General News

The Star, Thursday 22 August 2019
Stopping illegal wildlife trade means engaging local communities
From the illegal trafficking of pangolin scales and rhino horns to the smuggling of live corals, the 29th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2019) was replete with tales of the grim and increasingly depressing wildlife trade aro...

The Star, Monday 19 August 2019
Air quality worsens slightly in the country
The air quality in Peninsular Malaysia has worsened slightly with Rompin in Pahang Air Pollutant Index (API) readings jumping from “unhealthy...

Washington Post, Tuesday 13 August 2019
Increasing humidity, driven in part by climate change, is making even modest heat waves unbearable
Forty million people were under heat alerts Tuesday across the Central and Southern United States as a hot and sultry air mass led to dangerously h...

National Geographic, Monday 12 August 2019
West Antarctica is melting—and it’s our fault
For years, scientists have watched and learned that those glaciers are crumbling and melting, the rate speeding up over the decades and imperiling the stability of the entire ice sheet. But while the science was clear that human influences on clim...

The Star, Sunday 11 August 2019
Human Writes: Hazy skies again, business as usual too
Once again, the haze has descended upon us like a grey blanket, contaminating our air and infiltrating deep into our bodies. It’s so habitual...