Underwater lake heatwaves are on the rise, threatening aquatic life: A view of Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes. Travis J. Camp/Shutterstock Lakes are essential to ecosystems, providing freshwater, supporting biodiversity and offering crucial habitat for fish and other aquatic species. But a recent study by my colleagues and I shows that lakes around …
Why Venezuela is threatening to annex Guyana’s oil-rich province of Essequibo: The US air force has taken the unusual step of holding joint drills with Guyana as the United Nations scheduled an emergency meeting of the security council to discuss Venezuela’s threat to annex more than two-thirds of the oil-rich South American country. Guyanese president, …
Argentina’s Brexit: why new president Milei is threatening to pull out of South America’s common market: Javier Milei, who was elected as Argentina’s new president on November 19, has promised to withdraw from the South American “common market”, Mercosur. This decision could have significant economic and social repercussions for Argentina, potentially similar to when the …
There are many reasons disabled people can’t just work from home — threatening to cut their benefits won’t fix the wider problems: PBXStudio/Shutterstock As part of the UK government’s latest economic plan, disabled people may have to look for jobs they can do from home or face cuts to their benefits. Previously, disabled people with …
Measles: how declining vaccination levels in London are threatening herd immunity: fotohay/Shutterstock The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned of an increased risk of measles outbreaks, particularly in London. Although the probability of a large epidemic is still considered to be low elsewhere in the UK, the UKHSA’s projections suggest the capital could see …
Roadkill: vehicle collisions may be threatening the survival of some mammal populations: It’s almost impossible to take your car for a drive without seeing some of the millions of animals that are killed on roads each year. Such deaths, commonly referred to by researchers as roadkill, negatively affect wildlife populations. But exactly how it does …
Election violence in Nigeria’s south east is threatening to derail voting in the region: Armed policemen patrol ahead of the last governorship election in Anambra state, southeast Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Violence is a perennial feature of elections in Nigeria. It happens across the three stages of the electoral cycle – before, …
Climate change is threatening Madagascar’s famous forests – our study shows how serious it is: Urgent action is needed to protect Madagascar's forests. Rijasolo/AFP via Getty Images Global climate change doesn’t only cause the melting of polar ice caps, rising sea levels and extreme weather events. It also has a direct effect on many tropical …
Fungal toxins are widespread in European wheat – threatening human health and the economy: Harmful fungal toxins are a growing threat for European wheat. Sergey Butin/Shutterstock Wheat provides 19% of the calories and 21% of the protein consumed by humans globally. But a fungal disease called fusarium head blight (FHB), which can infect wheat crops …
Climate change is causing endangered African wild dogs to give birth later – threatening the survival of the pack: African wild dog with pups. Manoj Shah/GettyImages Wildlife are responding and adapting to climate change in various ways. Some adaptations are more obvious. Flowering plants, for example, are blooming sooner each year in parts of the …
COVID has reached North Korea, threatening a humanitarian emergency: The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020. But it’s only in recent days, in May 2022, that the secretive Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) has reported its first confirmed cases of the virus. While it may seem somewhat astounding that …
Climate change: world’s lakes are in hot water – threatening rare wildlife: Jdross75/Shutterstock The Earth’s surface is splotched with 117 million lakes. Some are scarcely more than ponds, while others are so big they can be seen from space. At 395 miles long, 49 miles wide and just over 1 mile deep, Lake Baikal in …
Johannesburg is threatening to sideline informal waste pickers. Why it’s a bad idea: Waste reclaimers do a far more effective job of collecting waste for recycling in Johannesburg. Getty Images Like all cities in the world, Johannesburg, South Africa’s commercial capital, has a waste management problem. In 2018/19, more than 290 000 tonnes of waste …
How China’s Belt and Road Initiative is changing cities – and threatening communities: Colombo with the Port City development in the distance. Rakhitha_w/Shutterstock The ancient Silk Road was a historical network of trade routes stretching from China to Europe. It was established around 2,000 years ago, during the Han Dynasty – often considered China’s golden …
Disappearing glaciers are threatening rare alpine plants with extinction: Creeping avens – a plant native to mountains in Central Asia and Europe. Losapio/Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution High up on a mountain where winds are too fierce, temperatures too extreme and soils too poor for trees, some of the most unusual plants on Earth grow. …
Outdated carbon credits from old wind and solar farms are threatening climate change efforts: chuyuss / shutterstock French global energy giant Total recently announced it had delivered its first shipment of “carbon neutral liquid natural gas”. Natural gas is, of course, a fossil fuel and so can’t itself be carbon neutral. Instead, emissions from transporting …
Streaming wars: how threatening are they really to the film industry?: The decision by Warner fuels a popular fallacy that studios simply react to what customers want. Cory Seamer/Shutterstock In a world of countless entertainment opportunities, movies are one of the few remaining proven ways to attract a new audience and retain existing ones. Yet …
South Africa in the news: Senior Shin Bet officials said threatening to quit if Netanyahu aide named next chief: Senior Shin Bet officials are threatening to resign if National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat is appointed the next head of the security agency, the Kan public broadcaster reports. It’s not so …: “South Africa” – BingNews …