Archive for 2022
Saving Madagascar’s critically endangered singing lemurs
Yet like all other lemurs, indris are critically endangered and are losing out to habitat loss and poaching.
A hardy plant could help us fortify stressed crops
Photo: José Dinneny Most plants handle adverse conditions like droughts by scaling back their biological functions or even shutting down entirely. Not so extremophytes, which have evolved to endure and even thrive in conditions that would be deadly to other
Intensive agriculture and climate change are threatening insects worldwide
The environmental harms of high-intensity agriculture present a challenge as we try to keep up with food demands.
Climate change will transform how we live, but there is cause for optimism
We will have to change how we generate and use energy, transport people and goods, design buildings and grow food.
Technology can contribute to global sustainability efforts
Using technology rather than relying on people alone offers great solutions as sustainable technologies can green businesses.
Poachers claim the lives of endangered Sumatran tigers
Deforestation and poaching mean the tigers could end up extinct like their Javan and Balinese counterparts.