Conservation news https://news.mongabay.com/list/health/ Environmental science and conservation news Sat, 19 Sep 2026 21:22:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.5 https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2020/05/16160320/cropped-mongabay_icon-32x32.png News on Health https://news.mongabay.com/list/health/ 32 32 Rooftop rainwater sprinkler systems could help cool warming cities, study says https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/rooftop-rainwater-sprinkler-systems-could-help-cool-warming-cities-study-says/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/rooftop-rainwater-sprinkler-systems-could-help-cool-warming-cities-study-says/#respond 18 Sep 2026 14:16:56 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=330065 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/rooftop-rainwater-sprinkler-systems-could-help-cool-warming-cities-study-says/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-330065 In Southeast Asia, residents grapple with life under Indonesia’s wildfire haze 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15:15:19 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=327777 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/failed-environmental-safeguards-leave-coastal-bangladesh-facing-coal-pollution/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-327777 Community programs linked to lower forest loss in Indonesia’s Borneo during COVID-19 https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/community-programs-linked-to-lower-forest-loss-in-indonesias-borneo-during-covid-19/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/community-programs-linked-to-lower-forest-loss-in-indonesias-borneo-during-covid-19/#respond 28 Aug 2026 02:03:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=327673 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/community-programs-linked-to-lower-forest-loss-in-indonesias-borneo-during-covid-19/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-327673 As hay fever sufferers grow in Japan, the country is looking to plant no-pollen trees https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/as-hay-fever-sufferers-grow-in-japan-the-country-is-looking-to-plant-no-pollen-trees/ 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Aug 2026 21:47:45 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=326958 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/world-must-look-to-the-past-to-prepare-for-likely-unprecedented-el-nino/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-326958 Six things to know about Asia’s heatwave and the health impacts https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/six-things-to-know-about-asias-heatwave-and-the-health-impacts/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/six-things-to-know-about-asias-heatwave-and-the-health-impacts/#respond 21 Aug 2026 10:09:11 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/?p=326854 Mongabay]]> https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/six-things-to-know-about-asias-heatwave-and-the-health-impacts/feed/ 0 https://doi.org/10.66709/news-326854 Tapirs, bats and nests: How plastic infiltrates Amazonian wildlife https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/tapirs-bats-and-nests-how-plastic-infiltrates-amazonian-wildlife/ https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/tapirs-bats-and-nests-how-plastic-infiltrates-amazonian-wildlife/#respond 18 Aug 2026 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