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Living with water pollution in Guatemala

Posted on March 23, 2023 by By Marita Moloney | 0 Comments

From BBC Published1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing By Marita MoloneyBBC News The first UN water summit in almost 50 years is taking place this week in New York City, where thousands of delegates will meet to discuss a…

Billions of people lack access to clean drinking water, U.N. report finds

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Seyma Bayram | 0 Comments

From NPR A new U.N. water report warns the world is headed toward a global water crisis if human-caused climate change and population growth aren’t addressed. (Image credit: Silvana Flores/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Read the full article from NPR

New UN report paints a grim picture for the future of the world's water

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Alejandra Marquez Janse | 0 Comments

From NPR NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Richard Connor of UNESCO about Wednesday’s report on the state of the world’s water supply. Read the full article from NPR

Plan to mine ‘clean energy’ metals in Colombian Amazon splits communities

Posted on March 22, 2023 by latoyaabulu | 0 Comments

MOCOA, Colombia — “We are experiencing a profound crisis, not only in the Amazon but throughout humanity,” said Campo Elías de la Cruz, a Catholic priest and environmental activist who opposes mining activity in Colombia’s Putumayo region. “Over these three…

Duck, duck, rice: Vermont farm models diverse method of raising sustainable grains

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Erik Hoffner | 0 Comments

FERRISBURGH, Vermont — The home that farmer Erik Andrus built with his wife, Erica, sits on a slight rise above a stretch of fields that have been subjected to a variety of agricultural pursuits. Outside his kitchen window, the outline…

Island-hopping cougars redraw boundaries of big cats’ potential range

Posted on March 22, 2023 by elizabethalberts | 0 Comments

It’s often been said that big cats don’t like water — but this mythological thinking isn’t entirely accurate. New research provides evidence that some male cougars (Puma concolor), or pumas, not only swim, but travel long distances in the chilly…

When a red snapper is more than just a fish: Q&A fisheries scientist Elle Wibisono

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Basten Gokkon | 0 Comments

JAKARTA — “It was heaven,” says Indonesian fisheries scientist Alyssa “Elle” Wibisono, describing her first ever scuba diving experience in the Komodo Islands when she was a high school student. The vibrant schools of fish were so new and amazing…

In Calakmul, water troughs offer possible solution to human-wildlife conflict

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Alexandrapopescu | 0 Comments

Like many beekeepers living in the vicinity of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, Alejandro Oliveros López has a wildlife problem. To keep ants at bay and provide water to their bees, keepers place bowls at the foot of their apiaries. But…

Climate change could spur severe economic losses, Biden administration says

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Zoya Teirstein | 0 Comments

Climate change is generating major economic problems in the United States, the Biden administration said in an annual report published this week. The assumptions that higher-income countries like the U.S. would safely weather the risks associated with global warming, and…

DRC’s endangered bonobos face another threat to their survival: malaria

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Isabel Esterman | 0 Comments

Gorillas and chimpanzees, like humans, have long been known to suffer from malaria. But evidence of the parasite’s effects on bonobos, one of humankind’s closest genetic relatives, has been scant. Now, new research suggests that bonobos do suffer from malaria…