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Coastal Indonesian village adapts to life amid rising tidal floodwaters

Nuswantoro 5 Aug 2021

A world of hurt: 2021 climate disasters raise alarm over food security

Sue Branford and Glenn Scherer 4 Aug 2021

After two collapses, a third Vale dam at ‘imminent risk of rupture’

Juliana Ennes 14 Jun 2021

Study shows it took the Amazon as we know it over 6 million years to form

Claire Asher 7 Jun 2021

Talks break down over crumbling Yemeni tanker threatening massive oil spill

Elizabeth Fitt 2 Jun 2021

Mining linked yet again to another severe flood in Indonesian Borneo

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Jun 2021

Death toll rises to 10 after landslide at dam site in orangutan habitat

Ayat S. Karokaro 7 May 2021

Deadly landslide hits Indonesian dam project in orangutan habitat, again

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Apr 2021

Mining sites in Indonesia’s disaster-prone areas a ticking time bomb: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Mar 2021

Philippines looks to improve disaster preparedness with geospatial tech

Rosy Mina 10 Mar 2021

On a Philippine volcano, an eruption-proof mouse rules the roost

Leilani Chavez 23 Feb 2021

Philippine quarries under scrutiny after deadly mudflow buries homes

Mavic Conde 19 Feb 2021

Indonesian police may probe coal miners over deforestation-linked floods

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Feb 2021

Indonesia to push for mine rehab, reforestation after deadly floods

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Feb 2021

Plantations, mines didn’t worsen flood, Indonesia says. The data begs to differ

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Jan 2021

Palm oil plantations, coal mines linked to deadly Indonesia flood

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Jan 2021

Worker feared dead as landslide hits quake-prone dam in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Dec 2020

Deadly anniversary: Rio Doce, Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, 5 years on

Ana Ionova 17 Nov 2020

Missing mangroves are root of contention over Philippine airport project

Leilani Chavez, Susan Claire Agbayani 17 Sep 2020

Oil palm plantations in Sumatran watershed worsen flooding in communities

Basten Gokkon 11 Sep 2020

Mauritius grapples with worst environmental crisis in a generation

Malavika Vyawahare 10 Aug 2020

Siberian heat drives Arctic ice extent to record low for early July

Gloria Dickie 10 Jul 2020

Oil slick threatens Philippine mangrove forest recovering from earlier spill

Jun N. Aguirre 10 Jul 2020

Traditional villages dread living in shadow of Amazon tailings dams

Thais Borges and Sue Branford 9 Jul 2020

Decade after BP Deepwater Horizon spill, oil drilling is as dangerous as ever

Liz Kimbrough 20 Apr 2020

Uphill fight to shut disaster-amplifying gold mines in Indonesian park

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 Feb 2020

Database offers new details on the dams that hold mining waste

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2020

Mining leads to flooding in Indonesia’s coal capital Samarinda

Yovanda 5 Feb 2020
Shaman Angohó Ha-ha-hãe, one of the leaders of Naô Xohã indigenous village, poses for a photo close to the Paraopeba River. The Naô Xohã community is requesting to be temporarily relocated by Vale due to the river pollution. Image by Luiz Guilherme Fernandes for Mongabay

After a mine killed their river, a Brazil tribe fights for a new home

Elisângela Mendonça 24 Jan 2020

Ten actions for Brazilian scientists to engage in environmental politics (commentary)

Ananda R. Pereira Martins | Lucas Pereira Martins | Leila Figueiredo 10 Jan 2020

Jakarta floods spark renewed calls for stronger environmental protection

Basten Gokkon 7 Jan 2020

Environmental damage exacerbates Jakarta flooding amid record rainfall

Basten Gokkon 2 Jan 2020

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