Environmental Protection
Tackling the scourge of plastic in the oceans is a must
Plastic waste has reached catastrophic proportions in the oceans and it is increasing further still.
U.S. Duck Stamp contest rule under fire over wetlands ‘litter’
Artists are required to place hunting elements in their Duck Stamp contest entries, but some say that art now showcases pollution.
Some 14 million tons of microplastics cover the seafloor
Nowhere, it seems, is immune from plastic pollution, least of all the oceans.
Deforestation and climate change could ‘doom the Amazon’
Already the Amazon is receiving less rain than previously as a result of a changing climate.
AI can help us save the planet’s embattled orchids
As much as a third of the estimated 29,000 orchid species could be facing imminent threats to their existence.
Kenyan farmers turn to avocados in the face of a changing climate
Compared to coffee, a popular cash crop, avocado is more tolerant of variations in precipitation.