Liberia has a new plan to protect its rainforests. Can it work?
Around half of West Africa’s remaining rainforests are in the small coastal nation of Liberia. They’re home to species like western chimpanzees and pygmy hippos, valuable stands of hardwood — and hundreds of thousands of people. Despite years of logging reforms backed by foreign aid, Liberia lost more than 38,000 hectares (94,000 acres) of humid primary forest in 2024 , driven by factors including agriculture, unsustainable logging and mining.
Hope fades for finding survivors after Afghan quake kills more than 1,400
Hope is fading of finding survivors in the rubble of homes devastated by a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan over the weekend that killed more than 1,400 people, as emergency services struggle to reach remote villages.
Denmark apologises to Greenland’s forced contraception victims
A group of 143 women have since filed a lawsuit against the Danish state demanding compensation:138 of them were under 18 at the time. Use of the birth control was so widespread that Greenland’s population growth severely slowed.
5 forecasts early climate models got right – the evidence is all around you
Climate models have their limitations, of course. For instance, they cannot predict regional climate change as well as people would like. But the fact that climate science, like any field, has significant unknowns should not blind us to what we do know.
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