PH unveils year of protected areas, vows protection of natl parks

MANILA – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the Department of Tourism (DOT), and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) have signed...

Climate change: radical activists benefit social movements – history shows why

Other casualties of Putin’s war in Ukraine: Russia’s climate goals and science

As the European Union moves closer to an embargo deal on Russian oil, there is much talk about the impact of war-related sanctions on Europe’s energy...

Plastic pollution: European farmland could be largest global reservoir of microplastics

James Lofty, Cardiff University; Pablo Ouro, University of Manchester, and Valentine Muhawenimana, Cardiff University Plastic particles smaller than 5mm (known as microplastics) are well-documented pollutants in...

Into the ocean twilight zone: how new technology is revealing the secrets of an under-researched undersea world

James Bell, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Alice Rogers, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Francesca Strano, Te Herenga Waka —...

Five facts about the gruesome beauty of solitary wasps

Seirian Sumner, UCL Most people recognise a wasp as those stripy insects who ruin our summer picnics. They live in huge societies, much the same as...

Indigenous-led conservation aims to rekindle caribou abundance and traditions

It’s been many years since community members from West Moberly First Nations last ate caribou meat from their traditional territory. Southern Mountain Caribou haven’t been hunted...

When is a species really extinct?

As the saying goes: “extinction is forever.” The list of extinct animals, like Steller’s sea cow, the Tasmanian wolf and the dodo, is depressing. And despite...

PH’s protected areas seen as ecotourism assets: DENR

MANILA – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) underscored on Monday the urgency to conserve and promote the country’s protected areas, as these are considered...

Climate change is killing trees in Queensland’s tropical rainforests

In recent years, the Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeast coast has seen multiple events of mass coral bleaching as human-caused global warming has driven sustained...