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Conserving & restoring waterways can mitigate extreme urban heat in Bangladesh

By Riley Comstock Feature Stories This story first ran in Mongabay, an online news site dedicated to global environmental coverage. DHAKA — In pre-monsoon the heat of May, five teenage boys used a rope with knots in it to scale a wall and enter the national botanical gardens in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. They dropped down next to a big pond surrounded by foliage encircled … Continue reading Conserving & restoring waterways can mitigate extreme urban heat in Bangladesh

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In the wake of Bangladesh’s deadliest dengue outbreak, researchers respon

By Hailey Smalley This story first ran in Mongabay, an online news site dedicated to global environmental coverage. In Bangladesh, regular cycles of heat and rain have long cultivated dense populations of insects, and, by extension, the diseases they carry. Dengue fever was first confirmed in Bangladesh 60 years ago, but the disease, carried by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, caused unforeseen devastation in 2023. By the end of the … Continue reading In the wake of Bangladesh’s deadliest dengue outbreak, researchers respon

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Scientists are racing to save South Asia’s butterflies from the threat of extinction

By Hailey Smalley This story originally ran in Mongabay, an online news site dedicated to global environmental coverage. In the dark undergrowth of mangrove forests, an anthology of color stirs. Flickers of turquoise rise like exhales from the brackish marshlands, and flashes of sunset orange spark alive in the shadows. The Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh and India is largely known as one of the last … Continue reading Scientists are racing to save South Asia’s butterflies from the threat of extinction

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Dhaka international symposium gathers at the intersection of art & climate crisis

By McKenna Johnson This story originally ran in Mongabay, an online news site dedicated to global environmental coverage. DHANGMARI, Bangladesh — In late May, elementary school children rushed up and down the worn footpaths between their homes in Dhangmari, giggling and showing off small clay sculptures. One girl held out a ceramic bird, her arms outstretched like wings. A boy crouched in the door frame … Continue reading Dhaka international symposium gathers at the intersection of art & climate crisis

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