All the best minds of mankind are looking for an opportunity to stop global warming, and one of them — Jeremy Munday, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California at Davis — has proposed a relatively simple, but very controversial method. According to the scientist, in order to stop global warming, it is necessary to paint about 2% of the Earth's surface with white paint.
The surface area of the Caspian Sea has decreased by 8 thousand km² over 15 years. According to experts, the lowering of the water level has already begun to affect the ecosystem and the marine industry. Kazakh ecologists believe that the Volga and Zhaiyk rivers should be given plenty of water to the Caspian, Sputnik reports.
A reserve for rare animals opened on Wednesday in a picturesque place in the Shakhristan region of Tajikistan. The main focus of the authors of the project is on the European red deer and mountain sheep moufflon, Centralasia.news reports.
Another cub has appeared at the Center for the Restoration of the Front Asian leopard in the Caucasus, this time from leopards Shiva and Filou from Sweden, RIA Novosti reports.
Farmers in western Kazakhstan sleep in their fields to protect their crops from saiga invasion that trample hayfields and destroy pastures, leaving no grass for livestock, Khabar 24 TV channel reported.
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is convening a scientific-practical conference on July 1-2 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
In October 2023, the 14th Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Protection of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP14) will be held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan aim to use this opportunity to intensify cross-border cooperation in the field of nature protection in the border triangle of Ustyurt, representatives of the parties met to exchange experience in Nukus. Employees of the Kaplankyr Nature Reserve participated from Turkmenistan.
On June 20-21, more than 60 participants representing a wide range of government organizations and civil society organizations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as regional and international organizations, gathered for a seminar in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The event was organized by the OSCE Office of the Coordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities in partnership with the Berlin analytical center Adelphi.
Of the countless kilograms of South Korea's annual food waste, very few will ever end up in a landfill. This is happening for two reasons: first, it's been illegal since 2005, and second, because they have possibly the world's most sophisticated food waste disposal infrastructure.
The Turkmenenergo Energy Corporation plans to build solar power plants in remote settlements of Turkmenistan. At the first stage, their capacity will be more than 6 MW.
Within the framework of a joint project of Turkmenistan and the International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO), it is planned to conduct scientific research on reducing methane emissions, as well as work on improving national environmental legislation.
On Saturday, high temperatures are expected in the east and south-east of Turkmenistan in the area of +40 — +45 degrees. The heat will mainly affect the Lebap and Mary regions. It will be slightly lower in the Ahal and Dashoguz regions, according to "Meteojournal".
A group of speleologists and karstologists from the French Federation of Speleology conducted a laser study of 70% of the area of the Gulshirin cave in Koytendag to compile its virtual 3D map. Now scientists are busy studying invertebrate fauna in the karst labyrinths of the Koytendag Nature Reserve, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports.
A scientific and practical conference "Energy prospects, new technologies and environmental aspects of the development of hydrocarbon deposits" has begun at the Yagshygeldi Kakayev International University of Oil and Gas in Ashgabat, ORIENT correspondent reports.
The UN General Assembly has proclaimed July 12 as International Sand and Dust Storm Day, emphasizing the need for global and regional cooperation to combat and mitigate these phenomena.
