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Coronavirus — and locusts — threaten Kenya’s food security
Food supply chains are being disrupted all over the world due to restrictions to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Related: Global disruption of supply chains impacts food securityIn East Africa,...
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Gorilla conservation’s latest threat: COVID-19 from tourists
It's an understatement to say that the coronavirus is a public health crisis. But it’s not just humans at risk: apes are susceptible to the virus, too.Related: This orangutan's 'personhood' victory...
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What effect is the novel coronavirus having on children?; Palestinians mark...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.As countries move to open in the wake of the pandemic, there is growing concern of the effect the novel...
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What history tells us about building climate coalitions
Massive programs of green public investment would be the most cost-effective way both to revive virus-hit economies and strike a decisive blow against climate change, top US and British economists said...
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How to deal with a cyclone in the middle of a pandemic?
India and Bangladesh evacuated around half a million people out of the way of the most powerful storm in a decade ahead of its landfall on Wednesday amid fears of heavy damage to houses and crops and...
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Madrid residents are restless for green space during city park closures
On warm spring evenings, citizens in Madrid, Spain, take their daily exercise during time slots allotted by the government. Children are allowed out until 7 p.m. Those over 70 take the next shift until...
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Can the pandemic encourage airlines to be greener?
Almost no industry has been hit as hard as airlines during the pandemic, as travel bans and lockdowns encourage most of the world to cancel their vacations, family gatherings and work trips. Climate...
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Here's how to convert your lawn into a bee pollinator habitat
With spring in the air, it’s a great time to get started planting flowers to support native pollinators. In Minnesota, residents can get help with this through a program that pays homeowners to convert...
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The canals are clear thanks to the coronavirus, but Venice’s existential...
This story was originally published by InsideClimate News.Living these days inside their homes to stop the spread of the coronavirus, Venetians have discovered a silver lining in an empty city suddenly...
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Hongkongers continue protests against threats to civil liberties; Brazil...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Protesters in Hong Kong are planning a massive action Tuesday night before the Hong Kong legislature's...
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'The Future We Choose': A new book outlines strategies for surviving climate...
The coronavirus pandemic has made it clear that the world is increasingly interconnected. Amid the tragedy of the virus, a top climate diplomat says there is an opportunity to rebuild our economies in...
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Food waste increases during the pandemic — compounding an existing problem
Long before COVID-19 disruptions forced dairy farmers to dump millions of gallons of milk into fields and farmers to plow under fields of vegetables, a third of all food produced globally was going to...
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China moves forward with Hong Kong security law; Oxford shows promise for...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.China's parliament voted to move forward with a controversial security law that would make it a crime to...
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French nonprofit warns 'COVID waste' could harm the environment
As COVID-19 lockdown restrictions start to ease in France, more people are hitting the beaches in the south — and they’re leaving behind litter. In addition to the usual fast-food wrappers, plastic...
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Coronavirus spread threatens Colombia's Amazonian Indigenous communities
Along the Amazon River, people have long moved freely among the small towns that sit where the borders of Brazil, Colombia and Peru converge — walking and driving between countries, or rafting from one...
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Cold War 'CORONA' satellite images find second life in ecology research
During the Cold War, the United States took hundreds of thousands of surveillance images of the Soviet Union using spy satellites.The project was called — in an odd historical twist —...
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Symbols of 'racist past' topple amid global BLM protests; New Zealand reports...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.Confederate statues in the US have been toppled or defaced as protesters across the country demand a...
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After lockdown, Milan rolls out plan to open more streets to cyclists and...
Pinar Pinzuti describes herself as a professional “cycling brainwasher.”Her Milan company, Bikenomist, advocates for more bike lanes in her community. Pinzuti said that recently, there’s been an...
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OECD predicts worst non-wartime recession in 100 years; Britain marks 2...
Top of The World — our morning news round up written by editors at The World. Subscribe here.The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned of dire economic consequences of the novel...
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Love is blind: How Germany’s long romance with cars led to the nation’s...
A longer version of this story was originally published by InsideClimate News.The night before the leaders of the European Union met in Brussels in 2013, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a phone...
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