A grueling two-year drought in Kenya has wiped out 2% of the world’s rarest zebra species and increased elephant deaths as well, as the climate crisis takes its toll on the east African nation’s wildlife.
Read articleAustralia plans to halt the loss of any more species and end its status as "the mammal extinction capital of the world", its government says.
Read articleFridays for Future ‘strikes’ in about 450 places demanded rich countries pay for damage from global heating
Read articleThe dugong, a gentle marine mammal that has frequented China's southern waters for hundreds of years, has become functionally extinct in the country, a new study said on Wednesday.
Read articleA brutal summer has caused havoc for many in rural Spain, but one unexpected side-effect of the country's worst drought in decades has delighted archaeologists - the emergence of a prehistoric stone circle in a dam whose waterline has receded.
Read articleClimate change and unsustainable water management are leaving lakes dried up all over the Middle East and beyond, but the Israeli government is hopeful it has a solution: It plans to pump water from the Mediterranean sea, take the salt out of it and send it across the country to top up the lake when needed.
Read articleChinese planes are firing rods into the sky to bring more rainfall to its crucial Yangtze River, which has dried up in parts, as swaths of the nation fall into drought and grapple with the worst heat wave on record.
Read articleA "monster" wildfire raged for a third day in southwestern France on Thursday, ravaging forests and forcing 10,000 people to evacuate their homes.
Read articleAntarctica's coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice, doubling previous estimates of losses from the world's largest ice sheet over the past 25 years, a satellite analysis showed on Wednesday.
Read articleScientists in France found that the stress of increasing temperatures prematurely aged the DNA of lizards
Read articleBirdwatcher ‘overcome with emotion’ on spotting the Santa Marta sabrewing, only third time it has been documented
Read articleBirds from every continent except Antarctica have been photographed nesting or tangled in our rubbish.
Read articleDespite growing pleas from climate change activists, the Democratic Republic of Congo says it is moving forward with its plans to auction off a vast majority of oil and gas drilling blocks located in the country's rainforest and peatland.
Read articleThe record-breaking temperature, recorded around 1 p.m. local time, was not expected to arrive until July 2050, according to climate scientists.
Read articleResidents and holidaymakers have fled towns and villages in France as fires are whipped up by high winds and tinder-dry conditions in several countries in Europe.
Read articleAmbitious $2.8m scheme hopes to eliminate damaging species from ecologically significant Rakiura/Stewart Island
Read articleTokyo June heatwave worst since 1875 as power supply creaks under strain
Read articleEcologists raise concern over chicks’ attempts to escape high temperatures during one of earliest heatwaves on record
Read articleShortening of telomeres accelerates ageing process, research shows – a ‘pernicious silent threat’
Read articleCity abandons €72m scheme to develop area and create huge garden in time for 2024 Olympics
Read articleCalls for action as decline is seen as evidence of harm caused by climate crisis, pollution and fish farming
Read articleThe Saint Louis Zoo has welcomed two adorable -- and incredibly rare -- bundles of joy: Anya and Irina, critically endangered Amur leopard cubs.
Read articleThe ocean is also now its most acidic in at least 26,000 years as it absorbs and reacts with more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Read articleThe area of tropical forest destroyed in 2021 was enough to cover the entire island of Cuba, and sent more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as India does in an entire year from burning fossil fuels, according to an analysis published Thursday.
Read articleA climate activist who lit himself on fire on Earth Day outside the United States Supreme Court Building has died, according to reports.
Read articleClimate change activists forced the closure of a main square in central Paris on Saturday to protest against the environmental programmes put forward by France's remaining presidential candidates.
Read articleWater shortages leading to rising salt concentrations and sandstorms are eroding world’s ancient sites
Read articleConservationists say the farms are a danger to sea lions and other marine mammals, who can become entangled in their nets
Read articleEgg-collecting enthusiasts in the late 1880s knew the hobby was crucial for understanding the natural world, but likely never imagined that their research would help scientists more than 100 years later understand how birds are affected by the changing environment.
Read articleNine endangered animals killed after injunction lifted on cull of 25 wolves living in conservation zone
Read articleThe number of trees cut down in the Brazilian Amazon in January far exceeded deforestation for the same month last year, according to government satellite data.
