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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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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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Cyclone Remal downgraded, moves inland

Over 800,000 Bangladeshi residents were forced to leave their homes and take refuge in  around 9,000 storm shelters around the country due to Tropical Cyclone Remal on May 26. The first named storm of the 2024 cyclone season began forming over the west Bay of Bengal on May 21. On the night of May 26 the cyclone began to make landfall over the coastal regions … Continue reading Cyclone Remal downgraded, moves inland

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Repurposing plastics

Single use plastic is everywhere in Bangladesh. Just like elsewhere in the world, people here are ordering food online and leaving the stores with goods wrapped in plastic wrap. More people here are drinking from plastic bottles – water and soda – because the tap water is not safe even for the residents to drink without boiling. The plastic waste is everywhere. It has accumulated … Continue reading Repurposing plastics

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