2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (704+ words) For 10 years now, many of the villagers have retreated inland, away from the coastline, as saltwater transforms once-productive rice fields into barren land. Farmers say saltwater stress is easy to recognize: rice leaves turn yellow, while harvested grains become light…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (738+ words) Changes like increasing geological and glacial instability driven by the warming climate are a growing concern across the Himalayas. Our hearts go out to the thousands of families across Nepal, China, and around the world grieving their loved ones and…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (806+ words) Although the research centered on Kerala, it offers insights that can extend to sub-Saharan Africa and possibly beyond. Katherine Lofts, the study’s lead author and a doctoral researcher at McGill University in Canada, told Mongabay that the team wanted to…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1111+ words) For generations, Kashmir’s wetlands, lakes and rivers have been woven into the landscape around its towns and villages. Paddy fields once stretched across parts of the valley, while canals and springs were familiar features of everyday life. But much of…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1639+ words) “We lived in harmony with the forest,” says Julien Basimika, a young Mutwa man, one of the Indigenous Twa people in Congo. “We protected everything that needed protecting, because our lives depended on it. If we had started destroying the…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1047+ words) A study published in April found that seven countries in the region — the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Paraguay — have become plastic pollution hotspots, or PPHs, where high imports of low-quality plastics meet high rates of mismanaged…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (677+ words) Corals share a close bond with the fish dwelling among them and the algae living within them. According to a new study, that relationship could be even stronger than previously known, with fish aiding coral tissue repair and damage recovery,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (562+ words) Selumo (Jackiopsis ornata) trees, left, in a village in East Tebing Tinggi, Riau province, Indonesia. Planted by communities to demarcate land boundaries, these trees are also desired for their appearance. Image courtesy of Maryani. However, this fascination with the number…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1128+ words) A study detailing the links between illegal gold mining and malaria cases in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon won second place in the MapBiomas Award, announced in July. The research collective produces data on land use in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1695+ words) The Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta has taken in more than 500 illegally trafficked coral species confiscated by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and remain at the aquarium. This confiscated Euphyllia sp. coral became part of the aquarium’s collection. Image courtesy of the…...