The Indonesian government has launched a program that will pay thousands of traditional fishers to collect plastic trash from the sea.
How Close Is the Amazon Tipping Point? Forest Loss in the East Changes the Equation
Scientists warn that the Amazon is hurtling toward a tipping point, beyond which it would begin to transition from lush tropical forest into a dry, degraded savanna, unable to support the immense diversity of life that call the world’s largest rainforest home.
Scientists warn that the Amazon is hurtling toward a tipping point, beyond which it would begin to transition from lush tropical forest into a dry, degraded savanna, unable to support the immense diversity of life that call the world’s largest rainforest home.
Future Reefs: A Manifesto to Save the World’s Coral Gardens
If you have followed major climate change news in the last few years, you might believe coral reefs are going extinct
If you have followed major climate change news in the last few years, you might believe coral reefs are going extinct
Study Highlights ‘Friends With Benefits’ Relation Between Gorillas and Chimps
Gorillas and chimpanzees living in a remote part of the Congo Basin hang out together and some, like humans, even establish “relationships with benefits,” a new study reveals.
Gorillas and chimpanzees living in a remote part of the Congo Basin hang out together and some, like humans, even establish “relationships with benefits,” a new study reveals.
‘One More Thing’ About Plastics: They Could Be Acidifying the Ocean, Study Says
The trillions of pieces of plastic currently roving through the global ocean are known to be an assault on life.
The trillions of pieces of plastic currently roving through the global ocean are known to be an assault on life.
Clothes Sourced From Plants Could Expand Deforestation – Or Abate It
Scientists and companies are looking to a small section of the textile market to address the clothing industry’s threats to climate and ecosystems.
Scientists and companies are looking to a small section of the textile market to address the clothing industry’s threats to climate and ecosystems.
More Droughts Are Coming, and the Amazon Can’t Keep Up: Study
The world’s largest rainforest makes its own weather.
The world’s largest rainforest makes its own weather.
Humans Are Dosing Earth’s Waterways With Medicines. It Isn’t Healthy.
In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic consumed humanity’s attention, our species ran through 4.5 trillion doses of myriad pharmaceuticals.
In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic consumed humanity’s attention, our species ran through 4.5 trillion doses of myriad pharmaceuticals.
Thai Zoos Come Under Scrutiny Again as Tourism Rebounds From COVID-19
"This zoo follows no animal care or welfare standards,” Georgina Groves, the executive director of Wild Welfare, a U.K.-based nonprofit, said in a press release.
This zoo follows no animal care or welfare standards,” Georgina Groves, the executive director of Wild Welfare, a U.K.-based nonprofit, said in a press release.
Experts Decry ‘Funny Math’ of Plastics Industry’s ‘Advanced Recycling’ Claims
Encina has yet to open its new plant in Point Township, Pennsylvania, but there could be about eight other facilities currently operating across the U.S. that use so-called advanced recycling processes, according to a brief by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Encina has yet to open its new plant in Point Township, Pennsylvania, but there could be about eight other facilities currently operating across the U.S. that use so-called advanced recycling processes, according to a brief by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Cleaning Up Our Own Backyard: Racism, Speciesism and the Environmental Crises (Commentary)
I am waiting for the moment when I will be evicted because trees will be planted where my apartment building is right now.
I am waiting for the moment when I will be evicted because trees will be planted where my apartment building is right now.
British Columbia Delays Promised Protections as Old Growth Keeps Falling
Two years after British Columbia’s majority party promised a logging “paradigm shift” to conserve what’s left of the province’s tall old growth forests, Mongabay observed dramatic clear cutting on Vancouver Island in forests slated for protection. Old growth harvesting continues across British Columbia (BC) today.
Two years after British Columbia’s majority party promised a logging “paradigm shift” to conserve what’s left of the province’s tall old growth forests, Mongabay observed dramatic clear cutting on Vancouver Island in forests slated for protection. Old growth harvesting continues across British Columbia (BC) today.
Future Reefs: A Manifesto To Save the World’s Coral Gardens (Commentary)
Coral reefs cover less than 3% of the ocean but contain a quarter of all marine life. Next to tropical rainforests, they are the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth.
Coral reefs cover less than 3% of the ocean but contain a quarter of all marine life. Next to tropical rainforests, they are the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth.
Cleaning Up Our Own Backyard: Racism, Speciesism and the Environmental Crises (Commentary)
While environmental crises are predominantly caused by the West and industrialized countries, vulnerable groups across the whole world are carrying a disproportionately large burden while they lack the power over decisions that affect their lives. This has been coined environmental racism.
While environmental crises are predominantly caused by the West and industrialized countries, vulnerable groups across the whole world are carrying a disproportionately large burden while they lack the power over decisions that affect their lives. This has been coined environmental racism.
Ebanese Research Preserves Heat-Adapted Seeds to Feed a Warming World
In Lebanon, the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) is preserving crops’ genetic diversity and helping breed climate-resilient varieties of seeds.
In Lebanon, the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) is preserving crops’ genetic diversity and helping breed climate-resilient varieties of seeds.
Warming Has Set Off ‘Dangerous’ Tipping Points. More Will Fall With the Heat
A new study warns that multiple tipping points will be triggered if global warming exceeds 1.5°C (2.7°F) above pre-industrial levels.
A new study warns that multiple tipping points will be triggered if global warming exceeds 1.5°C (2.7°F) above pre-industrial levels.