Read articleThe highest glacier on the world's tallest mountain is losing decades worth of ice every year because of human-induced climate change, a new study shows.
Read article“We stand at a moment of conservation history,†says Robichaud, who is president of the Saola Foundation. “We know how to find and save this magnificent animal, which has been on planet Earth for perhaps 8m years. We just need the world to come together and support the effort. It won’t cost much, and the reward, for saola, for the Annamite mountains, and for ourselves, will be huge.â€
Read articleIn exciting news for the planet and environmentalists, Greenland has announced it is permanently halting all new oil and gas exploration in the country.
Read articleFor Balinese souvenir shop owner I Kadek Rai Nama Rupat, the past two years during the COVID-19 pandemic have been a fight for survival.
Read article"Pole and line fishing is very different from casting nets or catching fish by nets," says Hamid Abdallah, a Maldivian fisherman. "We catch fish by pole and line because we want to be able to keep doing it for as long as we can."
Read articleSearch for Lost Birds project is asking birdwatchers everywhere to help track down species sometimes not seen for centuries
Read articleClimate models show switch will happen decades faster than previously thought, with ‘profound’ implications
Read articleBillions of these tiny plastic pellets are floating in the ocean, causing as much damage as oil spills, yet they are still not classified as hazardous
Read articleBrash piles provide safety from predators and place to breed for animal now hailed as ecosystem engineer
Read articleEcologists hopeful after climate-related bleaching during heat waves in 2016, 2017
Read articleWorld’s biggest livestock corporations ‘given free pass by governments’ over lack of clear targets to reduce emissions, say campaigners
Read articleIdentical twins have more similar views on environmental issues than non-identical ones, study finds
Read articleAn insider talks about efforts to cut methane, one of the most prevalent greenhouse gases but which has had little attention
Read articlePork industry’s role in pollution of one of Europe’s largest saltwater lagoons may be greater than publicly acknowledged, investigation reveals
Read articlePope Francis and other religious leaders made a joint appeal on Monday for next month's U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) to offer concrete solutions to save the planet from "an unprecedented ecological crisis".
Read articleAgriculture is the largest anthropogenic source of this gas, accounting for about 40%, leading innovators to offer new solutions to tackle its bovine source
Read articleMajor figures privately admit summit will fail to result in pledges that could limit global heating to 1.5C
Read articleDonation from $10bn Bezos Earth Fund will go towards biodiversity hotspots in Congo Basin and Andes
Read articleAs boats from bigger islands flock to fish off Maio, locals take turns to safeguard their pristine waters
Read article3 pregnancies discovered in the southern resident orcas' J pod could help save the species
Read articleEfforts underway to protect General Sherman and other giant trees from wildfires threatening Sequoia national park
Read articleDocked at a Canadian port, crew members returned from a test run of the Ocean Cleanup's system to rid the Pacific of plastic trash were thrilled by the meager results — even as marine scientists and other ocean experts doubted the effort could succeed.
Read articleGlobal warming is already affecting people's health so much that emergency action on climate change cannot be put on hold while the world deals with the Covid-19 pandemic, medical journals across the globe warned on Monday.
Read articleAuthorities in the French capital of Paris are forcing drivers to slow down, setting a speed limit on almost all the city's roads, in a bid to reduce pollution and improve road safety.
Read articleIndeed, by the end of the century they could become threatening to civilisation if emissions are allowed to continue at their present rate.
Read articlePoliticians around world continue to respond to report from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Read articleA shutdown would have devastating global impacts and must not be allowed to happen, researchers say
Read articleWildfires are raging in countries including Greece and Turkey, where thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and on Tuesday a fire threatened to reach a coal-fired power plant.
Read articleThe founder of the world's biggest plant-based meat firm says a tax on meat could get people to cut their consumption of animal-based products
Read articleCarbon emissions, ocean acidification, Amazon clearing all hurtling toward new records
Read articleInsects have declined by 75% in the past 50 years – and the consequences may soon be catastrophic. Biologist Dave Goulson reveals the vital services they perform
Read articleResearchers suggest net increase would mostly occur in renewables sector, with decline in fossil fuels
Read articleUntil recently, climate change had been talked about as a future threat. Its frontlines were portrayed as remote places like the Arctic, where polar bears are running out of sea ice to hunt from. Sea level rise and extreme drought was a problem for the developing world.
