New York Governor Andrew Cuomo pledged to close the gap between rhetoric and reality when it comes to the state’s climate targets on Wednesday, announcing a slew of new clean energy projects during his annual State of the State address.…

JAKARTA — An upgrade to a road that cuts through one of Southeast Asia’s last great swaths of intact rainforest is driving deeper encroachment by humans into blocks of forest that may spread into a national park. The road runs…

From BBC shareSharenoclose Share pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightReuters Most people who have had Covid-19 are protected from catching it again for at least five months, a study led by Public Health England shows. Past infection was linked to an…

From BBC shareSharenoclose Share pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightRiverside Community Garden Project Three-quarters of the Welsh population’s recommended daily intake of vegetables should be grown in Wales by 2030, food experts have urged. Food Policy Alliance Cymru said this could…

EAST LAMPUNG, Indonesia — It’s early December and Sujiono is busy trimming the branches of a ficus tree in his village in Sumatra’s Lampung province. It’s not your typical pruning session: the 41-year-old is collecting the leaves for the rhinos…

From BBC shareSharenoclose Share pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightMaxime Aubert Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest known animal cave painting in Indonesia – a wild pig – believed to be drawn 45,500 years ago. Painted using dark red ochre pigment,…

From NPR At least a dozen people died and more than 80 people fell ill after untreated water from the Flint River caused lead to leach from old pipes, poisoning the water system city residents relied on. (Image credit: Mark…

From BBC Amateur photographer Derry Moroney stumbled across massive patterns in Lake Cakora, on Australia’s New South Wales north coast, while taking aerial photographs with his drone. The stunning pictures are now attracting attention online for their “tree of life”…