Archive for February 2020
Protecting butterflies is a dangerous business in Mexico
A "Defender of the Monarch Butterfly" might have been murdered over his opposition to illegal logging.
A solar panel that works at night? Here it comes
A newly designed solar panel works even at night.
Keeping wild elephants away from crops … with buzzing bees
Using beehives strung on wires around a cultivated plot can keep the pachyderms away, it has been found.
India’s railways turn to solar power to meet energy needs
"The railways plans to become self sufficient in solar power by 2030."
Environmental degradation ‘leads to gender-based exploitation’
When natural resources are limited, sexual violence and exploitation become more frequent.
Clearing can push forests beyond a tipping point
Not even the largest forests can withstand deforestation beyond a tipping point, scientists warn.