Turning Our Ford Ranger Raptor into an Overland Truck Hurt Its Performance in All but One Area
Latest Content - Car and Driverby Eric Stafford·8 Sept 2026
- Our long-term 2026 Ford Ranger Raptor is currently outfitted with overland gear that increases the truck’s curb weight by nearly 450 pounds.
Sickles, sarees and smoke: Women on the frontlines of Uttarakhand forest fires
Mongabay Globalby Karen Coates·8 Sept 2026
- Uttarakhand is the most fire-prone state in the Indian Western Himalayas, where wildfire seasons are expanding — and women are taking the lead on fighting fires in their communities.
Indigenous peoples near Congo parks propose diverse solutions for the future of conservation
Mongabay Globalby Latoya Abulu·8 Sept 2026
- Mongabay spoke with Indigenous people and members of local communities living near four national parks in the Congo Basin, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to gather their testimonies and...
Hurricane Lowell’s fierce winds and rains knocks out power on Hawaii’s Kauai
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press·8 Sept 2026
Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell pelted Hawaii’s western islands on Tuesday, knocking out power and bringing the threat of flash floods and mudslides.
how do california architects design a house to live with wildfire?
architecture archivesby kat barandy I designboom·8 Sept 2026
learning to live with fire In the days after the Palisades and Eaton fires swept through Los Angeles in January 2025, some of the strangest photographs were of the houses still standing.
August Just Set a Global Heat and Humidity Record—and It Wasn't Close
Gizmodoby Ellyn Lapointe·8 Sept 2026
The summer of 2026 has made history yet again with the warmest, most humid August on record. Fueled by human-driven warming and an unprecedented El Niño, last month’s global average temperatures...
A health crisis for Peru’s recently contacted people brings planetary health to the fore
Mongabay Globalby Mikedigirolamo·8 Sept 2026
Mongabay staff writer Aimee Gabay joins the Newscast this week to discuss her reporting trip to the Peruvian Amazon, where she spoke with the Indigenous Matsés community.
Farmers demand fair go in fight with fossil fuel giants
PerthNowby Abe Maddison·8 Sept 2026
Farmers demand fair go in fight with fossil fuel giants Frustrated farmers say they are absorbing significant climate change burdens while also being expected to clean up the mess created by...
'Such a relief': Mayor backs National's bed tax replacement
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·8 Sept 2026
'Such a relief': Mayor backs National's bed tax replacement Rotorua's mayor says it's a "welcome surprise" councils will take charge of how they spend new International Visitor Levy funding if...
Giant impacts may strip small icy moons of subsurface oceans
Phys.orgby Southwest Research Institute·8 Sept 2026
Giant impacts may strip small icy moons of subsurface oceans Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists used simulations to understand the role disruptive impacts play on icy moons with...
Singkil peat swamp: The embattled orangutan capital of the world
Mongabay Globalby Isabel Esterman·8 Sept 2026
- The Singkil peat swamp, part of Sumatra’s Leuser ecosystem, is a critical habitat for Sumatran orangutans.
Quebec wildfire smoke left forest moths with deformed wings, research finds
Phys.orgby Patrick Lejtenyi·8 Sept 2026
Quebec wildfire smoke left forest moths with deformed wings, research finds Over the course of the summer of 2023, Quebec experienced its worst wildfire season on record.
Prices at the pumps hitting €2 per litre to become the ‘new norm’, Taoiseach warns
TheJournal.ieby Christina Finn·8 Sept 2026
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Riverside families in the Amazon change meals as mercury poisons staple fish
Mongabay Globalby Mayra·8 Sept 2026
- A database built by Mongabay Latam, based on the analysis of scientific studies that gathered more than 7,000 samples from humans and 5,900 from fish, identified the areas most affected by...
In Peru, mercury leaves a toxic footprint on those who depend on a river
Mongabay Globalby Mayra·8 Sept 2026
- Mongabay reviewed nearly three decades of scientific research on the impact of heavy metals and traveled to several Amazonian communities to track the course of mercury contamination.
Adopt a welfare-oriented approach, Fisheries department told
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·8 Sept 2026
The Fisheries department should adopt a friendly and welfare-oriented approach towards fishermen instead of functioning mainly as an enforcement agency, Fisheries Minister V.E.
Indigenous territories maintain Amazon forest just as well as protected areas, study finds
Mongabay Globalby Shreya Dasgupta·8 Sept 2026
A new study has found that in Ecuador’s Amazon, Indigenous territories without formal conservation contracts maintained forest conditions just as well as formal protected areas.
Mercury threatens over 160 communities in Bolivia’s Beni River basin
Mongabay Globalby Mayra·8 Sept 2026
- Mongabay found that 39 communities in Bolivia are suffering from mercury poisoning and that 125 more face a similar risk.
Is a bigger solar system always better?
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·8 Sept 2026
Homeowners installing solar power systems may get a better return from a slightly bigger system. Kristy Hoare, managing director of My Solar Quotes, says she analysed 279 residential solar quotes...
New analysis maps mercury threat to 951 Amazon communities in three countries
Mongabay Globalby Mariaisabel·8 Sept 2026
- For the first time, Mongabay Latam analyzed 39 scientific studies published between 1997 and 2024 that confirm that 249 Indigenous and riverside communities in Peru, Bolivia and Brazil have been...
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