Never forget. #Chagos #Mauritius

Applications for our Graduate Research Grants are open! All African graduate students, regardless of SCB membership, are eligible to apply. Deadline is 18 September. Link to the application form: forms.gle/q5rxe4VcBdVUsh…

The Topography, From #Chennai to Mangaluru, #Bengaluru in between at 3000 (FSL) Feet Above Sea Level - Also known as the #Deccan Plateau. The good part is rain water in Bengaluru City will get drained out very fast. #bengalurufloods #bengalururains

Study finds that the majority of Greenlanders, including Indigenous people, support extracting sand from the country's melting ice sheet. Moira Donovan reports for Mongabay news.mongabay.com/2022/09/greenl…

The duplicity that permeates US media coverage of the Ukraine war on full display here. Reporters bending over backwards to frame this as a story of American innocence rather than a women's murder because of her father's political views nytimes.com/2022/10/05/us/…

Loss and damage is a big conversation at COP27. Rich countries are responsible for 90% of the excess emissions that are causing climate breakdown. Social movements in the global South are rightly demanding compensation for the damage this is causing. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Trying out TunnelBear so I can browse privately from my ISP tunnelbear.com/tweet

10 days left to apply! Come & work Mongabay as one of our next fellows. This is 6-month opportunity for early-career journalists in tropical countries. All the info & eligibility requirements here: bit.ly/3WUG7Lh #environment #conservation #journalism

2023

A huge congratulations to Kartiki Gonsalves and team behind #TheElephantWhisperers for winning the best documentary at the #academyawards2023 ! Thanks for putting a wildlife film from India at the very top, Kartiki and Netflix ! :)

1/ Attention Mongabay community! On March 15, 2023, we lost access to our main Twitter account. @Twitter + @TwitterSupport have not been responsive in our efforts to regain access to our account so we do not know when or if we will be able to use the @Mongabay handle again.

Fireflies

Malachite stalactite slices from Star of the Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo Photo: Andy_misty_crystal

The lede headline of ⁦The Indian Express⁩ will be remembered for a longtime.

In case you missed it: Women are less likely to be credited for their scientific contributions than men. It’s true across multiple fields & at all stages, with important repercussions for career progress. #WomenInSTEM #WomenInMedicine #MedTwitter nature.com/articles/s4158…

I have begun a new series of illustrations depicting birds of India to raise awareness about the birds around us and build it as a resource for children’s nature education too. More soon. #artist #birdsofindia #illustration #birdillustration

Death by DEGREES 🧵 1/ An analysis of heatwaves over India Frontline, June 2023