Illegal trade booms in South Africa’s ‘super-strange looking’ plants
From BBC Thuthuka Zondi / BBC A biodiversity hotspot in a remote part of South Africa has become the hub of an illegal trade in protected plant species, with organised…
Month: December 2024
Penguins and iceberg-watching: Marking Christmas in Antarctica
From BBC BAS How are you spending your Christmas? While many will be curled up on the sofa in front of a roaring fire (or at least with the central…
Your gadgets are actually carbon sinks — for now
At any given moment, crude oil is being pumped up from the depths of the planet. Some of that sludge gets sent to a refinery and processed into plastic, then…
Biden just set a big new climate goal. Can the US achieve it?
With just a month left in office, the Biden administration is setting a bold new target for U.S. climate action. On Thursday, the White House announced a national goal that…