Cognitive UAV-driven agro-surveillance framework for predicting crop stress–induced yield loss using spatio-temporal learning and adaptive irrigation control

Unlikely team uncover source of mysterious space lights seen in Queensland

Hobby astronomers partner with a retired NASA engineer to investigate the source of swirling lights seen in the night sky from Central Queensland.

2026-08-28 ·abc.net.au

Pakistan’s response to climate change must be practical: experts

ISLAMABAD: Experts have stressed that Pakistan’s response to climate change must move from discussion to practical, community-centred and accountable action, combining scientific knowledge, indigenous knowledge, effective governance, early warning systems and long-term resilience planning.

2026-08-28 ·dawn.com

Canada poaches dozens of top US researchers for its universities

Lured by millions of new research funding from the Carney government, 48 US researchers in fields like climate and medicine will soon be moving north.

2026-08-28 ·bbc.co.uk

First Nations in Canada call for emergency order to protect southern mountain caribou

“Under our Syilx Okanagan law, everything is sacred to us. We believe that Mother Earth is alive, all of kʷuləncutn, the creator’s creation, that it’s all alive,” Chief Dan Wilson of the Okanagan Indian Band, a Syilx Okanagan Nation, told Mongabay in a phone call. “That’s why the caribou are so important to us … […]

2026-08-29 ·news.mongabay.com

Nepal disaster: What is a glacier collapse and how does it happen?

2026-08-29 ·indianexpress.com