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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 (INPE) find that…
ScienceWe often associate children with creativity, but adults actually performed better on inventive tasks, despite being less sure of themselves
ScienceYou Can See Everything, a documentary about the disgraced biotech company founder Elizabeth Holmes, has enjoyed a record-breaking opening in the US. It is a testament to how fascinated we…
ScienceArizona’s Land of Standing-Up Rocks, formed from ancient volcanic eruption, gets new status with bipartisan support An area of towering rock spires in south-eastern Arizona known among…
ScienceAssessment finds global heating is endangering 96% of coral reefs across 80 countries – a figure scientists say should serve as a ‘wake-up call’ Sign up for climate and environment editor…
ScienceNew study reveals dramatic population drops in fish, cephalopods and more after Deepwater Horizon disaster Marine life in the Gulf of Mexico plummeted by about 60% after BP’s 2010 Deepwater…
ScienceCompany ordered to stop work at two sites in country, which has found itself at forefront of tech firms’ latest push Behind a wire fence lies a vast gaping wound of earth. Before Google’s…
SciencePADANG, 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. The landslide marked…
ScienceAcross domains, Russia has turned unpredictability and disruption into its strategic weapon of choice.
ScienceJust one year after ecological restoration efforts on Samoa, forests, wildlife, and food resources are showing remarkable signs of recovery. Nu’utele Island is considered a Key Biodiversity…
ScienceGreenland’s parliament has asked the government to pause licensing on seabed mining amid concerns about foreign interests in mining and potential environmental consequences for marine life…
ScienceFor Kalpana, a woman artisan in Andhra Pradesh's Chinnapuram village, something that once clogged local waterways has become a source of income. She works with water hyacinth, an invasive…
ScienceMore than two thirds of the world's websites are vulnerable to a hack that was first theorised in 2024, which AI has now made very real
ScienceThe melting of the poles is increasingly shifting Earth's shape at a faster rate, with the planet becoming more and more round.
ScienceDuring an intense drought from 2020 to 2022, the Upper Colorado River Basin lost far more groundwater than the Lower Basin did, despite having much higher natural recharge.
ScienceThe Cali Fund, set up to raise $1bn a year for biodiversity from drug companies, remains near empty Big pharmaceutical companies have been accused of “free-riding on nature”, after a…
ScienceHappy Eco News Battery-Like Technology Offers a New Path for Capturing Carbon Dioxide A new battery-like technology pulls carbon dioxide from thin air using electricity and saltwater…
ScienceWildlife traffickers are increasingly targeting critically endangered maleo birds from coastal Indonesia for the international exotic pet trade, according to a recent study. In 2024…
ScienceHappy Eco News Soil Literacy Education Gets a Hands-On Makeover in Europe A European Union-funded project called CURIOSOIL is building soil literacy education tools for schools and…
ScienceVideo released by Randwick city council shows a whale carcass floating in the water in a Sydney bay, causing the closure of two busy beaches. The whale's decomposed body was found on…
ScienceIf Flávio Bolsonaro is elected, Brazil’s ecosystems will face collapse. The ruling class would rather burn the world than share it with the poor However grim the trajectory might seem, I’ve…
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ScienceEmissions on both sides of the island are unusually high as human-set fires spread in a landscape parched by drought.
ScienceYou Can See Everything, a documentary about the disgraced biotech company founder Elizabeth Holmes, has enjoyed a record-breaking opening in the US. It is a testament to how fascinated we…
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