The Environment Agency in Abu Dhabi has launched a digital observatory to monitor and support mangrove rehabilitation. The observatory, launched as part of the Abu Dhabi Mangroves Initiative, will consolidate data from 19 projects into a single integrated system. Field surveys, satellite imagery and third-party data will be used to track growth rates and rehabilitation […]
The Bussaco National Forest has become the first certified Therapeutic Forest in the Iberian Peninsula, joining an exclusive group of just four sites worldwide. There are only four Therapeutic Forests in world: Portugal is home to one of them. The recently certified Bussaco National Forest on the Iberian Peninsula joins Beneddiktinerstift in Austria, and Lahnstein […]
Manhat, a UAE-based water technology start-up, is celebrating the conclusion of its first Young Water Innovators’ Programme. Fifteen pupils from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah made up the first cohort of the initiative, which sought to inspire UAE pupils to learn more about sustainability and water innovation projects. “Over the course of the […]
Wadi Wurayah National Park in Fujairah could become the latest site in the UAE to be inscribed on the prestigious Unesco World Heritage List, with the reserve being considered as a natural site of Outstanding Universal Value. The nomination for the 220-square-kilometre park, which became the country’s first national park in 2013, is to be […]
An Arabian Sea humpback whale, which usually hugs the coastline of Oman, has been tracked making a journey to Goa in search of food or a mate. This is the first direct evidence that the species crossed the Arabian Sea and is considered by scientists to be a behavioural anomaly because its members are so uniquely […]
Technology is transforming the race to save nature, by drastically cutting the time it takes to identify specimens, a report has found. AI models have been able to identify the correct place in the “Tree of Life” for millions of plants and fungi, some with only microscopic distinguishing features. As well as “triaging” those most at […]
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 […]
