Islamabad, Pakistan – Tanveer Aziz Kingrani was planning to spend August preparing for his term examinations at the University of Sindh. Instead, the 23-year-old aspiring physicist has been camping out in a tent with 18 family members for the past week after his village was completely submerged in floods. A […]
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Tree extinctions risk ecosystem, economic damage: paper
Scientists are urging world leaders to act in order to protect the planet’s threatened trees — and prevent further ecological and economic damage from their extinction. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), along with the Global Tree Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Species Survival Commission (IUCN […]