This year may already be on track to be the second hottest on record, after 2024. Floods and tornadoes are wracking wide swathes of the United States. And more wild weather is expected to be on the horizon.
But the federal…
Category: 9. Environment
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A Honduran reef stumps conservationists with its unlikely resilience
- The latest “report card” on Mesoamerica’s coral reefs made clear that 2024’s hottest-ever recorded summer temperatures devastated some of the region’s most iconic reef sites.
- But against all odds, a reef…
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Winter warming and rain extreme events pose overlooked threat to Arctic life
- Accelerated Arctic warming is reshaping the polar environment, but focusing only on the impacts of long-term annual temperature rise can miss key consequences of shorter-lived, but extreme, weather shifts coming as…
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Study reveals untold, and unprotected, wildlife wealth of Nepal’s Madhesh province
- The first comprehensive vertebrate survey in Nepal’s Madhesh province has documented 163 fish, 24 amphibian, 578 bird and 900 mammal species, highlighting the region’s ecological significance despite a lack of…
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Despite Supreme Court setback, children’s lawsuits against climate change continue
An ancient legal principle has become a key strategy of American children seeking to reduce the effects of climate change in the 21st century. A defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court in March 2025 has not stopped the effort, which has several…
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International Leopard Day celebrates the resilient, yet often-overlooked, big cat
Shy, solitary leopards might lose out to tigers and lions in the game of charisma, but the rosette-patterned big cats are incredibly adaptable — they can survive in the densest of…
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A climate impact attribution of historical rice yields in Sri Lanka using three crop models
Crop models
Two widely used field-scale crop models, DSSAT11and APSIM12,13, as well as the global gridded crop model, CYGMA14, were adopted to simulate rice yields. Genetic coefficient values of rice were determined using data from the two field…
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The dynamics of household food insecurity and their gendered outcomes amongst Enset growers in Southern Ethiopia
Description of the study area
Cheha is one of the district in the Gurage Zone of Central Ethiopia Regional State of Ethiopia. It is located at 188km away in the South West from the countries’ capital Addis Ababa and 30 km away in the South East…
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Interview with José Homero Mutumbajoy
- Mongabay interviewed José Homero Mutumbajoy, an experienced Indigenous rights defender in Colombia, to hear his take on some of the latest and biggest events affecting Indigenous communities and forests in the…
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Interview with Indigenous leader Julio Cusurichi
- Mongabay interviewed Julio Cusurichi Palacios, a prominent Indigenous leader from Peru, to hear his take on some of the latest and biggest events affecting Indigenous communities and forests in the country’s…
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