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In the 1980s, conservationists protected gorilla habitat across 3 countries despite poaching and disease. 46 years later, about 1,000 mountain gorillas still survive in forestsMountain gorilla numbers are steadily increasing due to dedicated conservation efforts. These efforts have helped the species recover from ...- Earth is set to cross 1.5°C — does the climate clock stop there? The UN has a plan for what happens if temperatures overshoot the crucial thresholdGlobal warming exceeding 1.5°C is now likely, according to a United Nations assessment. The focus must shift to limiting temperature oversh...
- This coastal region in Costa Rica lost its mangrove forests. Now 12,000 seedlings and restored water channels are bringing them backCosta Rica's Golfo Dulce is witnessing a remarkable turnaround as residents rejuvenate mangrove forests that had previously been devastated...
- UN warns global warming will exceed 1.5C and must be reversedWarming is projected to peak around 1.8C in the best-case scenario. This necessitates a new goal of "overshoot, peak and decline" for clima...
- Global temperature rise set to cross 1.5-degree Celsius threshold: United NationsGlobal temperatures will soon surpass the 1.5-degree Celsius threshold, increasing climate risks. This UN report emphasises immediate green...
- UN says world must navigate 'reality' of 1.5C overshootA United Nations report details managing global temperatures after exceeding the 1.5C target. Scientists agree warming above this level pos...
- 18-year-old Texas student Ananya Gulur Nagendra builts an ant-powered food waste digester; it achieved 83% efficiencyAnanya Gulur Nagendra has created an ant-inspired system for managing food waste, achieving an impressive eighty-three percent efficiency i...
- That old phone in your drawer could be hiding gold: Study reveals a tonne of e-waste can contain 100 times more gold than gold ore; every handset contains tiny traces of gold, silver & copper, and millions of devices could create urban mineOld mobile phones contain valuable metals such as gold, silver and copper, with some metals found at higher concentrations in e-waste than ...
- Psychology says people who waste a lot of food in marriage functions aren't always careless: What this behaviour reveals?Psychology says people who waste a lot of food in marriage functions aren't always acting out of carelessness. Food waste at weddings can b...
- She was born into a royal family but gave up luxury life for elephants. Actor Madhavan salutes Padma Shri awardee Parbati Barua, who has trained over 500 elephantsParbati Barua, India's first female elephant mahout, has a remarkable legacy with elephants which has even impressed Durandhar 2 actor R Ma...
- How Jaguars are coming back to Argentina's wetlands after being almost extinct due to huntingJaguars are making a comeback in Argentina after near extinction due to conservation programs. Rewilding Argentina is reintroducing these b...
- World already 'paying terrible price' for climate inaction: GuterresUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warns that humanity is suffering severely from global warming inaction, with time running out to corr...
- Earth to warm up to 2.9C even with current climate pledges: UNThe UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned that countries' greenhouse gas-cutting pledges are putting the Earth on track for catastroph...
- CO2 emissions on the rise for first time in three years, UN agency warnsThe 'Emissions Gap Report' comes just days before the key UN climate change conference known as COP 24 in Katowice in Poland, which starts ...
- Climate adaptation costs soaring: UNEP reportThe UNEP report said, "The cost of adapting to climate change in developing countries is likely to reach two to three times the previous es...
- Adaptation cost in developing nations to be more than expected: UNEPIt further goes into details about how to ensure better definitions of adaptation finance and bridging the existing gaps.
- India needs to improve energy efficiency by 2030: UN reportThe report said that improving energy efficiency can be an excellent opportunity for linking sustainable development with climate mitigatio...
- Countries violating own pledges to cut carbon emissions, UN report saysThe gap between what countries pledged to do for curbing carbon emissions and what they actually did is increasing, pushing the planet even...
- India 9th in world tree plantingIndia has been ranked ninth in the tree planting roll of honour in a campaign to plant a billion trees, which was launched by the UNEP in N...
- Sewage, coastal destruction threaten marine lifeSewage is a growing threat to oceans and seas, putting at risk marine life and habitats as the pollution problem escalates, the United Nati...
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