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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell by 11% from August 2024 to July this year, the government said Thursday, even as wildfires tracked by Brazil’s space agency surged to record levels amid a severe drought. According to Brazil’s…
Sydney researchers commercialising a product they say can cool indoor spaces and will cost little more than standard premium paints Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Australian scientists have developed roof coatings…
Powerful winds are ripping through the Arctic, breaking up critical sea ice that once acted as a shield against disturbance from wind and waves. Scientists warn the loss of sea ice is speeding up the region’s ecological collapse and could…
Unusually warm ocean temperatures fueled one of the worst hurricanes on record. New research finds climate change increased the storm’s likelihood. By Kiley Price Fueled by unusually warm waters, Hurricane Melissa this week turned into one of the strongest Atlantic…
As the world’s attention turns toward COP30 in Belém next month, the story of Brazil’s Amazon is shifting—though not quite in a straightforward way. According to the government’s satellite-based monitoring system, INPE’s PRODES, deforestation in the region known as the…
The case could become a template for other communities whose water has been contaminated with the chemicals. By Jon Hurdle Some 60,000 residential water customers in New Jersey will share $4.9 million in the settlement of a lawsuit that charged…
In a greenhouse in Tokyo, researcher Ko Mochizuki noticed something unusual. Flies were swarming around the delicate flowers of an obscure plant species. The blooms, however, weren’t offering nectar or bright colors to attract these insects. Instead, they were releasing…
Norway proposed almost doubling the catch limit for krill in the Southern Ocean during the annual conference of the intergovernmental body that manages Antarctic fisheries taking place Oct. 20-31, according to confidential documents seen by Mongabay. The proposal heightened diplomatic…
The hurricane that tore through the Caribbean this week broke records, rapidly intensifying and surprising some meteorologists.
Rattan Lal, one of the world’s most renowned soil scientists, says yes. By Anika Jane Beamer DES MOINES, Iowa—The World Food Prize Foundation gathered hundreds of scientists, farmers and innovators in the agrifood industry last week to address a pressing…