Read articleCutting emissions more urgent than ever, say scientists, with forest producing more than a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year
Read articleMinnesota pet owners warned not to release fish into wild, where they wreak havoc on native species
Read articleResearchers blame poaching and hunting far beyond quotas after species dropped from endangered list
Read articleCountry looks to export excess manure from intensive pig and poultry farms to combat rising pollution and emissions
Read articlePangolins -- four-legged mammals with sloth-like claws, anteater-like snouts, and armour of diamond-shaped scales -- are thought to be the most trafficked mammal in the world. Some species are on the brink of extinction.
Read articleBeekeeping is one of the oldest industries in existence, but it faces numerous threats. A number of tech firms hope to help the honey bee have a brighter future.
Read articleWith that unprecedented level of knowledge came responsibility, she said – the oceans were in the poorest health since humans started exploiting them, denuded of fish, filled with plastic debris, tainted with chemical pollution and acidified by the carbon dioxide still being poured into the air.
Read article"The Bubble Barrier" was developed as a simple way to stop plastic pollution flowing from waterways into the ocean. An air compressor sends air through a perforated tube running diagonally across the bottom of the canal, creating a stream of bubbles that traps waste and guides it to a catchment system.
Read articleG7 countries will lose $5tn a year by 2050 if temperatures rise by 2.6C
Read articleAs UK prepares for environment push at G7 summit, letter asks richest to make climate charitable focus
Read articleAnimals will be used to tread in seeds of small-flowered catchfly at Donkey Sanctuary rewilding project
Read articleHairdressers from UK and Ireland sign up to initiative to protect environment and power National Grid
Read articleCargill, Bunge and Cofco sourced beans from companies allegedly supplied by a farmer fined for destroying swathes of rainforest
Read articleFood-growing areas will see drastic changes to rainfall and temperatures if global heating continues at current rate
Read articleWhy exterminate the wolves? To make the country safe for cattle and sheep; more productive for deer, elk, caribou and moose. To better fill hunters’ freezers with winter meat. To sell the pelts.
Read articleChildren and young adults around the world are demanding action from governments on global heating and the ecological crisis
Read articleMore than 12,000 deaths have already been attributed to glacial lake outburst floods worldwide
Read articleTonnes of dead fish have washed up on the banks of a lake on Lebanon's Litani river, engulfing a nearby village in a pungent smell, in a disaster blamed on polluted waters.
Read articleSticky property of bacteria used to create microbe nets that can capture microplastics in water to form a recyclable blob
Read articleA bill that would ban the buying and selling of shark fins in the United States was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Gregoria Kilili Sablan (I-MP) and Michael McCaul (R-TX). Similar legislation was introduced in the last Congress, passing the House with widespread bipartisan support with a vote of (310-107), as well as clearing the Senate Commerce Committee and garnering the support of 47 Senate cosponsors.
Read articleA new study finds that overconsumption, overpopulation and uncertainty about the future are among the top concerns of those who say climate change is affecting their reproductive decision-making.
Read articleAn attempt by Marks & Spencer to “do good for the environment†by releasing 30 million honeybees into the British countryside has backfired, with conservationists warning the initiative could damage ecosystems and deprive wild pollinators of valuable food sources.
Read articleA group of indigenous islanders from Australia’s Torres Strait has launched a world-first legal battle in a bid to protect their homes.
Read articleWithout the app, mapping reefs usually involves high amounts of data and low-quality photos, which leads to slow analysis
Read articleShrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests. Seagrasses play a large role in regulating ocean environments, storing more than twice as much carbon from planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) per square mile as forests do on land, according to a 2012 study in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Read articleProjects to transform a former golf course for nature, rewild a village and restore ice age “ghost†ponds are among schemes being launched to boost wildlife across England and Wales.
