Environment

The “Costa Rica Plastic Free” campaign launched in partnership between the Preserve Planet Organization and the WILDTours Costa Rica Company, aims to eradicate single-use plastic bottles in the tourism industry.This initiative is committed to sustainability as a way to...

Costa Rica's Pacific hammerhead shark populations could be in a delicate situation, according to recent data from the Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Incopesca).The information shows that, between 2017 and 2019, the number of hammerhead sharks landed...

Hurricane Iota advanced this Tuesday with heavy rains and strong winds towards the interior of Central America, an area devastated two weeks ago by Hurricane Eta, after having lost some strength when it made landfall on Monday in the...

The National Emergency Commission (CNE) has reported more than 14 flood events, as a result of the indirect impact of Hurricane Iota. According to preliminary reports, there were at least, 9 events in the South Zone, 2 in the...

There are many more jobs that protect the environment and sometimes go off the radar, such as those that improve industrial processes, reduce the level of waste, or improve the quality of building construction. Ultimately, there are green jobs...

Heading to directly hit the Nicaraguan coast, Hurricane Iota strengthened this Sunday and its level is expected to increase even more. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, on Monday night that the hurricane makes landfall in northern...

There have been many times in which science has believed to win the battle against infectious diseases. However, we have seen how microorganisms immune to antibiotics return and proliferate

The passage of tropical storm Iota through the Caribbean will cause an intensification of rains in Costa Rica as of this weekend. This was predicted by the National Meteorological Institute (IMN) in its most recent update of the phenomenon,...

Costa Rica is close to having a new national symbol: the two-toed and three-toed sloth. This would make it the national symbol number 16, after the incorporation of coffee in July of this year.The deputies of the Environment Commission...

Scientist Daniel Pauly, a world reference in marine research, believes that the future of fishing lies in artisanal boats and by eliminating subsidies to industrial fleets, because the supply of fish is in danger.Pauly, a professor at the University...