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Ethical Oil, Gas and Mining? EITI is the LEED of Fossil Fuels

Roughly half of the world's population lives in resource-rich countries, and yet the same number survives on less than $2.50 per day. How can...

Locusts Swarm Lebanon. Fodder for a Tasty Treat?

Locusts that bred in southern Egypt first swarmed Cairo, causing panic in Israel and Jordan, and now Lebanese farmers are battling the pests as well....

Red Tide Blooms Threaten Gulf of Oman, Shut Down Kalba Desalinization Plants

Is red tide a man-made pollutant or a natural phenomenon? Is it a plant, animal or chemical? The answer is all of the above. The...

Mediterranean Sharks Almost Gone Forever

Mediterranean sharks risk extinction while "serious implications" feared for marine ecosystems and beyond. Accidental catches and sharks for fin soup are to blame Shark populations...

Ancestors of Desert Camels Roamed the Arctic 3.5 Million Years Ago

An artist’s impression of the Arctic camel. Illustration by Julius Csotonyi via The Guardian Millions of years ago, the ancestor of modern-day camels once roamed...

Ecocide Law: Give Mother Nature a Voice

Making Ecocide a crime and legally punitive could be one way of getting corporations to respect the environment Unlike humans, nature does not have a...

37 Lions and Tigers Confiscated in Saudi Arabia

Officials have confiscated 37 lions and tigers in Saudi Arabia, according to Arab News. The paper said that the National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and...

Livestock are Key to Reversing Desertification, Biologist Says

When he first began his career as a young biologist, Allan Savory basically ordered the culling of 40,000 elephants. He and other scientists in...

Egypt’s Locust Swarm May Hit Israel and Jordan Next

Israel has set up a special task force to prepare for the possibility that a locust swarm may migrate from Egypt and destroy precious...

Lebanon Joins CITES: Can we Stop Killing Everything Now?

Only 177 countries behind the times, Lebanon has finally joined the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), The...

Hot Air Balloon Explosion in Egypt Claims 19 Lives

At 7am on Tuesday, a frightful explosion rocked Luxor, where ancient Egyptian antiquities draw scores of tourists each year. The blast that engulfed a...

Life Returns To Gulf – Once A Sewer On Turkey’s Aegean Coast

New underwater photos from five different locations around the Gulf of Izmir confirm that life is returning to the once-blighted water. The gulf was used...

Crap – a Giant Field of Human Excrement Outside of Dubai

Even though, perversely for a landscape photographer, I tend to seek out uglier-than-average places, this possibly wins the prize for one of the least...

English Cyclists Killed After Surviving Iran and Turkey

A surge of round-the-world cyclists have emerged in the last few years as touring gear has improved and borders have become more fluid (for...

Oldest Persian Leopard Roams Threatened Iranian Park

An old Persian leopard has been captured on camera in Iran, but this is not the first time. The cat was first photographed by...

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AIR ONE electric flying car is getting closer to your garage

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Mantle8 takes its natural hydrogen hunt from the Pyrenees to Dubai

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AIR ONE electric flying car is getting closer to your garage

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Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Starbucks tested precision-fermented milk from Perfect Day in 2021, but is it hiding in your latte today?

Alien chemistry crashed through a roof in New Jersey

meteorite crashed through a New Jersey roof carrying ancient salts, organic compounds and amino acids. After a few too many visits to Ontario’s Crystal Cave — and my own mysterious fireball in the forest — I have questions about the alien chemistry falling around us.

Adidas wanted to sell one shoe. Then it stepped into a global culture war

Adidas Israel featured amputee runner Shalev Biton in its Single Shoe campaign, designed to let people who need only one shoe buy one instead of a pair. The local campaign has since sparked international boycott calls and an apology from Adidas.

Scientists make lead-free perovskite solar cells that can weather the elements

Scientists have developed a “raincoat” for lead-free tin perovskite solar cells, helping them withstand air, moisture and heat while maintaining high efficiency.

Europe’s mountain plants are paying off an extinction debt

Europe’s mountaintops may look richer in plant life, but rising species numbers are masking the disappearance of alpine specialists as temperatures climb.
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