The planet is losing animals large and small at an alarming rate, yet now and again comes some good news in the form of a species believed to have been lost being rediscovered in the wild. A case in point is the Vietnamese mouse deer, aka silver-backed chevrotain, a rabbit-size […]

Severe flooding in Jakarta that’s left swaths of the capital underwater has killed at least 30 people and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes, according to Indonesia’s disaster agency.

Source: International Committee of the Red Cross Country: South Sudan The ICRC facilitated medical attention as well as accommodation upon arrival in Juba. It also offered transport arrangements by land and air for the released persons. Juba (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has facilitated the […]

Religion has always played an important role in our choices as a society. Now, as the environment is changing rapidly, new research explores the co-evolution of Christianity and climate change.  Published in WIRE’s Climate Change, a new study suggests that old Christian beliefs about the weather are having a significant […]

Hong Kong’s ongoing protest movement is showing no signs of stopping in 2020, with tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators taking to the streets on New Year’s Day.

The Royal Statistical Society’s “International Statistic of the Decade” seeks to highlight an especially pressing concern over the past decade. This year’s “winner” is this alarming fact: in just 10 years or so an area the size of 38,600 square kilometers (24,000 square miles) has been deforested in the Amazon. […]