Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries.
A new report, “Primates in Peril: The…
Category: 9. Environment
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Researchers identify 22 key areas for protecting struggling giant otters
- The giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis) is an endangered species, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
- A recently published report authored by more than 50 researchers from 12…
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A Massive Cloud of Saharan Dust Is About to Hit The United States : ScienceAlert
Dust from the Sahara desert will cloud the skies of the US southeast this week in an annual weather event that doesn’t always reach the American continent.
The dust clouds form as a result of an atmospheric phenomenon known as the Saharan Air…
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Samoa’s new marine spatial plan protects 30% of the country’s ocean
- The Samoan government announced June 3 that it has enacted a law establishing a marine spatial plan to sustainably manage 100% of its ocean by 2030.
- The country has also created nine new marine protected areas that…
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Mining company returns to haunt Thailand’s Karen communities as resistance mounts
- A long-dormant fluorite mine is being reopened in northern Thailand, but the ethnically Karen communities that live in Mae Hong Son province’s Mae La Noi district are staunchly resisting the return of the mining…
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Exploring the impact of window design and ventilation strategies on air quality and thermal comfort in arid educational buildings
Yang Liu, H. et al. Energy consumption prediction and diagnosis of public buildings based on support vector machine learning: A case study in China. J. Clean. Prod. 272, 122542 (2020).
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Impact of mean state on intermodel spread of western North Pacific anomalous anticyclone during El Niño mature winter in CMIP6 models
Zhang, R. H., Sumi, A. & Kimoto, M. Impact of El Niño on the East Asian monsoon: A diagnostic study of the ’86/87 and ’91/92 events. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan. 74, 49–62 (1996).
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Scientists Studying Earth’s Trees Issued a Stark Warning to Humanity : ScienceAlert
From towering coastal redwoods to dinosaur-era Wollemi pines and firs that make the perfect Christmas trees, even our most revered woody plants are in grave danger.
But the loss of these species isn’t just a blow to local forests – it…
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Female bonobos wield power through unity: Study
Male bonobos are larger and stronger than females, so researchers have found it puzzling that the female apes enjoy high status in bonobo society. After analyzing three decades of…
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Kim Stanley Robinson’s ‘Ministry for the Future’ may hold lessons for the present
Roughly five years since Kim Stanley Robinson’s groundbreaking climate fiction novel, The Ministry for the Future, hit shelves and The New York Times bestseller list, there’s little he says he’d change about the book, were it to be…
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