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The world has reached a sobering climate milestone—global temperatures last year exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, officially breaching the critical threshold set by the Paris Agreement. While this doesn’t permanently doom our climate goals, it signals that time is running…
European bats already struggling with urbanization and habitat loss now face a shocking new threat: invasive brown rats that deliberately ambush them during flight at their winter hideouts. Researchers using infrared cameras documented this unprecedented predator behavior at two major…
Brazil faces a persistent dilemma: how can a nation so dependent on its natural resources also preserve them? Renata Piazzon, head of São Paulo’s Instituto Arapyaú, believes she has the answer. The environmental lawyer argues that forest conservation and economic…
The world’s environmental crises are unfolding faster than our ability to report on them. As forests disappear, coral reefs bleach, and rivers run dry, the journalists best positioned to tell these critical stories often lack the resources, training, and editorial…
Deep in Colombia’s Amazon rainforest, two Indigenous communities have taken on an extraordinary mission: protecting uncontacted peoples who choose to remain hidden from the modern world. For over a decade, residents of the Curare-Los Ingleses Indigenous Reserve and the neighboring…
Traditional chiefs and environmental groups are mobilizing against a controversial mining proposal threatening Malawi’s Mount Mulanje, just months after the sacred mountain earned UNESCO World Heritage Site status in June. The proposed project would target the mountain’s high-altitude plateau, sparking…
After public outcry, Kenya has reversed a controversial decision that would have ended a successful 15-year partnership protecting one of Nairobi’s most cherished natural spaces. The Kenya Forest Service announced it will continue jointly managing the 1,000-hectare Karura Forest with…
The mighty Ganges River, a lifeline for over 600 million people across India and Bangladesh, is experiencing its most severe water crisis in more than a millennium. A groundbreaking new study reveals that the sacred waterway has reached unprecedented low…
As world leaders prepare for COP30 climate talks, where tropical forests will take center stage, experts are calling for a fundamental shift from simply fighting deforestation to actively redesigning forest protection systems. Last year alone, fires destroyed over three million…
High in the mountains of Sumatra, retired district leader Wilmar Eliaser Simandjorang stands overlooking Lake Toba—a massive volcanic crater lake that holds deep spiritual significance for the Batak people. What he sees below breaks his heart: once-pristine waters now clouded…
