Gambian students who were twice denied visas to travel to the US for a robotics competition are celebrating after permission was granted. The team will now go to Washington DC and show off their invention. The reasons for the initial rejections are unclear. Gambia is a Muslim majority country but it is not on the … Read more
A new study has revealed that the major culprit behind Earth’s polluted oceans are the world’s river systems. Researchers at the Ocean Cleanup Project has estimated up to 5 trillion pounds of plastic is floating in the sea, and two-thirds of it comes from the 20 most contaminated rivers – 67 percent of the global … Read more
Two of India’s holiest but most polluted rivers have been recognised as a “legal person” in a landmark court ruling that could see the sacred waterways restored to health. The decision to bestow legal standing to the Ganges and the Yamuna, one of its major tributaries, comes just days after New Zealand awarded similar rights … Read more