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…
Category: 9. Environment
-
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).
…
Continue Reading
-
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…
Continue Reading
-
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…
Continue Reading
-
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…
Continue Reading
-
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…
Continue Reading
-
The sacred humans-bird connection in Ethiopia’s wetlands: Interview with Abebayehu Aticho
- The Gambella region of Ethiopia is home to 71 bird species that are culturally important to the traditional pastoralist Nuer people and have several uses for the community, such as indicating seasonal changes and…
Continue Reading
-
2,000 species at high risk of extinction from natural disasters, study finds
- More than 2,000 terrestrial vertebrate species face a high risk of extinction from natural hazards, including hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis, according to a first-of-its-kind study.
- Nearly…
Continue Reading
-
Scientists find millions of tons of nanoplastics in the North Atlantic Ocean
Scientists have measured the amount of nanoplastics in the open ocean for the first time and found they make up the vast majority of marine plastic pollution.
Plastic debris in the…
Continue Reading
-
Illegal roads expand in Colombia’s deforestation hotspots
- A new report from Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office shows that between October 2024 and March 2025, about 88,800 hectares (about 219,400 acres) of forest were cleared and 1,107 kilometers (688 miles) of…
Continue Reading