The United Nations has awarded ten innovative initiatives from around the world for their role in nature restoration. The winners were presented at the UN Conference on Biodiversity in Montreal. The winners of the World Ecosystem Restoration Award are conservation initiatives located in territories from Central America to East Asia....
ABNORMAL HEAT IN EUROPEAN CITIES
As records of unprecedented temperatures continue to smash each other around the world, a heat wave has covered a number of countries. From the United States and Europe to China to Japan, extreme temperatures are rising for weeks, killing hundreds, starting wildfires in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, and Greece, and...
FOUR REASONS TO PROTECT RIVERS
Last month in China, water levels in Asia's longest river, the Yangtze, reached an all-time low, and hydroelectric power plants along its course had to slow down or shut down altogether, causing power outages to millions of people. Over the past five years, fluctuations in surface water levels outside their...