Despite the taboo and illegal nature of killing orangutans, researchers heard evidence of a direct killing from at least one person in 30 per cent of 79 villages surveyed in Indonesia’s Kalimantan region.
Scientists fear global heating may have shifted the region into a new era of disappearing ice with far-reaching consequences for the world’s climate and sea levels.
The genes of a four-million-year-old octopus species hold memories from the melting of a previous Antarctic ice sheet, raising fears of what another thawing could bring.
Scientists identify parts of the ocean suitable for seaweed cultivation and suggest it could constitute 10 per cent of the human diet to reduce the impact of agriculture.