El Niño stokes underground peat fires in Indonesia, reminiscent of the 2015 disaster
Indonesia sees a sharp rise in hazardous peat fires as the El Niño phenomenon intensifies.
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Sheep's wool tested as a substitute for synthetics in glacier protection.
This summer, Swiss glacier tests used plain sheep wool—not synthetic material—as a cover to slow ice melt.
Coal-fired power plant to be built in Kurchatov for Kazakhstan's tokamak
The city long tied to nuclear testing, then to cleanup, will get its own major power plant.
Soil Protection Act takes effect — what landowners are now required to do
Kazakhstan's Soil Protection Law takes effect. Fines for violations are introduced.
World map revealed each country's main export commodity.
Visual Capitalist published a map showing the largest export category for every country worldwide.
France recalls pumpkin seeds after 80 cases of salmonellosis
Salmonella is usually linked to raw meat, eggs, and dairy, but an outbreak in France shows plant-based foods pose just as much risk.
Kyrgyzstan has lost 90% of its forest cover in 50 years
A mountainous country, where forests held slopes against erosion and softened floods for centuries, lost nearly all its tree cover in just fifty years.