African penguins compete with fishing vessels for fish Paid Members Public
African Penguins might go extinct in the next 10 years if threats like commercial purse-seine fishing are not tackled effectively.
Countries focus on land-based carbon removal instead of protecting forests: COP30 report finds Paid Members Public
Land Gap 2025 report released at COP 30 in Belem, Brazil finds that countries are failing to do the simplest, most effective thing to cut emissions — protect the forests they already have. Instead, the report finds, they are focusing on land-based carbon removal plans.
Solar drying to reduce food waste Paid Members Public
When green groceries end up in landfills, they release greenhouse gases like Methane, Carbon dioxide and Nitrous Oxides. Preserving fruits and vegetables by drying them can help prevent food waste and reduce harmful emissions, protecting the planet.
Ice Age cave in Arctic leads to new discoveries Paid Members Public
Deep inside a cave in Northern Norway, scientists have uncovered the bones of 46 animal species from the last ice age seventy five thousand years ago. The fossils show that during a brief but warmer period in the Ice Age many animals thrived but when the cold conditions returned they
Oil spills endanger people and biodiversity in Ecuador Paid Members Public
Oil spills are a growing problem in the Amazonian country of Ecuador. Though over 4,600 oil spill sites were identified by the country's government in 2022, less than half of them have been cleaned up. The rest continue to release hazardous chemicals and heavy metals, polluting the
Bioethanol from sugarcane might be India's secret weapon in Independence from fossil fuels Paid Members Public
Sugarcane is an important crop to take India’s quest for bioethanol for vehicles forward under its National Ethanol Blending Programme wherein it will increase the ethanol blend in petrol to 20%. But farmers moving away from sugarcane and depletion of groundwater are two major concerns that need to be
Caribbean Coral Reefs Meet Archaeology Paid Members Public
Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) discovered over 7,000 years-old coral reefs in the Caribbean. These ancient reefs revealed that fishing has altered the food web, sizes, and population of several species of fish over the millennia, and severely reduced the abundance of sharks. They also found
