MUSCAT: Four teachers from the Sultanate of Oman have achieved a new international milestone by winning the GLOBE International Environmental Competition, held for the first time in conjunction with the FIFA World Cup, in recognition of their outstanding implementation of a project to monitor daily environmental data at football stadiums. The competition winners are: Fakhriyah […]
Muscat: Four teachers from the Sultanate of Oman have achieved a new global milestone by winning the GLOBE environmental competition, held for the first time alongside the FIFA World Cup. The teachers were recognised for their outstanding project on monitoring daily environmental data at football stadiums. The winners are Fakhriya bint Saud al Balushi from […]
WASHINGTON: The Sultanate of Oman has achieved a new milestone in the 2026 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), rising to 49th place globally among 180 countries. Oman advanced 6 places up the scale, compared to its 2024 ranking (55th globally). The accomplishment affirms the effectiveness of national efforts to promote environmental sustainability and improve environmental performance […]
When Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation went to court recently to challenge Alberta’s handling of the proposed Wonder Valley AI Data Centre Park project, the dispute underscored a question that is increasingly difficult to ignore: What does Canada’s artificial intelligence future require from land, water and energy systems? Wonder Valley, which would be located south of […]
Most of my ecology and evolution undergraduates have never held a pair of binoculars or looked at a bug through a magnifying glass. They don’t know how to use a key to identify a plant or insect, let alone why they should bother. They struggle to name common garden birds. They expect to learn about […]
