David Suzuki was one of the first voices to call for action to curb climate change, but he is probably best known as a broadcaster and prolific author of 52 books. In an interview conducted in late 2022, Canada’s highest…

From BBC Published40 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Reuters By Rachel RussellBBC News Countries in the European Union have approved a landmark law that will ensure all new cars sold from 2035 must have zero emissions. Poland…

From BBC Published3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, NASA/Swift/A. Beardmore (University of Leicester) By Dan MartinBBC News Scientists have revealed how Nasa satellites detected the brightest ever gamma ray explosion in space. The gamma-ray burst (GRB) occurred…

Illegal deforestation, wildcat mining, drug trafficking, and lethal violence: Name your scourge and the Amazon Basin seldom disappoints. But as an unusual compact between police officers, prosecutors, environmental protectors, and money-laundering experts convened last week in Manaus shows, ruin can…

It started in a very Hawaiian way: with the ukulele. Husband and wife Joe and Kristen Souza, spent decades building a successful ukulele-crafting business, known as Kanile’a ‘Ukulele, on the island of O‘ahu. Many of their instruments were carved using…

When Teresa Chang first saw the plot of land that now makes up the Amotape Dry Forest Private Conservation Area in the Tumbes municipality of northern Peru, she was horrified. It was 1997 and she was looking for a place…

From NPR America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently. (Image credit: Victor Gensini/AP) Read the…

From BBC For decades London’s Victorian-era sewers have discharged raw sewage into the River Thames after heavy rain. But that could be about to change, thanks to a vast tunnel that’s been built underneath the river. Seven metres wide, 25km…

Technology entrepreneur and conservation philanthropist Gordon Moore has died, as reported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation on Friday. He was 94. While most widely known for his career in technology, including predicting the pace of semiconductor chip development…

From BBC Published52 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Lee Durant / BBC By Lina SinjabBBC News, Beirut, Lebanon Deiri Fayyad rummages through dustbins in the Lebanese capital Beirut in search of plastics and other discarded materials to…