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Saldanha Bay and Langebaan Lagoon
This coastal stretch of South Africa’s Western Cape province supports industry, fishing, farming, tourism, and a nature reserve.
Read MoreSarawak government’s hydropower plans worry Indigenous communities
As Sarawak’s top officials plan three new hydropower dams, seemingly eager to export more electricity, some Indigenous residents of the Malaysian Bornean state are urging officials to slow down development to properly inform everyone who will be affected. Sarawak Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg has been hinting at plans to build new dams since the […]
Read MoreUNITE All-Nighter Delights Amateur Astronomers
Maybe you read about them in the papers–amateur astronomers in Japan, Russia, France, Finland, and the United States have been pulling all-nighters to spot extraordinary exoplanets, planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. NASA’s UNITE project holds these planetary stakeouts several times every month, and you can join in! This October, the UNITE team undertook a […]
Read MoreGhana’s medicinal plants, the ‘first aid’ for communities, are under threat
Rural communities in southwestern Ghana lacking access to conventional medicine are using dozens of medicinal tree species to treat up to 83 ailments, according to a new study. However, many of these tree species are also threatened by factors including overharvesting and agricultural expansion that drives deforestation in the area, the study authors say. The […]
Read MoreWarming Could Devastate Older Elephants, Sending Ripples Through Herds
The loss of older African elephants to worsening heat and drought poses a grave threat to younger members of their herds, a new study warns.
Read MoreEndangered vulture species nesting in Ghana is rare good news about raptors
Researchers recently reported finding three critically endangered vulture species nesting in Mole National Park, Ghana’s largest protected area. It’s the first scientific observation of hooded vultures (Necrosyrtes monachus) nesting in the park, and the first report of white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) and white-headed vultures (Trigonoceps occipitalis) nesting anywhere in the country. The findings are published […]
Read MoreHubble Sees a Merged Galaxy
This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows ESO 185-IG013, a luminous blue compact galaxy (BCG). BCGs are nearby galaxies that show an intense burst of star formation. They are unusually blue in visible light, which sets them apart from other high-starburst galaxies that emit more infrared light. Astrophysicists study BCGs because they provide a relatively close-by […]
Read MoreFrom throwing soup to suing governments, there’s strategy to climate activism’s seeming chaos − here’s where it’s headed next
With international climate talks failing to make progress fast enough, activists are radically rethinking how to be most effective in the streets, political arenas and courtrooms.
Read MoreBid to mitigate gold mine’s impact on orangutans hit by stonewalling, data secrecy
JAKARTA — A conservation task force trying to help an Indonesian mine operator minimize its impact on the Tapanuli orangutan, the world’s most threatened great ape, says it was the company’s rush to rubber-stamp the process that led to the end of the agreement in 2022. But Agincourt Resources, the operator of the Martabe gold […]
Read MoreShould power plants burn clean hydrogen to make electricity?
Canary Media thanks Verdagy for its support of the Clean Hydrogen series . Utilities want to burn clean hydrogen in gas plants to unlock a reliable, carbon-free electricity system. But a lot of climate hawks have different words for hydrogen as a power-plant fuel: a colossal waste of money, a dangerous…
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