Science & Environment Plant life ‘expanding over the Himalayas’ By Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment correspondent, BBC World Service 10 January 2020 Climate change Image copyrightKAREN ANDERSONImage captionShrubs and grasses in the Khumbu valley Vegetation is expanding at high altitudes in the Himalayas, including in the Everest region, new research has shown. The researchers found plant life […]
Gone but Not Forgotten
Climate change: Greenland ice melt ‘is accelerating’ By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent, San Francisco Media captionGreenland melting ‘faster than expected’ Greenland is losing ice seven times faster than it was in the 1990s. The assessment comes from an international team of polar scientists who’ve reviewed all the satellite observations over a 26-year period. They say […]
NOT AS DIVERSE AS WE THOUGHT
Global levels of biodiversity could be lower than we think, new study warns Date: December 2, 2019 Source: University of Sussex Summary: Biodiversity across the globe could be in a worse state than previously thought, as assessments fail to account for long-lasting impact of land change, a new study has warned. Tropical forest (stock image). […]
Tourism Sustainability Barometer
TOURISM’S GROWTH ACROSS ALL REGIONS STRENGTHENS SECTOR’S POTENTIAL TO CONTRIBUTE TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA ALL REGIONS 12 DEC 19 Madrid, Spain, 12 December 2019 – International tourist arrivals grew by a further 4% between January and September of 2019, the latest issue of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer indicates. Tourism’s growth continues to outpace global […]
Island Acts to Defend its Future
Seychelles: The island nation with a novel way to tackle climate change By Catherine Byaruhanga and Louise AdamouBBC News, Seychelles 8 December 2019 Fisherman Darryl Green welcomes the restrictions On board Darryl Green’s small fishing boat, just off the island of Praslin in the Seychelles, the water is so clear we can see the seabed. […]