Amazon rainforest.