Environmental Protection
Tree-ring study finds heat rise trims lifespan of tropical trees
If tropical trees die earlier, it will affect how much carbon these forests can hold and raises concern over CO2 emissions offsets.
Camels in the Arabian Desert are dying of plastic waste
In Dubai alone hundreds of camels are known to have succumbed to plastic pollution.
More dams would devastate the ailing Mekong River
Once, not that long ago, the Mekong River in Southeast Asia was a formidable waterway, but it has been largely tamed.
Drip irrigation can reduce the vast footprint of rice cultivation
Wet rice cultivation is not without grave environmental costs. In fact, it comes with an enormous footprint.
Indigenous people in the US hope to save salmon by removing dams
Salmon in the Klamath River in the United States were once abundant. They no longer are.
UN: lockdown-style emission cuts must become permanent
As the planet keeps on heating up, any global temperature beyond a warming of 2°C would be catastrophic.