The sight of felled trees and logging activity can be jarring for nature lovers, but from those sites can sprout young forest growth that’s especially attractive to a familiar inhabitant of wooded areas throughout the Northeast — bats. New findings …
Forest clearance in Southeast Asia is accelerating, leading to unprecedented increases in carbon emissions, according to new research. The findings, revealed by a research team including University of Leeds academics, show that forests are being cut down at increasingly higher …
QUT researchers have developed a new machine learning mathematical system that helps to identify and detect changes in biodiversity, including land clearing, when satellite imagery is obstructed by clouds. Using statistical methods to quantify uncertainty, the research, published in Remote …
Pioneering research, led by a team from Trinity College Dublin and the Marine Research Institute of the Spanish Research Council (IIM-CSIC) in Vigo (Galicia, Spain), suggests “subterranean estuaries” may be critical in managing sustainable fishing and aquaculture — two growing …
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Superintendents, school board members and other education leaders on Monday demanded that Republican lawmakers devote more state aid to Wisconsin schools even though the federal government is set to pump billions in pandemic relief dollars to …
A project which aims to plant the seeds of climate awareness and action through gardening is branching out across Glasgow high schools. The University of Glasgow has recruited four high schools to the International Green Academy initiative, which partners pupils …
The apartment at 80 Holland Park. A next-generation smart greywater-recycling system has been installed at a residential development in one of London’s most exclusive neighbourhoods. Supplied by water infrastructure specialist SDS, it is one of the first installations of the …
When a University of Michigan-led research team reported last year that North American migratory birds have been getting smaller over the past four decades and that their wings have gotten a bit longer, the scientists wondered if they were seeing …
US agrifoodtech investor S2G Ventures has unveiled the first deals made out if its new $100 million fund dedicated to supporting the burgeoning ‘blue economy,’ which aims to improve the health and viability of marine ecosystems. The Chicago-based VC firm …
Professor Kevin O’Connor and his Farm Zero C team at University College Dublin (UCD) – in partnership with Carbery Group – has been awarded €2m to help deliver the climate-neutral farm in Cork, with plans to extend the strategy to …
Some of the birds collected at Chicago’s McCormick Place that are in the Field Museum collections, including an eastern meadowlark (far left) and an indigo bunting (far right). Credit: (c) Field Museum, Karen Bean When a University of Michigan-led research …
Direct-to-consumer, online pet products retailer Chewy sits in second position behind Amazon among … [+] the leaders in on-line pet product sales. Getty The pet industry has been on a tear for the past two years, and it does not …
In Timor-Leste, over 268,000 women and girls benefited from EU-UN Spotlight Initiative in one year, concludes National Steering Committee The Government, partners, European Union, and United Nations recommit to ending violence against women and girls by reviewing progress and looking …
College of the North Atlantic – Qatar (CNA-Q) has hosted a webinar titled Improving and Enriching the Human Capital of Qatar through the Identification and Development of 21st Century Skills for Sustainability and Employability’. During the webinar, the college aimed …
Results at a glance: New Zealanders are now wasting less of their food than in 2019 with the estimated percentage of food waste falling to 8.6 per cent from 10.2 per cent previously. But the estimated value of food waste …