Published by The New York Times Science & Environment As negotiators at the Glasgow climate talks try to agree on greenhouse gas cuts, African leaders say poorer countries can’t be expected to remake their systems as quickly as wealthy ones. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/climate/africa-fossil-fuel-gas-cop26.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Developing nations have long said they need aid from wealthy countries to shift to renewable energy. South Africa may show how that would work in practice. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/world/africa/south-africa-coal-renewables.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, government-owned energy companies are increasing oil and natural gas production as U.S. and European companies pare supply because of climate concerns. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/business/energy-environment/oil-production-state-owned-companies.html
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society On the 17th of September, the Minister of Fisheries in Gabon, a country in Central Africa, issued an emergency decree suspending the Gabonese shrimp fishery indefinitely after making alarming discoveries while on fisheries patrol with the Sea Shepherd vessel Bob Barker. Almost one month ago, the Gabonese Fisheries Minister, the Honorable Biendi Maganga-Moussavou, […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Dead bees were found near where the birds died at a park in South Africa, said officials, who suggested the bees may have become aggressive after their nest was disturbed. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/climate/penguins-bee-stings.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The storm, which formed off the west coast of Africa, is currently not expected to impact the U.S. directly, a meteorologist said. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/article/tropical-storm-rose-hurricane.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new paleoclimate model finds many favorable windows when Homo sapiens might have survived a migration out of Africa. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/science/archaeology-africa-climate-sapiens.html
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Monrovia, Liberia – On the 17th of July, the Sea Shepherd ship Sam Simon was alerted to the distress of the Liberian-registered cargo vessel Niko Ivanka by the Commander of the Liberian Coast Guard, as the cargo vessel was taking on water off the coast of Liberia, West Africa. Sam Simon, under the command […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society LOS ANGELES – June 24, 2021 – A bold new documentary from director Eli Roth and executive producers Leonardo DiCaprio and Nina Dobrev brings light to the urgent plight of sharks around the world. ‘Fin’, which features the work of acclaimed photographer Michael Muller, will be available for streaming on discovery+ starting July […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Nature-positive food production can promote equitable livelihoods, especially when communities manage their own natural resources. Read the full article at: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/local-communities-are-key-to-equitable-sustainable-food-systems
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Monday, Apr 19, 2021 – In less than two days, armed Sierra Leone Navy sailors stationed on board the Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker carried out a series of covert at-sea raids on fishing vessels in the waters of the West African country of Sierra Leone, arresting five trawlers for illegal fishing. […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A hastily formed crowdsourcing operation to contain the insects in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia could help manage climate-related disasters everywhere. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/science/locust-swarms-africa.html
Published by the Environmental News Service GLAND, Switzerland, March 26, 2021 (ENS) – Poaching for ivory and loss of habitat over the past five decades have taken a grim toll on African elephants. The African forest elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis, is now listed as Critically Endangered and the African savanna elephant, Loxodonta africana, is listed as […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Commentary by Sea Shepherd CEO Captain Alex Cornelissen March 24th, 2021 – Over the past five years Sea Shepherd has focused on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU fishing). Our campaigns, primarily in West Africa, have given us a wealth of information regarding the impact of both IUU fisheries as […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Desecrated by plunderers, threatened by floodwaters and largely overshadowed by their Egyptian counterparts, Sudan’s ancient archaeological sites may finally be poised to receive broader recognition. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/travel/sudan-archaeology-meroe.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The assumption that adding apex predators to wildlife parks in South Africa benefits smaller animals is in need of more testing, scientists say. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/13/science/lions-south-africa-wildlife-parks.html
Black History Month is an opportunity for people of all races to recognize and honor the incredible accomplishments of black scientists. From St. Elmo Brady, the first African American to earn a PhD in chemistry, to Mary Elliott and Carl Hill, who developed novel approaches to polymerization – key steps in the development of plastics […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WINDHOEK, Namibia, February 1, 2021 (ENS) – The fate of one of Africa’s most valuable ecosystems will depend on results from wells being drilled deep into the bedrock beneath the Kalahari Desert of northern Namibia and Botswana in the hunt for a petroleum reservoir. If the search by Canadian […]
Published by the Environmental News Service NAIROBI, Kenya, January 21, 2021 (ENS) – The United Nations Ozone Secretariat is about the last place a Gen Zer might look for a fun new mobile game, but that’s about to change on Sunday, January 24, World Education Day, when the Secretariat will release “Reset Earth,” an innovative […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A trove from a Portuguese trading ship that sank in 1533 preserved genetic traces of whole lineages that have vanished from West Africa. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/science/ivory-elephants-shipwreck.html