2016 May | Greenpage

Great Barrier Reef needs $10bn for chance of survival, scientists say this election is Australia’s last chance to save the reef, which requires $1bn a year for 10 years to reduce water pollution to give it a chance to survive climate change, report warns

The 2016 Australian election is the last opportunity to save the Great Barrier Reef, the authors of a new scientific paper have warned. The government needs to commit to $1bn a year for 10 years to reduce water pollution, which would give the reef a chance to survive the impacts of climate change, according to the paper […]

May 19 2016 | Posted in News at Now | Read More »

Farming is ‘single biggest cause’ of worst air pollution in Europe Nitrogen compounds from fertilizers and animal waste drifting over industrial regions is combining to form fine particulate pollution, report finds

Farming is the biggest single cause of the worst air pollution in Europe, a new study has found, as nitrogen compounds from fertilizers and animal waste drift over industrial regions. When the nitrogen compounds are mixed with air already polluted from industry, they combine to form solid particles that can stick in the fine lung tissue […]

May 18 2016 | Posted in News at Now | Read More »

Mindless stone lifting from rivers triggers erosion

Vast tracts of farmland in different villages under Patgram upazila of the district are turning sandy and unfit for farming due to erosion caused by illegal stone lifting from the Dharla, Saniazan and Shingirmari rivers. Though the district and upazila administrations are taking stern action against illegal stone lifting, the organized gangs are continuing to lift […]

May 11 2016 | Posted in Bangladesh Exclusive | Read More »

The Famous Jellyfish Lake Is Running Out of Jellyfish Palau’s unique golden jellyfish are probably being hammered by drought and El Niño.

Swimming with golden jellyfish swarms in a saltwater lake in Palau has long been on the bucket lists of adventurous travelers. But that singular experience may be in jeopardy, scientists warn, as these famous jellyfish have all but disappeared. The jellies likely live on attached to the lake bottom as polyps, an early phase in the jellyfish life cycle. If so, scientists are […]

May 9 2016 | Posted in News at Now | Read More »

Global water shortages to deliver ‘severe hit’ to economies, World Bank warns The Middle East, north Africa, central Asia and south Asia due to suffer biggest economic hit from water scarcity as climate change takes hold, report finds

Water shortages will deliver a “severe hit” to the economies of the Middle East, central Asia, and Africa by the middle of the century, taking double digits off their GDP, the World Bank warned on Tuesday. By 2050, growing demand for cities and for agriculture would put water in short supply in regions where it is now […]

May 4 2016 | Posted in News at Now | Read More »

Cocoa farms spring back to life in Sierra Leone A training programme for youth in Sierra Leone brings 4,500 hectares of land back to life through cocoa farming.

As Mary Sia Kombo walks through the trees and shrubs of her family's cocoa farm, images of her father flood her memory. "He used to carry me to the farm with him," recalls 23-year-old Kombo. "It was a special time spent with my father. I learned a lot." Though her father died in 2007, she […]

May 2 2016 | Posted in News at Now | Read More »