Read articleAccording to data from the University of Maryland and the online monitoring platform Global Forest Watch, the loss was well above the average for the last 20 years, with 2020 the third worst year for forest destruction since 2002 when comparable monitoring began.
Read articleCities around the world were turning off their lights on Saturday for Earth Hour, with this year’s event highlighting the link between the destruction of nature and increasing outbreaks of diseases like Covid-19.
Read articleSighting in Primorye region said to show success of fight against poachers and steps to boost species population
Read articleExperimental animal jabs could stop spillover back to humans, says firm behind vaccines for primates
Read articleScientists warn that Nobel summit and long-term decisions to save the planet are at risk from targeted attacks online
Read articleThe United Nations released a report Thursday on the health of the planet that proposes a radical shift in the way mankind thinks about it.
Read articleGuardian analysis of 44 studies finds nearly 40% of 9,000 products from restaurants, markets and fishmongers were mislabelled
Read articleHarbin hotel keeping threatened species in pen overlooked by bedrooms angers animal welfare groups
Read articleGroundbreaking new analysis could allow more than 100,000 people to claim compensation
Read articleFood discarded in homes is 74kg per person each year, with problem affecting rich and poor countries
Read articleDiscovery off New Zealand includes kitefin shark, which at up to 180cm is now biggest-known luminous vertebrate
Read articleA wild and ailing sheep found in a forest in Australia, named Baarack by rescuers, has yielded a fleece weighing more than 35 kilogrammes - nearly half the weight of an adult kangaroo - after being shorn for the first time in many a year.
Read articlePlans for seismic surveys to help find oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have fizzled due to a lack of protection for polar bears, according to a brief statement Saturday from the Department of the Interior.
Read articleEfforts by governments around the world to forge a green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic are so far failing even to reach the levels of green spending seen in the stimulus that followed the 2008 financial crisis, new analysis has shown.
Read articleReport says pollution, parasites and fish mortality rates cost an estimated $50bn globally from 2013 to 2019
Read articleMeeting Paris goals would bring health benefits aside from tackling global heating, research says
Read articleSome species of sharks and rays could disappear from our seas altogether after a sharp drop in their numbers due to overfishing in the past 50 years.
Read articleWildlife officials in Florida have reported an “encouraging†number of sightings of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales off the south-eastern US, including at least 14 new calves, three born to first-time mothers.
Read articleEnvironmental groups propose urgent plan to stop overfishing and safeguard marine life, as existing laws go unenforced
Read articleIslands surrounded by US military study area, including Guam and Saipan, call for activity that harms the whales to stop
Read articleThe movement for a cleaner, greener world has grown increasingly popular as the climate crisis has worsened, and organizations such as Greenpeace and World Wildlife Fund, now household names, have raised millions to save species, cut down on pollution and slow the effects of climate change.
Read articleSobering new report says world is failing to grasp the extent of threats posed by biodiversity loss and the climate crisis
Read articleTourist drawcards Kuta and Legian beaches are being overwhelmed by up to 60 tonnes of plastic rubbish every day
Read articleCoca-Cola has been branded the world’s worst plastic polluter for the third year in a row, in a damning report that further reveals the scale of the global plastic crisis.
Read articleJeff Bezos announced on Monday morning in an Instagram post that he has given $791 million to 16 organizations working on fighting climate change. The donations are the first gifts he’s making as part of his Bezos Earth Fund, a pledge he made in February to give $10 billion to fight climate change.
Read articleMeltwater flows over the Laohugou No. 12 glacier in the Qilian mountains, Subei Mongol Autonomous County, in Gansu province, China, on September 27, 2020.
Read articlePakistani authorities have thwarted a bid to smuggle endangered birds out of the country.
Read articleWildfires, mostly caused by land clearing for cattle grazing and soya production, have set four nations ablaze
Read articleMore than 350 scientists and conservationists from 40 countries have signed a letter calling for global action to protect whales, dolphins and porpoises from extinction.
Read articleOne of Asia’s fastest-growing cities has no major river and its deep groundwater is running out, but an age-old practice could help the city find water.
