When it comes to climate change, air-conditioners are a mess, generating plenty of carbon through their use. But there is a new device that might just change that. An invention reported in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides a personal cooling experience that might not only have […]

Japan’s Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has announced that will take paternity leave when his first child is born this month, an unusual step in a country where new fathers rarely take time off from work.

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Zambia The flooding has destroyed crops, including maize, especially in Munyumbwe area in Gwembe District, according to the Government’s Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit. HIGHLIGHTS Heavy rainfall has driven flash and riverine flooding in Zambia, including in areas previously impacted […]

The planet is experiencing a mass extinction of species and we are the cause of it. But we can do something about it while there’s still time. We can stop cutting down forests. We can stop further fragmenting already fragmented wildlife habitats. And we can stop poaching endangered species. But […]