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In 2025, botanists Rodrigo Cámara-Leret and Juan Carlos Copete embarked on a two-hour boat ride down the Vaupés River in the Colombian Amazon, followed by a two-hour hike to the village of Wacará, where about 140 Indigenous Cacua people live in relative isolation. They were aiming to study the medicinal plants used by this Indigenous […]

Keith Wright from Dorset, worked on Apollo 11 - the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon.

Artemis II is close to launch - Simon King explains the critical importance of the weather to its success.

Little bits of greenery are popping up in cities, making summers more bearable for urbanites.

BBC’s Leyla Khodabakhshi speaks to locals and visitors in Florida ahead of the Artemis II mission blast off.

The UK's largest native butterfly has not been seen in the region for more than a century.

The project at Bolling Hall Museum will focus on Bradford-born astronomer Abraham Sharp.

JAKARTA — As the U.S.-Israel war on Iran drives oil prices above $100 a barrel and disrupts global supply routes, Indonesia is once again confronting the costs of its dependence on fossil fuels — with growing calls not only to accelerate its renewable energy adoption, but also to make oil and gas companies help pay […]

Conservation has no shortage of ambitious policy. Marine protected areas now cover roughly 8% of the world’s oceans. Protected lands account for nearly a fifth of the planet’s terrestrial surface. Community forest concessions span millions of hectares across the tropics. On paper, the progress is striking. Yet conservationists have long warned about “paper parks”: protected […]

Seagrass meadows, which rarely draw the attention given to coral reefs or mangrove forests, perform a steady but important task: they help hold coasts in place. The plants anchor themselves in sediment through dense root systems that bind the seabed, similar to how forests stabilize soil on land. Oscar Serrano Gras, a researcher affiliated with […]

Madagascar is renowned for its lemurs, which are threatened due to hunting and deforestation. Restoring native forests to ensure their survival is critical, but once damaged, forests in Madagascar are vulnerable to takeover by invasive guava trees — whose seeds the lemurs themselves are helping to spread. When the delicious strawberry guavas (Psidium cattleyanum) are […]

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil is finding protection in a decades-old buffer against shocks that is both cheap and environmentally friendly as global oil markets tremble amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Tens of millions of Brazilian drivers have a choice at the pump: fill up with 100% sugarcane-based ethanol or a gasoline […]

Here at CleanTechnica we like to step aside and have a little fun on April 1 and tease our readers a bit. (See here, here, here, and here.) So, in keeping with that tradition, I’d like to test your ability to separate truth from tripe, to distinguish applesauce from argument. ... [continued] The post An April Fool’s Joke Or Not? “The God Squad Is Overriding Protections For Endangered Species” appeared first on CleanTechnica.

The Solutions Project is a nonprofit philanthropic foundation that funds and amplifies the stories of grassroots climate organizations, most of which are led by women and people of color. The Project practices Solidarity Philanthropy, centering equity and justice at the heart of grant-making. They’ve invested $50 million+ in grants to ... [continued] The post Black-Led Climate Actions — Featuring The Solutions Project Grantees appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Toyota Motor Corporation is moving to join cellcentric as an equal shareholder alongside Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG, following the signing of a non-binding memorandum of understanding among the parties. The planned structure would give all three companies equal ownership in cellcentric, which will continue to operate as an ... [continued] The post Volvo, Toyota, & Daimler Truck Ink Memorandum For Fuel Cell Development appeared first on CleanTechnica.