For Mongolian herder Ganchimeg, a GPS tracker recently helped avert the loss of her entire flock after hungry sheep strayed towards a salt lake in the Gobi Desert. With vegetation scarce, the
Google has turned more than two billion Android smartphones into a crowd-sourced global earthquake detection system — a bold initiative that is already alerting millions of people across 98 countries, according to
MoreNDB Bank as part of its commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainable development is proud to support the “Life to Our Coral Reefs” initiative, an ambitious five-year conservation programme spearheaded by Biodiversity
MoreIn Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, orangutans swing through the treetops, rhinos roam free, and elephants share the land with tigers. It is the last place on Earth where they still coexist in the
MorePresident Prabowo Subianto has taken a significant step in favor of environmental conservation by cancelling the permits of four out of five nickel mining companies operating in Indonesia’s ecologically sensitive Raja Ampat
MoreThe mountain dominates the western coast of New Zealand’s North Island, also known as Aotearoa. Its peak is like the center point of a sundial, the shadows on its slopes telling time. The
MoreScientists have developed a groundbreaking artificial intelligence model that significantly improves the ability to predict when and where wildfires will ignite, Financial Times reports. The new Probability of Fire (PoF) model, developed
MoreIn a fit of madness or just plain desperation, you’ve enrolled in a get-rich-quick scheme. All you have to do is sell some products, sign up a few friends, and make some
MoreThe Serengeti ecosystem is regarded as one of our planet’s greatest natural treasures, where one can witness“the largest remaining unaltered animal migration in the world,” according to UNESCO. Kenya’s share of the Serengeti plains
MoreIn one of the most expensive environmental projects in the UK’s history, a £100 million ($130 million USD) bat tunnel is being constructed as part of the HS2 high-speed rail project, after
MoreMany species of birds face a deadly threat: window collisions. They cannot distinguish a clear pane of glass from the open sky, and hummingbirds, among the smallest birds, are particularly at risk.
MoreThere was a tortuous and painful end to COP29, the international climate change conference held in oil-rich Baku, Azerbaijan. The main issue was how much would the rich countries hand over to
More“We must face up to an inescapable reality: the challenges of sustainability simply overwhelm the adequacy of our responses. With some honorable exceptions, our responses are too few, too little, and too
MoreAll eyes should be on the salsa dancing capital of the world, Cali, Colombia, where representatives of 190 nations are joined by a broad swath of global civil society and international Indigenous
MoreThe transition from relying overwhelmingly on fossil fuels to using alternative low-carbon energy sources could be “unstoppable and exponential,” according to some experts. A boosterish attitude by many renewable energy advocates is
MoreForests are essential for life on Earth. Because they produce oxygen and help regulate the balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the atmosphere, forests are known as the “lungs of the
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