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Critical wetland in Angola gets formal Ramsar recognition

Ryan Truscott 21 Jan 2026
Soil microbes. Invisible to the naked eye, microbial communities play a huge role in planetary processes, such as nutrient cycling, and are vital to ecosystem and human health.

IUCN launches group to conserve at-risk microbes vital to life on Earth

Sean Mowbray 21 Jan 2026
Margerie Glacier in Alaska in 2007. Photo by Rhett Ayers Butler.

What can—and cannot—be done to save the world’s glaciers

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Jan 2026

Photos: Top new species from 2025

Liz Kimbrough 29 Dec 2025
Ningsih is about to add chlorine to the "Gentong Mas Santun" septic tank, which functions to inhibit the growth of and eliminate bacteria and microbes in feces.

On Indonesia’s longest river, a Borneo community passes crucial public health milestone

Anggita Raissa 29 Dec 2025
Giant conebird in Peru.

Project sees long-term success restoring forests in the high Andes: Study

Ruth Kamnitzer 22 Dec 2025
A woman working on a landscape restoration project in Abijata-Shalla National Park, Ethiopia. Image by Solomon Yimer for Mongabay.

Ethiopian youth groups restore Rift valley lake & livelihoods

Solomon Yimer 22 Dec 2025
A sewage outlet in Bangkok.

Marine heat waves and raw sewage combine to put human health at risk

Sean Mowbray 18 Dec 2025

West and Central Africa tackle coastal erosion

Adrienne Engono, Carolle Ahodekon, Charles Kolou, Christophe Assogba, Roland Klohi, Rosie Pioth 16 Dec 2025
A woman gathers plants along the banks of the Mekong River while a child plays in the background. Water levels of the mighty Mekong River have dropped drastically due to drought-like conditions and damming upstream. The drop disrupts the region’s water supply, transport routes, and the livelihood of communities in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that more than one billion people will face water shortages due to climate change. Credit: © Greenpeace / Vinai Dithajohn

New mapping reveals hidden mining boom in Laos that threatens the Mekong

Andy Ball, Gerald Flynn, Konlaphat Siri 10 Dec 2025
A child at work collecting e-waste in the Agbogbloshie dump in Ghana.

Can two Amazons survive? Invisible e-waste is poisoning the world

Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford 3 Dec 2025
The river survey team near the Zambian border. Image courtesy of Jen Guyton / TWP/NGOWP.

Scientists chart a new source, and length, for Africa’s famous Zambezi River

Ryan Truscott 3 Dec 2025
Tourists Bharat Lake Nepal

New riverside lake in Nepal wins hearts, but faces government opposition

Suresh Bidari 28 Nov 2025
Land subsidence is putting buildings in five Indian megacities, including Delhi, pictured here, at high risk of structural damage. Image by Pinakpani via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Indian megacities are sinking putting thousands of buildings at risk: Study

Mongabay.com 27 Nov 2025
Fledglings of Lesser Adjutant in the Parsa-Koshi Complex. Image by Hem Bahadur Katuwal.

Bird diversity drops in human-dominated habitats, Nepal study suggests

Sonam Lama Hyolmo 26 Nov 2025
Satellite imagery from February 2025 shows the transformation of the landscape at Global Green's gold mine, which is believed to be contaminating the O'Ta Bouk River. Image provided by Google Earth, Maxar Technologies.

Toxic runoff from politically linked gold mine poisons Cambodian rivers, communities

Andy Ball, Gerald Flynn, Phoung Vantha 24 Nov 2025
Pastoralists in Lesotho.

Lesotho communities allege greenwashing by project transferring water to South Africa

Malavika Vyawahare 21 Nov 2025

IDB financed meat & poultry company that polluted Indigenous Ecuador lands: Report

Ana Cristina Alvarado 21 Nov 2025
A woman in her 60s fills empty jerrycans in a wheelbarrow with water she draws from an old well in Tallo village, Makassar.

Makassar women press for water as taps and wells run dry in sweltering Indonesian city

Sri Wahyuni 20 Nov 2025
Sámi reindeer herders and conservationists set up a protest camp at the facilities of the Blue Moon Metals Nussir mine in Finnmark county, Norway. Photo by Rasmus Berg / Natur og Ungdom.

Plans to dispose of mining waste in Norway’s Arctic Ocean worries Sámi fishers, herders

Aimee Gabay 18 Nov 2025
Producing an AI chip requires 10-15 times more energy than making a standard chip.

AI data center revolution sucks up world’s energy, water, materials

Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford 14 Nov 2025
Samuel Bourgault, leader of the project part of the drone program at the MWIFMA. Image by Boris R. Thebia.

Photos: Drones help First Nations track down cold-water havens for salmon amid warming

Boris R. Thebia 13 Nov 2025

Study finds deforestation fuels West Africa’s water crisis

David Akana 7 Nov 2025
By fusing satellite, drone and ground-based data with AI-powered analytics, Earth observation systems now provide meter-scale insights (or finer) for key human-driven environmental impacts.

Report identifies 10 emerging tech solutions to enhance planetary health

Julian Reingold 4 Nov 2025
Ganga River at Varanasi ghat. Image by Babasteve via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

India’s Ganga River drying at unprecedented levels

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2025
A boy kicks a soccer ball near signage for the COP30 U.N. Climate Conference in Belem, Brazil, March 23, 2025. Image by AP Photo/Jorge Saenz.

Belém faces its social and natural demons as host to COP30

Peter Speetjens 28 Oct 2025
Communities in the Salinas Grandes and Laguna de Guayatayoc Basin have activities such as livestock farming, agriculture, crafts and tourism. Image courtesy of Clemente Flores.

Lithium mining may threaten a precious resource — water: Voices from the land (commentary)

Clemente Flores 27 Oct 2025
Leaching ponds have been drilled into the mountains of Laos, using a mix of toxic chemicals to separate the rare earth minerals from the other materials siphoned out of the ground. Image supplied by source.

Rare earth mining expands into Laos, threatening entire Mekong River

Mongabay 27 Oct 2025
A yurt with solar panels in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.

How to clean solar panels in arid areas? Waterless systems could improve efficiency

Samuel Ogunsona 24 Oct 2025
The Pujada Nickel Mining Project leaves an open-wide brown pit, sandwiched between the Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary and Pujada Bay.

Nickel mining damage near UNESCO site stirs outrage in southern Philippines

Bong S. Sarmiento 23 Oct 2025

Negro River study finds genetic damage in fish after oil spill

Tiago da Mota e Silva 20 Oct 2025
Farmers gather at Bhimruli guava market for selling their produces.

Guava yields in South Asia shrink due to unpredictable heat & rainfall

Sadiqur Rahman 20 Oct 2025

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