Rhett Ayers Butler

Rhett Ayers Butler

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Rhett Butler is the founder and CEO of Mongabay.

Rhett founded Mongabay out of his passion for wildlife and wild places.

He has traveled widely in the tropics and enjoys photography, hiking, and scuba-diving.

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Permafrost could melt by 2100, worsening global warming

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Dec 2005

2005 is second warmest year on record

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Dec 2005

Making wind power less deadly for birds

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Dec 2005

Congo’s forests get some relief from World Bank grant

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Dec 2005

Is Global Warming Killing Polar Bears? — WSJ

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Dec 2005

Activists ditch tear gas neutralizers for suits at trade talks in Hong Kong

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Dec 2005

California plans $3 billion for solar energy projects

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Dec 2005

Sex vs. Intelligence: Bigger balls mean smaller brain

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Dec 2005

Some Amazon rainforest trees are over 1000 years old finds study

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Dec 2005

794 species on brink of extinction find study

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Dec 2005

UN agrees to “rainforest conservation for emissions” deal

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2005

Amazon drought continues, worst on record

Rhett Ayers Butler 11 Dec 2005

Deforestation causes 25% of greenhouse gas emissions

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Dec 2005

Environmental damage linked to new diseases says WHO

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2005

Changes in forest cover could affect climate as much as greenhouse gases in some areas

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2005

Alaska could lose Northern Lights in 50 years

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Dec 2005

Arctic Inuit sue U.S. govt over global warming pollution

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Dec 2005

Future forests may absorb more carbon dioxide than current forests

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Dec 2005

45% chance Gulf Stream will collapse by 2100 say scientists

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Dec 2005

Photos of erupting volcano in Vanuatu

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Dec 2005

Using biomimicry to fight computer viruses via “immunity software”

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Dec 2005

Easter Island's demise caused by rats, Dutch traders says new theory

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Dec 2005

Archaeologists make ancient Maya discovery in Guatemala

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2005

Amazon rainforest biodiversity due to biology not climate change says study

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2005

Congo rainforest – 600,000 sq km slated for logging

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2005

Temperate forests may worsen global warming, tropical forests fight higher temperatures

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2005

Amazon deforestation slows in Brazil for 2005

Rhett Ayers Butler 5 Dec 2005

US denies hurricane link with climate change

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Dec 2005

Change in Atlantic circulation could plunge Europe into cold winters

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Dec 2005

Giant, human-sized scorpion discovered

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Dec 2005

Australian industry embraces green energy while government fights emissions cuts

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Dec 2005

Rainforests worth $1.1 trillion for carbon alone in Coalition nations

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Nov 2005

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Woman farming seaweed at Pemba Island, Tanzania
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The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on April 21, 2025. Image by Tailyr Irvine/Grist.
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A model of a woolly mammoth at the Royal Victoria Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 2018. Photo by Thomas Quine, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).
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