Natural Sciences

More than 50% of mangroves worldwide have been destroyed, requiring urgent action to save what we have and restore what we have lost. Blue carbon ecosystems – including mangroves, salt marshes, seagrass beds and macro-algal reefs – are high in primary...

Throughout March, wildfires raged across Chiang Mai province in one of the worst natural disasters to hit northern Thailand in recent years, adding to an already noxious atmosphere in the region. With hundreds of fires continuing to rage in the area and...

Global production of plastics has increased 20-fold since the 1960s, reaching 359 million tonnes in 2018. By 2050, plastics production will account for 20% of total oil consumption, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). Ten rivers carry more than 90...