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June 20, 2024
 

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ENVIRONMENT

Climate change
Energy
Sustainability
Wildlife
Earth science
A person uses a tong with a camera and GPS system attached to pick up litter, part of an initiative to boost participation in collecting trash.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability / OUR PLANET
Japan’s gamified environment apps target a greener mindset
By Elizabeth Beattie
Government funding has helped drive a boom in environmental and social app development.
Environmental activists from the group Extinction Rebellion demonstrate outside the media center set up for the Group of Seven leaders' summit, in Bari, Italy, on Friday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Experts and activists slam 'pointless' G7 on climate
The Group of Seven rich democracies was assailed for having failed to deliver significant new progress on climate during a summit in Italy.
Farm labourers, with their faces covered for protection from heat, work in a field on a hot day in Karnal, India, on Monday.
ENVIRONMENT
Everyone you know will eventually be highly vulnerable to extreme heat
By Zahra Hirji
Intense heat waves in recent years offer a stark warning of what’s at stake for humanity and particularly the vulnerable elderly population.
ENVIRONMENT
Low snow on the Himalayas threatens water security
ENVIRONMENT
Everyone you know will eventually be highly vulnerable to extreme heat
By Zahra Hirji
ENVIRONMENT
Brazil's Amazon fires off to record 2024 start as green union blames firefighting budget cut
By Jake Spring
ENVIRONMENT
Violence against environmental journalists rises, UNESCO says
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda

Climate change

Hjelmer Hammeken, Greenland's greatest polar bear hunter, rides his dog sled to look for seals on the sea ice outside Ittoqqortoormiit, on the frozen Scoresbysund Fjord.
Climate change
On thin ice: Greenland's last Inuit polar bear hunters
Climate change and hunting quotas have been threatening the livelihood on which Inuit families have long survived.
Climate change
On thin ice: Greenland's last Inuit polar bear hunters
Climate change
The era of super-wild weather is already here
By Eric Roston , Eamon Farhat and Brian K Sullivan
Climate change
In Catan: New Energies, the goal is avoiding climate catastrophe
By Olivia Rudgard
Climate change / ANALYSIS
Airplanes won't solve Europe's wildfire problem, but prevention might.
By Joanna Gill
Climate change
Egypt's extreme heat is an ominous warning for global economies
By Salma El Wardany and Olivia Rudgard
Climate change
Climate change funding talks stuck ahead of COP29 summit
By Kate Abnett

Sustainability

Rice is responsible for about 10% of global methane emissions, due to the way it’s grown.
Sustainability
Rice has a methane problem that a startup is promising to fix
By Michelle Ma
Rice is responsible for about 10% of global methane emissions, due to the way it’s grown.
Sustainability / OUR PLANET
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
By Fan Li
Sustainability
The world’s hunger for salmon is linked to an ecological disaster
By Jonas Ekblom
Sustainability
How sewage is helping along the energy transition
By William Ralston
Sustainability
Plastic pollution talks make modest progress but sidestep production curbs
By Valerie Volcovici
Sustainability
Hong Kong team plants seeds to safeguard legacy grains
By XINQI SU
Sustainability
Battling climate change, Japan looks to seagrass for carbon capture
By Tom Bateman and Kiyoshi Takenaka

Energy

A solar farm in Switzerland. Solar power is leading the power’s sector’s transformation, with investment in the area set to reach $500 billion this year.
Energy
Clean energy spending set to reach twice that on fossil fuels, IAEA reports
By Grant Smith
Nonetheless, continued spending on coal, gas and oil remains at a level that’s too high to conform with global climate goals.
Energy
Japan and EU agree to work on creating hydrogen demand and supply
By Katya Golubkova
Energy
Saudi Arabia eyes a future beyond oil
By Stanley Reed
Energy / OUR PLANET
‘Megasolar’ is a dirty word in Japan. Where do solar projects go from here?
By Tomoko Otake
Energy
Japan begins review of basic energy plan amid spread of AI
Energy
G7 to phase out coal-fired power plants by mid-2030s
By Ella IDE
Energy
As solar capacity grows, some of America's most productive farmland is at risk
By P.J. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper

