In the race to develop artificial intelligence, large technology companies such as Google and Meta are trying to secure massive amounts of electricity to power new data centers. Electric utilities see the prospect of earning large profits by…
Category: 9. Environment
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Hundreds die after flash floods tear through Nigerian market town
At least 200 people have been confirmed dead and 500 more remain missing after flash floods devastated a Nigerian market town, media reported.
Torrential rain started early on May…
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Clouded leopard seen preying on Bengal slow loris in rare photograph
In December 2024, a camera trap installed in Dehing Patkai National Park in northeast India’s Assam state captured a rare scene: a clouded leopard with a Bengal slow loris in its…
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In a big win, Yurok Nation reclaims vital creek and watershed to restore major salmon run
- Four dams are now down on the Upper Klamath River in northern California in the largest river restoration project in U.S. history. But a rarely mentioned cold-water creek is essential to restoring health to what…
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Study shows Vietnam’s ethnic communities’ grapple with hydropower plant impacts
- A recently published study based on fieldwork in northwest Vietnam shows how even small hydropower projects can have a large impact on communities.
- With an increase in small hydropower projects, residents of Bien La…
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Pay-to-release program reduces shark deaths, but backfires in some cases
- A pay-to-release program for threatened sharks and rays significantly reduced bycatch in Indonesia, with 71% of wedgefish and 4% of hammerheads released alive; but it also led some fishers to intentionally catch…
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Villagers in Sumatra bring ancient forest flavors back to the table
- Women living around the 7th-century Muaro Jambi temple complex in Sumatra, Indonesia, have revived ancient ingredients and cooking techniques to serve one-of-a-kind meals to visitors.
- Their dishes are inspired by…
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Indonesia new capital yet to spark electricity for low-income neighbors on Borneo
- In a district that holds Indonesia’s biggest coal reserves and sits near the new national capital, the country’s largest construction site, a large share of households in Paser district remain without an…
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Global warming exacerbates the risk of habitat loss for regional mangrove species
Sandilyan, S. & Kathiresan, K. Mangrove conservation: A global perspective. Biodivers. Conserv. 21, 3523–3542 (2012).
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Blasco, F., Saenger, P. & Janodet, E. Mangroves as…
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Annual and sub-seasonal dynamics of a rapidly eroding permafrost coastline along the Beaufort Sea in northern Alaska
Annual dynamics: erosion and environmental drivers
We updated annual erosion rates for the 9 km coastal segment of Drew Point, previously observed between 2007 and 201621, through and including 2019. Between 2007 and 2019, annual erosion rates…
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