From NPR A work safety agency says last year’s eruption, which killed 22 people, was unexpected, but it wasn’t unforeseeable. The tragedy struck at New Zealand’s most active volcano. (Image credit: New Zealand Defence Force/ via Getty Images) Read the…

From BBC shareSharenoclose Share pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightCasp/DeepMind/TagliabracciTomchick,UTSouthWestern One of biology’s biggest mysteries has been solved using artificial intelligence, experts have announced. Predicting how a protein folds into a unique three-dimensional shape has puzzled scientists for half a century.…

The coronavirus pandemic delayed COP26, the United Nation’s annual climate summit, by a whole year. But it isn’t stopping youth climate activists from holding their own Conference of the Parties. “We can’t let this pandemic stop us,” said Iris Zhan,…

Tim Beatley will humbly tell you that he’s not a birder. But in his new book, there are enough appearances by obscure members of the class Aves to suggest that birds are more than a passing interest for him and…

From BBC shareSharenoclose Share pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightJeronimo Zuñiga/Amazon Frontlines An indigenous leader from the Ecuadorean Amazon is one of the winners of the Goldman environmental prize, which recognises grassroots activism. Nemonte Nenquimo was chosen for her success in…

JAKARTA — The arrest of Indonesia’s fisheries minister on bribery charges has prompted a freeze on exports of lobster larvae, but a top official has indicated this is unlikely to be permanent, despite being at the heart of the ongoing…

Six grassroots environmental activists will receive the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in a virtual ceremony this year. Dubbed the “Green Nobel Prize,” this award is given annually to environmental heroes from each of the world’s six inhabited continents. This year’s…

From BBC shareSharenoclose Share pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing England’s countryside will radically change after the Brexit transition period, the government has confirmed. There will be more trees, meadows and wetlands – and fewer sheep and cows as controversial EU farm subsidies…

From BBC shareSharenoclose Share pagelinkCopy linkAbout sharing image copyrightGetty Images A lot has happened in 2020, but one thing that might have been overlooked is the re-emergence of the beaver in England. A five-year government trial into the reintroduction of…