Wildlife

Two Javan rhinos in Ujung Kulon national park in Indonesia's Banten province. In 2023, a newborn Javan rhino in Indonesia raised hopes for the highly endangered species.
Wildlife
Javan rhino clings to survival after Indonesia poaching wave
By Jack Moore and Sara Hussein
Conservationists fear poachers have killed up to a third of the surviving population, possibly with inside help.
Wildlife / OUR PLANET
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
By Chris Russell
Wildlife / OUR PLANET
The weird deep-sea world, and how mining threatens it
By Elizabeth Beattie
Wildlife / OUR PLANET
How a 13-year-old discovered a possible Japanese wolf specimen
By Alex K.T. Martin
Wildlife
Overhunting and habitat loss endanger migratory animals, U.N. says
By Leslie Kaufman
Wildlife / OUR PLANET
How a new flock of bird-watchers is contributing to science
By Elizabeth Beattie
Wildlife
India's tigers adapt to higher ground as temperatures soar and human pressure builds
By Mahesh PANDEY and Sailendra SIL

Earth science

An earthquake-damaged area in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture, in May 2023. The Noto Peninsula has been experiencing an ongoing “seismic swarm” since late 2020.
Earth science / OUR PLANET
How rain and snow play a role in Noto’s ‘seismic swarm’
By Harvin Bhathal
The seismic activity in the region is synchronized with changes in underground pressure, which is influenced by seasonal patterns of precipitation.
Earth science
How cloud seeding boosts rainfall ? and why that’s controversial
By Laura Millan
Earth science / OUR PLANET
For Japan, earthquakes are an existential matter
By Alex K.T. Martin
Earth science
Amid climate efforts, will net-zero emissions be enough?
By Sana Pashankar and Eric Roston
Earth science
Beam solar energy from space? These scientists say yes
By David R Baker
Earth science
Risky geoengineering should be banned, climate group says
Earth science / ANALYSIS
Why is 2023 so hot? A rare Pacific volcano is among the suspects
By Alister Doyle
Read more ENVIRONMENT stories
Rare tissue-damaging bacteria spreads in Japan
Group A Streptococcus typically causes swelling and a sore throat in children, but some types of the bacteria can lead to symptoms developing rapidly.
Man who sprung Ghosn challenges depiction of Fuchu Prison
Michael Taylor, former U.S. Green Beret and architect of the 2019 Carlos Ghosn escape plot, said that other inmates deported from Fuchu Prison to a detention center in Los Angeles were so traumatized that they ended up with psychological problems.
Nagoya hospital error results in high school student’s death
A high school student was taken to the emergency room after he complained of symptoms including vomiting. The resident physician conducted a CT scan, identified gastric dilation and diagnosed the teenager as suffering from gastroenteritis before sending him home.
Koike and Renho take aim at Tokyo's declining birth rate
Renho (left) and incumbent Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike are both pushing for child care policies in their campaign pledges for the Tokyo gubernatorial election next month.
Japan brand launches first film camera in 20 years
The Pentax 17 will be launched in the U.S. and Europe this month, and Japan next month, according to Ricoh.
Germany laser-focused on Indo-Pacific despite hurdles, top envoy to Japan says
German and Japanese fighter jets take part in an exercise over Japan. Germany's air force plans to send three of the fighters to Japan next month for the first-ever joint aerial exercise between the Luftwaffe and Air Self-Defense Force.
Man who sprung Ghosn challenges depiction of Fuchu Prison
Michael Taylor, former U.S. Green Beret and architect of the 2019 Carlos Ghosn escape plot, said that other inmates deported from Fuchu Prison to a detention center in Los Angeles were so traumatized that they ended up with psychological problems.
Koike and Renho take aim at Tokyo's declining birth rate
Renho (left) and incumbent Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike are both pushing for child care policies in their campaign pledges for the Tokyo gubernatorial election next month.
NATO chief says more members to hit 2% of GDP defense spending target
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks to the media outside of the West Wing of the White House in Washington on Monday following a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden.
Japanese Olympians to beat heat with own AC despite Paris' plans for green Games
Temperatures in Paris could exceed 30 degrees on many days during the 2024 Games.

Podcast

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The evolving nature of fatherhood in Japan
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