POLLINATORS
Bees, birds and bats, and other similar pollinators, affect 35% of the world’s crop production. They also increase the yield of 87 leading food crops …
SPACE ROCKS
Space Rocks. An attack on planet Earth conjures up images of Martians, alien empires such as those in the film “Independence Day”, and a whole …
SWAMPED BY ENGLISH
Swamped by English could be an excerpt from British colonial history or, maybe, a report sent back from the Spanish Armada after Sir Francis Drake …
A 24-7 OPERATION
Fishing in international waters has become a 24-7 operation. A single country has accounted for about 80 percent of the fishing in the international waters …
USED PLASTIC
Getting rid of used plastic has been on the top of many researchers’ dreams for quite some time now. Huge rafts of plastic circulating in …
MOSQUITO
The publication “Gates Notes” is celebrating “Mosquito Week”, although celebrating is hardly the right word to describe the animal that kills more human beings each …
PLANNING AHEAD
Planning ahead is something that seems completely alien in our current soundbite world. When all anyone seems to think about, assuming they think at all …
5 STRATEGIES
These are 5 strategies for reducing CO2 emissions across the globe. Most of us are well-aware of the dangers of CO2 emissions, just as we …
OCEAN NOISE
Reducing ambient ocean noise is hardly something that most people would think about on a regular basis. However, imagine your upstairs neighbour was having work …
MUD
In Yemen’s ancient walled city of Sana’a, mud skyscrapers soar high into the sky. The towering structures are built entirely out of rammed earth, and are decorated …