Read articleIn the dark early days of the coronavirus pandemic, when a death toll of 1 million was still unimaginable, there was one bright spot: nature appeared to be healing. With humans under lockdown, stories circulated about unusual animal sightings, like wild goats taking over a town in Wales -- and then became a joke about the public's thirst for signs of regeneration: New Yorkers claimed the return of Elmo to Times Square as proof of a great earthly rebalancing.
Read articleResearchers say they are racing against time to name and describe new species, before they disappear.
Read articleDuring the recent UN meeting, several world leaders from small island nations and Africa tried to focus on climate change issues which are more threatening than COVID-19
Read articleSea ice minimum has fallen below 4m sq km for the second time in 40 years as the climate crisis rapidly transforms the region
Read articleSome of the world’s biggest companies on Monday backed growing calls for governments to do more to reverse the accelerating destruction of the natural world and support broader efforts to fight climate change.
Read articleCharity says world’s fast-shrinking carbon budget should be used to improve lot of poorest
Read articleThere have been more than 15,000 fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands so far this year, causing widespread devastation. That is triple the number recorded in the same period in 2019, according to data collected by Brazil's National Institute for Space Research.
Read articleWildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds in less than 50 years, according to a major report by the conservation group WWF.
Read articleCanadian-Iranian designer Roya Aghighi wants you to imagine that your shirt is alive.
Read articleScientists and conservationists are proposing that up to half of Earth’s land and oceans be protected for nature. Is it a necessary step or a pipe dream?
Read articleDescribing the ice loss as "staggering," the group found that melting glaciers and ice sheets could cause sea levels to rise dramatically, possibly reaching a metre (3 feet) by the end of the century.
Read articleThe US government is pushing forward with controversial plans to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, by laying out the terms of a leasing programme that would give oil companies access to the area.
Read articleThousands of fish were found dead on the banks and in the Aisne river near Brécy-Brières in northeastern France on August 10. Local fishermen place the blame on waste runoff from a Nestlé factory in Challerange less than three kilometres away. Volunteers, firefighters and fishermen spent three days clearing the remains of the fish from the river.
Read articleScientists have identified a chemical compound released by locusts that causes them to swarm, opening the door to possible new ways to prevent these insects from devouring crops vital to human sustenance as they have for millennia.
Read articleA new report released Wednesday details how 2019 was another year of extremes for Earth's climate, adding to a litany of evidence exposing the grim reality of our warming world.
Read articleMeet the whales with plenty to smile about! Two belugas are transported from captivity in China to a new ocean refuge 6,000 miles away thanks to British charity
Read articleWorld must act now to protect wildlife in order to stop future virus crises, say scientists
Read articleOnly ten years ago, a search engine that uses its profits to plant trees, restore landscapes and empower rural communities was an improbable idea. Ecosia is now planting a new tree every second across the planet and today users have reached the planting of 100 million trees.
Read articleScientists have issued new warnings over a glacier in Antarctica that is described as “the doomsday glacier†because its collapse could lead to rapid sea-level rise.
Read articleGovernment teams up with accommodation businesses to cut island’s plastic waste
Read articlePakistan has found a great way to help its laborers who've lost their jobs due to the health crisis by hiring them to plant saplings as part of the country's 10 Billion Trees program.
Read articleJust as suddenly as it first formed, a record-breaking ozone hole has healed. The largest ozone hole to ever open up over the Arctic is now closed, after first opening up earlier this spring.
Read article'The Turning Point' by Steve Cutts explores the destruction of the environment, climate change and species extinction from different perspective. Music by Wantaways.
Read articleIn a hard-to-believe moment, residents of Jalandhar, Punjab woke up to an incredible sight – a mountain range peeking from behind the clouds. The only thing is that this magnificent creation of nature is not located in the land of five rivers but is over 200 kms away from the state. What people saw is the mighty Dhauladhar range in Himachal Pradesh.
Read articleThe glory of the world’s oceans could be restored within a generation, according to a major new scientific review. It reports rebounding sea life, from humpback whales off Australia to elephant seals in the US and green turtles in Japan.
Read articleChina has approved the use of bear bile to treat coronavirus patients, angering activists and raising fears it could undermine efforts to stop the illegal animal trade which is blamed for the emergence of the new disease sweeping the globe.
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