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Plastic pollution is widespread across the Amazon Rainforest’s rivers, plants and animals, according to a recent study. Previous research suggests up to 10% of total plastics in the ocean arrive there via the vast network of waterways that’s the Amazon…
More than 10 years after unusually high water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean killed off Northern California’s aquatic kelp forests, the region has still not recovered, reports David Helvarg, executive director of ocean conservation group Blue Frontier, for Mongabay. From…
The new effort, which includes opening 13.1 million acres of federal land for mining and eliminating pollution limits, aims to save an industry that has been declining for decades.
A fire has burned through a third of Namibia’s vast Etosha national park, one of Africa’s largest game reserves. The site in the north of the largely desert country is home to 114 mammal species, notably the critically endangered black…
Our 2025 NOAA-supported education program students share insights The 2025 Science and Education Hollings and EPP Undergraduate Symposium is running from July 28, 2025 through July 31, 2025, with student presentations beginning on July 29. (Image credit: NOAA Education) Download…
The day I moved into my apartment, the birds appeared on the balcony. Now they sit on my arm every time I come outside See more Australian bird of the year content Get our breaking news email, free app or…
Exclusive: Turkey’s climate minister says country is working on ‘innovative solutions’ as Labor privately downplays expectations impasse can be broken Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Turkey says it is pursuing “innovative…
The 885-kilometer (550-mile) highway in Brazil between the cities of Manaus and Porto Velho, BR-319, is one of the most controversial infrastructure projects in the Amazon. Local politicians argue that repaving the road — left in disrepair for decades and…
In the lush highlands of northern Nicaragua, nestled between two natural reserves, La Cumplida isn’t your average coffee farm. Over two decades, massive reforestation and innovative agriculture practices have allowed it to transform the region, showing how a different approach…
From California to North Carolina, high schools and colleges are offering classes in fire science, search and rescue, and ecological sustainability This story is from the Hechinger Report Gavin Abundis watched as firefighter Adrian Chairez demonstrated how he uses pulleys…