Study finds forest bats avoid wind turbines — and noise may be the cause
Acoustic activity of bats who forage in narrow spaces decreased by 77% with increasing speed of operational wind turbines
Ocean surface waves — and their hazards — due to tropical cyclones are growing bigger, warns study
Maximum height of tropical cyclone waves, area of its footprint has increased significantly over 40 years
African raptor population declines 88% in 40 years, many crossing IUCN threshold: Report
Evidence indicates two-thirds of 42 examined species to be globally threatened
Women’s Day 2024: Investing in women most effective way to accelerate growth, says UN Women
1 in every 10 women globally lives in extreme poverty; war & crisis eroding decades of progress in gender equality
Climate impacts in Angola: Green harvests to be slightly below average, shows analysis
The late and varied pattern of rain is negatively affecting crop growth in Angola, report notes
Duration of heavy work to halve for 800 million people if world warms 2°C: Report provides solutions to tackle heat stress
Reducing greenhous gas emissions, institutional adaptation measures best options
COM2024: African ministers express worry after report shows poor intra-African trade
Regional integration remains critical in African efforts to achieve productive and sustainable development
Russia has turned the Dnipro into a major weapon of war: Paul Josephson
Down To Earth speaks to specialist in Soviet and Russian history about the impact of two years of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Dnipro river
COP14: Draft resolutions on the Atlas on animal migratory species, maltreatment of seabirds submitted
Thousands of seabirds are killed every year in the Mediterranean region alone
UN Secretary-General urges urgent action to address deadly nexus of climate, hunger and conflict
Guterres warned of a looming resurgence of food inflation globally as droughts disrupt critical supply routes like the Panama Canal
From restoring forests to river basins, seven conservation initiatives across continents recognised by UN
Award makes the projects eligible for technical and financial support from United Nations
The world’s spectacular animal migrations are dwindling. Fishing, fences and development are fast-tracking extinctions
Human exploitation of migratory species is the main reason why these species are in decline
Quantumscape solid-state battery may be the future of EVs
Device found to retain 95% capacity after driving 500,000 kilometres
Cameroon adopts Nagoya Protocol to benefit from its rich biodiversity
Critical that country master real value of biological resources to better negotiate with companies that use them, says expert
First penguin deaths in sub-Antarctic region attributed to bird flu strain
The highly infectious avian influenza strain H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b has killed millions of birds and mammals across the globe
Climate change, war disrupting global trade in 3 key sea lanes of Black Sea, Red Sea & Panama Canal: UNCTAD
UN body warns that prolonged interruptions, particularly in container shipping, poses a direct threat to global supply chains
Despite the climate crisis, Scotland is burning as much carbon-rich peatland as it did in the 1980s
On average, 1,900 hectares of peatland are burned each year
What ails climate-smart agriculture in South Asia? Limited state resources & incentives, unequal tech dissemination
By 2050, South Asia will be one of the largest food-deficit regions & requires substantial increase in production to meet growing food demand
CSE urges rich countries to pay their dues ahead of crucial UN climate talks in Bonn
Means of implementation from developed to developing countries must be prioritised, think tank underlines
What is golden rice — and why has a Philippine court put a stop to its commercial production?
Court of Appeals recently revoked biosafety permits for genetically modified golden rice and Bt eggplant until all safety, health and legal …
Sweet sorghum is a hardy, nutritious, biofuel crop that offers solutions in drought-hit southern Africa
Governments should be using their agriculture extension services to raise awareness among farmers, consumers about benefits & practical …
Paris summit on clean cooking in Africa ends with $2.2 billion in global pledges
Each year, more than 600,000 people in Africa die prematurely from respiratory diseases triggered by dirty cooking practices
Climatisation caused by commercialisation has reduced forest governance to carbon sinks
State regulation and community-led initiatives could offer better pathways for effective forest governance, the report at UN Forum on Forests suggests
World Donkey Day 2024: Overtourism, feral dogs, conflict with herders & unplanned development threats for Ladakh’s kiang
Down To Earth speaks to Tsewang Namgail from the Snow Leopard Conservancy about the rare and iconic Tibetan wild ass
Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management
The impact of floods has become more severe due to land degradation, human pressures & over-extraction of groundwater