Another mining-linked pollution incident raises alarm over Zambia’s Kafue River
The Zambian government has ordered a copper miner to assess its infrastructure for weaknesses and clean up areas affected by pollution of the Kafue River, after…
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Water, carbon & the ‘tree of life’: Interview with Venezuela’s guardian of morichales
While global climate conversations tend to center on the Amazon and temperate forests, a vital, quiet freshwater oasis across the Venezuelan savannas and floodplains is…
Facing pushback on data centers, tech giants are promising hosts more money and fewer secrets
With host communities across the U.S. turning against their gargantuan data centers, America’s technology giants are promising to take fewer taxpayer handouts, keep…
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon and Cerrado savanna at lowest rate ever recorded
As Brazilians head to the polls to vote in a runoff election, Amazon deforestation is also on the ballot. New data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research…
Deadly gold rush continues as latest landslide kills four in Sumatra
PADANG, Indonesia — Four gold miners were killed after a hillside in the Jorong Jujutan forest of Sumatra’s South Solok district gave way in the early hours of Oct. 6…
‘A decision to decide’: Greenland moves to suspend seabed mining until 2029
Greenland’s parliament has asked the government to pause licensing on seabed mining amid concerns about foreign interests in mining and potential environmental…
Rare Indonesian maleo birds face new threat from international exotic pet trade
Wildlife traffickers are increasingly targeting critically endangered maleo birds from coastal Indonesia for the international exotic pet trade, according to a recent…
Extractive industries threaten global goal to protect 30% of nature by 2030, report finds
A new report by Earth Insight finds more than 61.5 million hectares (151.9 million acres) of protected and conserved areas — an area roughly 2.5 times the size of the…
Nature has a new Noah’s Ark moment at the biodiversity summit (commentary)
Delegates from most of the world’s governments are assembling this week in Yerevan, Armenia for the latest summit of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP17)…
A ‘Treasury of Ice’ goes on show, revealing relics as Swiss glaciers rapidly melt
LUCERNE, Switzerland (AP) — A bow once used to fire arrows in an ancient hunt. A crunched tube of mayonnaise and a discarded wine bottle. An alpinist’s cracked helmet. A…
Seabird guano and native trees keep islands above rising seas: Study
Low-lying tropical atoll islands appear remarkably vulnerable to climate change. But when shrouded with native forests and with abundant seabird populations, these…
Bangladesh garment factory workers bear the brunt of rising temperatures
One afternoon earlier this year, Mridula collapsed on the floor of the Dhaka garment factory where she works, overcome by dizziness in the heat. The 20-year-old sewing…