Archive for October 2021
Pingers on fishing nets found to save river dolphins in Indonesian Borneo
The last 80 Irrawaddy dolphins that inhabit the Mahakam River in Indonesian Borneo lead precarious lives. Their forays to find fish are frequently thwarted, sometimes fatally so, by a series of near-invisible gillnets that hang passively in the water column to ensnare fish. More than two-thirds of recorded river dolphin deaths in the Mahakam are […]
‘To change policies, insert yourself in them’: Q&A with biologist Liliana Dávalos
Liliana Dávalos had only been studying geology for a few days at the National University of Colombia in 1991 when the program director told the whole class that women were there to find a husband instead of pursuing a career in science. Dávalos had entered the university, the most important public academic institution in Colombia, […]
Substantial Antarctic Ozone Hole in 2021
A colder than usual winter atmosphere over the Southern Hemisphere led to a deep and larger-than-average ozone hole in 2021.
Read MoreDeforestation soars in Nigeria’s gorilla habitat: ‘We are running out of time’
IKOM, Nigeria — When 57-year-old Linus Otu was a child, each dawn arrived with the chatter of monkeys and occasional belches of gorillas from the mountain that overlooks his small bungalow home in the village of Kanyang II in southeastern Nigeria’s Cross River state. He recalled peering up at the foggy, forested mountains, uncertain what […]
It’s time for Brazil to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (commentary)
Ana and her family live one kilometer from the tailings dam that carries toxic waste away from the world’s ninth largest iron ore mine, Minas-Rio, situated in Brazil’s mining heartland state of Minas Gerais. Thoughts of the dam rupturing never leave her. “We live here between the hope of being able to leave and the […]
What climate denial? Oil executives play dumb at major congressional hearing.
Leaders from Exxon, Shell, Chevron, and BP evaded Democrats’ questions about their companies’ history of climate disinformation.
Read MoreNASA’s Juno: Science Results Offer First 3D View of Jupiter Atmosphere
New findings from NASA’s Juno probe orbiting Jupiter provide a fuller picture of how the planet’s distinctive and colorful atmospheric features offer clues about the unseen processes below its clouds.
Read MoreStudy: Indigenous tribes lost 99% of land to colonization
Settlers pushed tribes into land more at risk from climate change
Read MoreWhite House unveils $1.85 trillion climate and social welfare package
Congress is one big step closer to investing more than half a trillion dollars in fighting climate change.
Read MoreIndonesian farmers resisting an iron mine run up against a sultan
This article is the result of a collaboration between Mongabay, Gatra, SoloPos.com, KabarMedan.com and Merdeka.com. KULON PROGO, Indonesia — On the coastline south of one of Java’s oldest kingdoms, a group of chili farmers grapples with a centuries-old sultanate on ancient plains of dark sand. Farmers here like Widodo in the district of Kulon Progo, […]