Glaciologist Olivier Gagliardini says that while it is too early to know whether climate change was behind this avalanche, global warming is contributing to destabilizing the mountains and we could see more events of this nature in future
Vanessa Villegas-Solórzano|San Diego La Mesa Tochimiltzingo (Mexico)|
The country’s rich biological heritage gave rise to spirits based on the agave plant. But now, local communities are facing a voracious industry that is putting their main pollinators at risk
Mining, ranching and logging by squatters — who are acting in collusion with the Ortega government in Managua — are expanding to the Costa Rican side of this nature reserve, which is key to maintaining the biological connectivity of the Americas
The rapidly advancing predator is a good swimmer and has also colonized Formentera and satellite islets in the Mediterranean. Scientists warn other micromammals that control the insect population are also disappearing
Dozens of buildings in the Egyptian city, the southern Mediterranean’s most-populated metropolis, are collapsing from coastal erosion and the infiltration of sea water in its aquifers
A social media post about a “spray” to quiet the little frog unleashes a wave of indignation on the island, which is already going through a crisis of excess tourism and forced displacement of its residents
Embrapa, the public agricultural research agency, is committed to combining livestock, crops, and trees to turn around a sector that pollutes more than Japan
The municipality, adjacent to Mexico City and surrounded by concrete, suffers from the heat island effect. The community came to the rescue with this accelerated tree planting method
Spaniard Carlos Mallo received the Goldman Prize this week, considered the Nobel Prize of environmentalism: ‘Tourism is the main factor damaging the islands’
His first encyclical, in 2015, helped launch the Paris Agreement. In 2023, he updated it to scold countries for not weaning themselves off fossil fuels
Climate change is already wreaking havoc on the mental health of Latin Americans. Experts call for more research and recommend what actions need to be taken
A report by Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organization warns of an increased risk of torrential rains on the continent, where warming is progressing faster than in other regions
A story published by ‘Redacción Regional’,‘Dromómanos’ and ‘MalaYerba’ documents the latest acquisition of land by the president of El Salvador, whose family has significantly increased its holdings in recent years