Cattle facial recognition and AI generated soil analysis to drive up crop yields are being used by farmers to head off Africa’s looming food crisis. As Africa’s annual spending on imported food edges closer to $100 billion, farmers are increasingly turning to technology to solve shortages driven by a population explosion and shifting diets that […]
Artificial intelligence will play a major role in helping the UAE to address issues caused by the increasing amount of extreme weather, newly appointed minister Dr Abdulla Al Mandous has declared. Dr Al Mandous, director general of the National Centre of Meteorology, said his ministerial appointment reflects how deeply climate issues are embedded in the UAE’s “long-term […]
The kiwi initiative is part of a quest to rid the island nation of introduced predators by the year 2050. The kiwi, New Zealand’s sacred national bird, vanished from the hills around Wellington more than a century ago. Now the capital’s residents are waging an improbable citizen campaign to return the endangered flightless birds to […]
Published in the journal Nature, the study shows that oyster reefs are not random clusters of shells. Instead, their shapes and arrangements play a critical role in helping young oysters settle, survive, and avoid predators. Oyster Reefs Are Complex Living Structures Oysters act as “ecosystem engineers,” building reefs made from both living oysters and the shells […]
Queen bees can breathe underwater, allowing them to stay alive over winter as melting snow floods their burrows. Bumblebee queens can survive underwater for at least a week, according to new research. This remarkable feat occurs over winter, when the insects are buried underground and have entered a hibernation-like state known as diapause. During this […]
Greek authorities have imposed strict seasonal regulations on fishing and prohibited certain types of fishing gear. Greece is taking another step forward to protect its marine fauna and flora. Illegal fishing presents a serious environmental and economic challenge for the country. A new interactive map presenting real-time information on active fishing zones aims to make […]
Leading voices have joined the call for the Nobel Committee to launch a dedicated climate Prize. The Nobel Committee is under pressure to recognise the “greatest crisis of our time” by creating a Prize dedicated to climate change. Revered for being one of the highest achievable accolades in history, the Nobel Prize is currently limited to […]
As renewed rainfall threatens even more devastation across parts of Asia, calls to fight deforestation are getting louder. Overlapping tropical storms and “intensified” monsoon systems have unleashed widespread devastation across Asia, with rescue teams still racing to reach isolated survivors. Days of record-breaking rainfall and storm surges triggered catastrophic flooding and landslides in Sri Lanka, […]
In the Great Frost of 1709, the wine froze in the glasses of French king Louis XIV in his palace at Versailles. The “Little Ice Age”, at its chilliest in the 16th and 17th centuries, may have been in part caused by the mass annihilation of people in the Americas during European colonisation, and the […]
Two crucial coral reefs in UAE waters are showing signs of recovery from bleaching in a boost for the environment, a study has shown. When corals are stressed by changes in conditions such as temperature, light, or nutrients, they expel the symbiotic algae living in their tissues, causing them to turn completely white. Corals can survive a bleaching event, […]
