Why do the aurora look better through a camera?
May 15, 2024 07:51 am UTC| Nature
On 10 and 11 May 2024, large parts of the world were treated to their most spectacular display of the aurora the northern and southern lights in a generation. Thanks to modern cameras, the phenomenon was all over social...
Ghana’s forests are being wiped out: what’s behind this and why attempts to stop it aren’t working
May 15, 2024 07:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Ghana has around 7.9 million hectares of forested land (35% of the total land area), according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. Around 7.6 million hectares are primary or naturally regenerated forest, and around...
Summer 2023 was northern hemisphere’s hottest for 2,000 years, tree rings show
May 15, 2024 07:47 am UTC| Nature
The summer of 2023 was the warmest in the non-tropical areas of the northern hemisphere for 2,000 years, a new study has shown. Across this vast area of land, encompassing Europe, Asia and North America, surface air...
Protecting wildlife begins with understanding how best to counter wildlife crimes
May 15, 2024 07:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Global biodiversity is declining, and human activities are mainly to blame. Indeed, 96 per cent of the worlds total remaining mammalian biomass the combined weight, or mass, of mammal organic life consists of either...
Heat is coming for our crops. We have to make them ready
May 09, 2024 05:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Nature
Australias vital agriculture sector will be hit hard by steadily rising global temperatures. Our climate is already prone to droughts and floods. Climate change is expected to supercharge this, causing sudden flash...
Granting legal ‘personhood’ to nature is a growing movement – can it stem biodiversity loss?
Apr 26, 2024 06:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Biodiversity is declining at rates unprecedented in human history. This suggests the ways we currently use to manage our natural environment are failing. One emerging concept focuses on giving legal rights to...
From the coast to the deep sea, changing oxygen levels affect marine life in different ways
Apr 25, 2024 06:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Earths atmosphere maintains a constant level of oxygen, whether it is a wintry, rainy day or hot summer. Across the ocean, oxygen concentrations vary enormously between different places and over time. Sometimes oxygen...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects