Wally Broecker divined how the climate could suddenly shift
It was the mid-1980s, at a meeting in Switzerland, when Wally Broecker’s ears perked up. Scientist Hans Oeschger was describing an ice core drilled...
Grainy ice cream is unpleasant. Plant-based nanocrystals might help
You can never have too much ice cream, but you can have too much ice in your ice cream. Adding plant-based nanocrystals to the...
Entrepreneurship, investment key to achieving SDGs and resilient post-pandemic recovery
A United Nations forum opened in Dubai today, spotlighting entrepreneurship, innovation, and investment in a post-pandemic recovery as vehicles to achieving Sustainable Development Goals...
War or Peace, Barbarism or Hope
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 29 (IPS) – The spectre of ‘stagflation’ threatens the world once again. This time, the risk is the direct...
Farmers in northern Haiti dig for resilience
Farmers in the north of Haiti are working to build their resilience to extreme weather patterns in an attempt to better protect themselves from...
UN’s Bachelet hails ‘millions of voices’ tackling racial discrimination
More than two decades after the signing of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (PoA) – the UN’s blueprint to tackle racism and other...
The Horn of Africa is experiencing the worst drought since 1981, and a shortfall in aid funding is putting the lives of millions of...
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General on Monday called on countries in Asia and the Pacific to speed up the shift from fossil fuels to...
Consensus emerging on many issues, UN’s Sudan envoy tells Security Council
The United Nations envoy for Sudan told the Security Council today that consensus has emerged on many issues towards establishing a functional government, warning...
Libya detention centres remain places of violations and abuse: experts
Many of Libya’s migrant detention centres remain places of terrible and systematic abuse, that may amount to crimes against humanity, top rights investigators said...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now