Stuck in Lebanon: a Syrian refugee family’s life in limbo
Author: Heaven Crawley, Coventry University I don’t remember exactly how Reham and I came to meet on Facebook but I do recall how articulate she was, her love…
Linky: Do smart meters actually help reduce electricity consumption?
“No Linky” posters in Montreuil, near Paris. The first one reads “Linky: You can say no.” The second reads “Linky spies on…
What happens when people lose trust in the Internet?
Does the Internet bring people together or isolate them? Rawpixel/Unsplash David Glance, University of Western Australia An April 2018 survey by the…
Obama and active citizenship: why his Mandela address matters
Former US president Barack Obama delivers a speech in Kenya ahead of his visit to South Africa. Dai Kurokawa/EPA Aaron X. Smith,…
Indigenous peoples are crucial for conservation – a quarter of all land is in their hands
Maasai women on a conservation project in Kenya. Joan de la Malla, Author provided Stephen Garnett, Charles Darwin University; Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, University of Helsinki; Catherine Robinson, CSIRO; Erle…
Extinction is a natural process, but it’s happening at 1,000 times the normal speed
Authors: Elizabeth Boakes, UCL and David Redding, UCL When Sudan the white rhino was put down by his carers earlier this year, it…
Outrage over Cecil the lion slaying three years ago left little in its wake
Cecil the Lion shortly before he was killed. Vince O’Sullivan/Flickr Muchazondida Mkono, The University of Queensland It’s just over three years since…
Bees in the city: Designing green roofs for pollinators
Bees living in cities often have to seek out green space like parks, ravines and gardens. Green roofs could offer them some…
What can other cities learn about water shortages from ‘Day Zero’?
Cape Town narrowly avoided “Day Zero,” but that doesn’t mean the city is resilient to future water shortages. (Pixabay), CC BY Lucy Rodina, University of British Columbia and…
7.5 billion and counting: How many humans can the Earth support?
Slums in Caracas, Venezuela. Wikimedia Andrew D. Hwang, College of the Holy Cross Humans are the most populous large mammal on Earth…
