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Rare mouse-deer spotted in Vietnam for the first time in 30 years
Conservationists in Vietnam recently got some good news: A species feared extinct, the Vietnamese silver-backed mouse-deer, was documented for the first time in nearly 30 years.Andrew Tilker, the Asian...
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Trump cuts WHO funding; online threats increase amid pandemic; deportations...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.In an attempt to deflect blame from his own ineffective handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic, US...
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Court blocks oil drilling in Peruvian Amazon
A judge in Peru has blocked a proposed oil drilling project in the Peruvian Amazon that threatened to damage the ecosystem and the health of isolated Indigenous peoples.The Sierra del Divisor was set...
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This researcher finds hope in ‘bright spots’ among coral reefs
Australia's Great Barrier Reef — one of the natural wonders of the world — is experiencing its third major summer bleaching event in the last five years. New aerial surveys show more than half of the...
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COVID-19 brings new scrutiny to illegal wildlife trafficking
The illegal trade of protected species is a highly lucrative form of organized crime — with deadly consequences. In addition to threatening ecosystems and inciting violence, wildlife trafficking plays...
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China raises coronavirus death toll; political shakeups in Brazil; restoring...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus in China, raised its reported death toll count by 50% to...
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Global response to COVID-19 should be a model for action on climate
The United States' recent $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act focused on urgent, short-term economic needs, so Congress did not include climate solutions in the aid...
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Protesters rally against protective measures; preventing economic collapse in...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.In the US, demonstrations backed by conservative groups continued as Americans unhappy with stay-home orders...
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Gardening at home during COVID-19
With so many people isolated at home and the economy so wobbly, for those with the space this is a fine time to start growing some of your own food — and, in fact, seed companies are reporting record...
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Earth Day during a pandemic; First US COVID-19 cases earlier than thought;...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The novel coronavirus has forced many changes in humanity's habits — some of which are more apparent than...
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How science denial on the political right hampers the US response to COVID-19
Science denial in the United States has for decades fueled resistance to taking action on climate change. As a consequence, the battle to prevent its worst effects may already be lost. That same...
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Prior exposure to air pollution increases risk of death from COVID-19, new...
Emerging research indicates the novel coronavirus is deadlier to people with long-term exposure to high air pollution and hits minority communities particularly hard.Biostatisticians at Harvard’s T.H....
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How Africa risks reeling from a health crisis to a food crisis
In Nigeria's Benue state, the food basket of the country, Mercy Yialase sits in front of her idle rice mill. Demand is high across the nation, but she already has mounds of paddy rice that are going...
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Shutdowns have led to cleaner air quality. Is it sustainable?
Residents of Nairobi can again see the mountains in the distance. People in Los Angeles are looking up and seeing stars at night. In a quieter, calmer Wuhan, China, you can hear the birds chirping...
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Where is the world in the race to combat coronavirus? 'Only renewables'...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.As the world is racing to find a way to fight the novel coronavirus, scientists at Oxford University may...
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Workers' movements advocate for rights on May Day; Saudi activists allege man...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.May 1 is International Workers' Day, and while rallies and celebrations around the world have been curtailed...
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Warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico raise alarm as US storm season approaches
As storm season begins in the southeastern US, scientists are casting a wary eye on the warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico.Science links above-average sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico to...
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Canada closes most of its great outdoors to curb COVID-19
A walk inside Toronto’s sprawling High Park — the biggest green space in the city — is the best part of Adrian Salaberry’s day. It includes a zoo, an oak forest and groves of Japanese cherry...
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Research on whales, cosmos among many studies derailed by pandemic
Come June 1, Filipa Samarra was supposed to be on a small boat off the coast of southern Iceland with a crew of five, observing and recording wild killer whales.“Our study has been going for 12 years...
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Amsterdam’s coronavirus recovery plan embraces ‘doughnut economics’ for...
Amsterdam has long been one of the most-visited cities in Europe, welcoming nearly 20 million tourists every year to its legendary tulip gardens, canals and windmills.That changed after the coronavirus...
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