EOS/ American Geophysical Union • 15th August 2024 Ukrainian Scientists Race to Document Soil Fungi Genetic sequencing of samples collected from across the country contribute to a global database and may help researchers assess the damage caused by war.
TheBMJ (a.k.a British Medical Journal) • 23rd July 2024 LatAm is catching up on HPV vaccination and screening While some countries are on track to eliminate the cervical cancer by 2035—94% of the 350 000 cervical cancer deaths in 2022 occurred in low and middle income countries.
Nature (News service/online) • 14th February 2024 Why is Latin America on fire? It’s not just climate change, scientists say Bogota — Rampant planting of flammable non-native species has helped to fuel deadly blazes — even in places known for cool, damp weather.
EOS/ American Geophysical Union • 15th July 2022 Volcanic Lava Lake Belts Out Its Secrets in Seismic “Songs” A cacophony of magma displacements and volcanic gases recorded underneath Kīlauea’s lake of lava could provide information to help predict future eruptions.
EOS/ American Geophysical Union • 9th June 2022 Newly Discovered Lake May Offer a Glimpse into Antarctica’s Past In Antarctica, a team of international scientists dive—metaphorically—into Lake Snow Eagle, only recently revealed through ice-penetrating radar.
EOS/ American Geophysical Union • 26th August 2021 Indigenous Peoples Stop Deforestation With Space Tech A new study shows that Indigenous groups with greater access to satellite observations can improve response times and reduce tree cover loss from deforestation.
EOS/ American Geophysical Union • 7th June 2021 Climate Clues from One of the Rainiest Places on Earth A jet stream known as the Chocó low-level jet (ChocoJet) helps make the area offshore of the Colombian town of Nuquí one of the rainiest places on the planet.
Coda Story (online feature) • 1st March 2021 Self-medication & disinformation fuel Colombia’s pandemic Colombia has been deluged with coronavirus-related misinformation but experts say home remedies and over-the-counter medications makes it more vulnerable to disinformation.
EOS/ American Geophysical Union • 17th February 2021 Why Aren’t There More Journal Papers by African Geoscientists? Tanzanian Tumaini Mutungi Kamulali spent years analyzing core data taken from the longest freshwater lake in the world his analysis took place in Arizona.
Sojourners Magazine (Online feature) • 22nd December 2020 How the Faithful Are Fighting COVID in Post-Hurricane Honduras Governments and NGOs of all stripes are aiming to get mask and sanitizer to those displaced by two devastating November hurricanes in Honduras and fight a surge in COVID-19
EOS/ American Geophysical Union • 4th November 2020 Feature: Measuring Massive Magnetic Meteorites In 2019, a Smithsonian Institution warehouse looked like a scene from 1950s science fiction: a 2-meter prism of magnetic coils around a half-meter-long meteorite.
EOS/ American Geophysical Union • 1st October 2020 COVID Clears the Skies for Earth-Observing Drones in Nepal Geospatial data provided by drones can be crucial for emergency preparedness and infrastructure planning in Nepal. Jetliners, however, can get in the way.
New Scientist Magazine (online) • 30th July 2020 How refugee camps in Bangladesh defend against Covid-19 Coronavirus has begun spreading around refugee settlements, but in one of the world’s largest refugee camp complexes a worst-case scenario may have been avoided.
Sojourners Magazine (Online feature) • 28th July 2020 Churches Alone Can't Stop The Killing of Forest Defenders Colombia and the Brazilian Amazon remain two major hotspots for deadly attacks on environmental defenders, a new report from human rights NGO Global Witness reveals.
Ensia [Online Magazine Feature] • 2nd June 2020 Indigenous seed banks tackle multiple global challenges Experts say seeds from traditional agricultural varieties could help solve food shortages and malnutrition, as well as boost food system resilience to climate and cultural challenges.
SciDev.Net [Global Edition] • 24th April 2020 Shortage of coronavirus ‘cure’ hits mothers with lupus Health experts warn pregnant lupus sufferers and their babies are at risk as global supplies of an anti-malarial medicine used to treat the disease run dry due to COVID-19 panic.
SciDev.Net [Global Edition] • 1st April 2020 Coronavirus ‘could devastate’ indigenous communities Despite fears of food insecurity,indigenous communities around the globe are closing borders in an effort to avoid a potentially devastating corona-virus outbreak in their territories.
Sojourners Magazine (Online feature) • 31st March 2020 Lockdowns & Virtual Mass: One Country's COVID-19 Strategy The government and Catholic Church in El Salvador are confronting another new, challenging era in the country’s already rocky past: the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sojourners Magazine (Online feature) • 29th January 2020 Agro-Ecology Is Healing Guatemala's Landscape In Rabinal, Guatemala, a group of Indigenous women are shaping a healthier future via eco-friendly agriculture, while helping heal the wounds of Guatemala’s 1980s genocide.
COSMOS Magazine Australia (online) • 28th October 2019 Australian scientists helping Nepal navigate water management Australia's CSIRO is working with Nepalese colleagues to implement a scientifically sound and socially equitable water management plan in the Kamala Basin, an important irrigated agriculture zone
