Living with water pollution in Guatemala
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…
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Billions of people lack access to clean drinking water, U.N. report finds
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…
New UN report paints a grim picture for the future of the world's water
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
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…
Duck, duck, rice: Vermont farm models diverse method of raising sustainable grains
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…
Island-hopping cougars redraw boundaries of big cats’ potential range
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,…
When a red snapper is more than just a fish: Q&A fisheries scientist Elle Wibisono
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.…
In Calakmul, water troughs offer possible solution to human-wildlife conflict
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,…
Climate change could spur severe economic losses, Biden administration says
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.…
DRC’s endangered bonobos face another threat to their survival: malaria
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.…