Rebecca Pozzi Taubert
Contributor
A powerful earthquake in Myanmar struck on the 24th of August. It left three people dead, including two children, and hundreds of ancient temples damaged in the country’s old capital, Bagan, in the central part of the Southeast Asian country. Tremors from the 6.8 magnitude quake were felt across the region, including in Bangkok, Bangladesh and eastern India. “Two young girls
American marine biologist James Estes has recently unveiled that sea otters, marine mammals native to the coasts of the North Pacific Ocean, contribute to saving our planet. His research, recently published in the book Serendipity: An Ecologist’s Quest to Understand Nature, observes wildlife behaviour through the interactions of predators with prey populations. Such synergies, called trophic
Originally from Syria, jeweller Aboud Shalhoub had been living in Istanbul, Turkey, for two and a half years. He hoped to find a job that would allow him to relocate his wife, Christine, and their two young children from Damascus, in Syria. In April 2015 he decided to attempt a journey to Europe in the hope that once there he could
Th UK’s Prime Minister Theresa May chose Boris Johnson as the country’s foreign secretary. Why was the world so surprised by this decision?
Elephants could vanish from Tanzania’s Selous Game Reserve within the next six years, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned. Saving Selous: what’s at stake The only site in southern Tanzania to have been awarded UNESCO World Heritage status for its exceptional natural significance, Selous is one of the world’s largest game reserves. Up until the
On the 23rd of June a referendum was held in the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) to decide whether the nation should remain in or leave the European Union. The United Kingdom decided to leave the Union and Prime Minister David Cameron has already announced his resignation. The political, economic and social consequences of this
A new report published by the European Commission reveals that the ongoing refugee crisis has exacerbated the phenomenon of human trafficking across EU Member States. The problem of human trafficking in the European Union Human trafficking is widespread in Europe, and it isn’t a new phenomenon. Taking advantage of loopholes in relevant legislation, organised crime
US-based craft beer company Saltwater Brewery, in collaboration with advertising agency We Believers, has launched a beer packaging that is 100 per cent edible. The problem of ocean plastic The idea stems from the need to protect oceans and marine wildlife from the huge amount of plastic humans dump on the world’s beaches and seas every year. Plastic represents
Tanzanian activist, community leader and Maasai tribe member Edward Loure won the Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa in April 2016 for his efforts securing the land rights of Tanzanian indigenous people. For years he has been fighting to demonstrate that native people are good stewards of the land and local ecosystems. The Goldman Prize is the
For the first time in history scientists have been able to demonstrate the impact of climate change and rising sea levels on small island nations. New evidence shows five islands being swallowed by the sea over the past seven decades. These were part of the Solomon Islands nation, over 1,000 islands in the Southwest Pacific located about 1,600
