The world promises net zero while global energy demand and fossil fuel consumption continue to rise. Fossil fuels accounted for around 88 per cent of global energy production in 2024, while greenhouse
The world promises net zero while global energy demand and fossil fuel consumption continue to rise. Fossil fuels accounted for around 88 per cent of global energy production in 2024, while greenhouse
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The Great Pyramid of Giza, part of the monumental complex in Giza, has been found to possess remarkable seismic stability that allows it to withstand earthquakes with minimal damage, according to a
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As climate change accelerates the spread of deserts across the planet, a decades-long environmental experiment in China is drawing renewed global attention. Covering vast stretches of northern China, the country’s “Great Green
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United Nations experts have called on governments to ensure that any emerging regulations on deep seabed activities, including potential mining codes, are firmly anchored in international law and guided by the precautionary
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A controversial proposal in Sri Lanka to establish a large-scale monkey detention centre as a response to the country’s growing Human-Monkey Conflict has ignited sharp criticism from environmentalists and scientists, while wildlife
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Chinese authorities declared a milestone in January when they announced that Beijing had “essentially eliminated” heavy air pollution, a dramatic turnaround for a capital once infamous for choking smog and soot-darkened streets.
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Spanning nine nations and covering more than 5.5 million square kilometers—roughly the size of the continental United States—the Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. Often called the “lungs of the Earth,” it
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Officials from the Trump administration reportedly used aggressive tactics to prevent the adoption of a landmark UN-backed climate agreement for global shipping, sources told the Financial Times. According to more than ten
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New research suggests that the world could breach the 1.5C global warming threshold set by the Paris Agreement much sooner than previously anticipated, unless more stringent emissions cuts are implemented. Two studies
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Microsoft has secured a significant deal aimed at restoring parts of Brazil’s Amazon and Atlantic forests in exchange for carbon credits, making it one of the leading tech companies investing in nature-based
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As temperatures have plummeted in recent weeks in Bangladesh, the capital Dhaka’s air quality has worsened to a large extent, creating untold suffering for millions of people in the megacity. Dhaka, which
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This excerpt is adapted from Nika Dubrovsky and David Graeber’s Cities Made Differently (MIT Press, 2024, all rights reserved) and is distributed in partnership with Human Bridges. In thousands of ways, we are taught to
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Forests 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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Wildlife crime is costly, not only for ecosystem conservation but also for local and national economies. Traditional methods of combating wildlife crime include regular patrols and camera traps, but these are also costly
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The actual cause of the climate crisis is the anthropogenic emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere since the start of the industrial revolution. But the proximate cause—the underlying activity that sparked the climate crisis and
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