- A new study has revealed that the endangered bear cuscus in South Sulawesi occupies a highly fragmented and shrinking habitat, with less than 1% of surveyed areas deemed suitable, largely due to poaching, mining…
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Study urges legal protection for Sulawesi’s endangered bear cuscus amid habitat loss
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As Thailand’s fishing cats face habitat loss & conflict, experts seek resolution
- Fishing cats have lost vast swathes of their former range in Thailand, where decades of wetland conversion to fish farms, shrimp ponds and plantations have decimated their numbers.
- With habitats shrinking, these…
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3D reconstruction of typhoon Trami 2018 eye and eyewall clouds from airborne imaging
Peduzzi, P. et al. Global trends in tropical cyclone risk. Nat. Clim. Chang. 2, 289–294. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1410 (2012).
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Pun, I., Lin, I. & Lo, M. Recent…
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Cerium anomalies and iodine track nonuniform paleoredox conditions during the Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a
Schlanger, S. O. & Jenkyns, H. C. Cretaceous oceanic anoxic events: causes and consequences. Geol. Mijnbouw. 55, 179–184 (1976).
Arthur, M. A., Jenkyns, H. C., Brumsack, H. J. & Schlanger, S….
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Exploring the influence of urban green space and urban morphology on urban heat Islands using street view and satellite imagery
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Situated in southern China, Guangzhou experiences a subtropical monsoon climate characterized by persistently elevated temperatures and significant precipitation year-round. It serves as a prime example of the nation’s humid and…
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California wood pellet plants canceled amid market decline & public pushback
Golden State Natural Resources (GSNR), a California nonprofit that focuses on rural economic development, has canceled plans to build two industrial-scale wood pellet plants in the…
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Kazakhstan to donate 1,500 wild saiga to China after 75 years of local extinction
Saiga antelopes, among the most ancient living mammals, are set to be reintroduced to China 75 years after they went extinct in the region, thanks to a donation of 1,500 wild…
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Jaguar population doubles around Brazil’s Iguaçu Falls
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries.
Once vanishing from view in the dense Atlantic…
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Catholic bishops from Global South call for ambitious climate action ahead of COP30
Catholic bishops representing more than 800 million people across the Global South, for the first time in history, issued a joint statement demanding an “ambitious…
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Hurricane forecasters are losing 3 key satellites ahead of peak storm season − a meteorologist explains why it matters
About 600 miles off the west coast of Africa, large clusters of thunderstorms begin organizing into tropical storms every hurricane season. They aren’t yet in range of Hurricane Hunter flights, so forecasters at the National Hurricane…
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