These are the 5 costliest invasive species, causing billions in damages
Invasive species can wreak havoc on local ecosystems. Cleaning up that biological wreckage comes at a big price. These invaders, often thrust into new...
Jonathan Lambert
Recipes with a Taste of Sustainable Development on the Coast of El Salvador
SAN LUIS LA HERRADURA, El Salvador, Mar 31 (IPS) – Salvadoran villager Maria Luz Rodriguez placed the cheese on top of the lasagna she...
Farming-Specific Loans Help Tanzania’s Smallholders Increase Productivity
MADABA/MAFINGA, Tanzania, Mar 31 (IPS) – Small agricultural loans, disbursed through mobile phones and targeting specific farming activities at different phases of production, have...
Physicists’ devotion to symmetry has led them astray before
Second of two parts Physicists have a lot in common with Ponce de León and U2’s Bono. After decades of searching, they aren’t getting...
GENEVA, Mar 31 (IPS) – The writer is with Geneva Solutions, a non-profit journalistic platform dedicated to International Geneva.The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) Hurricane...
Weather radar shows 30 metric tons of grasshoppers swarmed Las Vegas one night
The dazzling lights of Las Vegas are meant to attract. And on one summer night, they did just that, luring millions of grasshoppers— a...
BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 30 (IPS) – The world is emerging from the biggest social and economic shock in living memory, but it will be...
Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines may block infection as well as disease
Vaccines against COVID-19 are about 90 percent effective at blocking coronavirus infections, real-world studies of health care workers, firefighters, police, teachers and other essential...
Dazzling underwater photos capture new views and scientific detail of fish larvae
The open ocean is a veritable soup of tiny critters, including newborn fishes. It’s hard to learn about them, though, because they are mere...
Developing Countries COVID-19 Debt Crisis Could Put 2030 Agenda & Paris Agreement Completely Out of Reach
BONN, Germany, Mar 30 (IPS) – The inability of developing nations to spend on post COVID-19 recovery and resilience has placed the world on...
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