Bouchra Sirsalane

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A new challenge COVID-19 : Stay safe and protect the environment

COVID-19 is a massive global economic and health calamity causing social and economic disruption at an unprecedented scale.

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About COP26: Who wants to change key climate reports by lobbying?

How countries are trying to change a crucial scientific report on how to tackle climate change.

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Corals doomed even if global climate goals met: study

Coral reefs that anchor a quarter of marine wildlife and the livelihoods of more than half-a-billion people will most likely be wiped out even if global warming is capped within Paris climate goals, researchers said Tuesday.

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'Financing our own extinction': $1.8tr in subsidies funding nature destruction every year, global study finds

Major report calls for rapid action to be taken by government and business to deliver subsidy reform

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Junk Food and the Brain: How Modern Diets Lacking in Micronutrients May Contribute to Irritability and Anger

Hidden brain hunger is one modifiable factor contributing to emotional outbursts, aggression and even the loss of civility in public discourse.

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Forests are key in tackling climate crisis

'Without the forest cover we have now, the planet would be hotter and the weather more extreme'

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Plastic pollution in ocean may harbor novel antibiotics

Plastic pollution in the ocean may serve as a source for novel antibiotics, according to a new student-led study conducted in collaboration with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The research will be presented at the American Society for Microbiology's conference in Washington, D.C. on June 9-13, 2022.

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Up to 90% of marine species could be at high or critical risk if greenhouse gas emissions continue as-is: Study

Nearly all marine species could be at risk of extinction by 2100 if greenhouse gases continue to be emitted at current rates, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change.

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Why Migratory Birds?

Avian migration is a natural miracle.

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Why some people are mosquito magnets

The female mosquito will hunt down any human, but some of us get bitten far more than others. The answer why may be hidden in our skin.

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2022 Year in Review: 100 million displaced, ‘a record that should never have been set’

“The situation is also getting worse for migrants in Yemen, especially women, who are living in dire conditions in Yemen with little control over their lives.”