Sri Lankan police have arrested a man suspected of shooting Kawanthissa, one of the country’s best-known wild tuskers, and seized two illegal firearms as authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding the elephant’s death
For over two decades, the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) warned that climate change posed grave threats to global stability, from food and water insecurity to population displacement and ecological collapse. But in
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Ecotourism is often hailed as a sustainable alternative to traditional travel—an opportunity to explore unique environments while supporting local communities and conservation efforts. Yet beneath its green image lies a more complex
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In 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
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Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), delivered a powerful address at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, urging the international community to confront the
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The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) remains locked in a high-stakes firefighting operation aboard the Singapore-flagged container vessel MV Wan Hai 503, which caught fire off the Kerala coast on June 9. Despite
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The world’s oceans recorded their second-highest average temperature for May, intensifying concerns among scientists that the planet’s largest carbon sink may be losing its capacity to buffer the worst effects of climate
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As the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) approaches, bringing renewed attention to SDG 14 (Life Below Water) and the rights of ocean-dependent communities, India’s Vizhinjam coast highlights the environmental injustice and human cost
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Our global ocean, which feeds billions, supports coastal communities and regulates the climate, is in crisis. Every day, roughly 2,000 garbage trucks’ worth of plastic is dumped into oceans, rivers and lakes. One-third of
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As World Oceans Day approaches on June 8, the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, is urging the global community to intensify its commitment to protecting the ocean. With
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As the seasons shift into spring and summer, flowers bloom, trees turn green, and the days grow longer and sunnier. However, for many, this time also marks the start of allergy season
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The high seas — vast, unclaimed expanses of international waters covering 43% of Earth’s surface — are the largest remaining wilderness on the planet, yet they are being pushed to the brink
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The truth is, as most of us know, that global warming is real and humans are major contributors, mainly because we wastefully burn fossil fuels. ~ David Suzuki Aviation leaders will meet
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published in Down To Earth, a platform committed to transforming the way we manage the environment, safeguard public health, and ensure sustainable livelihoods and economic
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The world is now on track to surpass one of the most critical climate thresholds — 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures — by 2027, according to alarming new data released by
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As extreme weather events continue to escalate in frequency and intensity, communities around the world are grappling with the mounting pressure to prepare for and respond to disasters that not only threaten
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