Canada is facing another dangerous wildfire season, with burning forests sending smoke plumes across the provinces and into the U.S. again. The pace of the 2025 fires is reminiscent of the record-breaking 2023 wildfire season, which exposed…
Category: 9. Environment
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Is that wildfire smoke plume hazardous? New satellite tech can map smoke plumes in 3D for better air quality alerts at neighborhood scale
Canada is facing another dangerous wildfire season, with burning forests sending smoke plumes across the provinces and into the U.S. again. The pace of the 2025 fires is reminiscent of the record-breaking 2023 wildfire season, which exposed…
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Mangrove photography awards showcase a diverse & fragile ecosystem
The winners of the 11th annual Mangrove Photography Awards (MPA) have been announced. The contest, hosted by the U.S.-based Mangrove Action Project, showcases powerful photographic…
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Batang coal plant’s seawater permit imperils marine life, fishing communities
- The Batang coal-fired power plant in Central Java, now legally permitted to use vast amounts of seawater for cooling, has raised alarms among experts over its impact on marine ecosystems and traditional…
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Two rangers killed in a plane crash in DRC’s Virunga National Park
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries.
The eastern reaches of the Democratic Republic…
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Explainable AI-driven assessment of hydro climatic interactions shaping river discharge dynamics in a monsoonal basin
Tran, T.-N.-D. & Lakshmi, V. Enhancing human resilience against climate change: Assessment of hydroclimatic extremes and sea level rise impacts on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, United States. Sci. Total Environ. 947, 174289 (2024).
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Local acceleration of coastal flood risk in response to relative sea level change
Risk model
The model workflow used in this study was centred on a conceptual framework for risk quantification:
$$\:R={f}_{C}({H}_{h},\:E,{V}_{h})$$
where risk (R) is a function (\(\:{f}_{C}\)) of the consequences from an ESL event (H) impacting an…
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Across Southeast Asia, Indigenous women challenge extraction and erasure
- Across Southeast Asia, Indigenous women activists face discrimination, repression and violence, while often being excluded or unsupported even within their own communities.
- Among them is Maria Suryanti Jun, who is…
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Reversing damage to the world’s mangrove forests
Mangroves are an important lifeline for biodiversity, climate and coastal communities. Yet they are disappearing 3-5 times faster than total global forest losses, according to…
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Peru seizes record 4-ton mercury shipment in fight against illegal gold mining
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury, exposing a cross-border smuggling network fueling illicit gold mining…
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