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Grass-fed beef production generates more greenhouse gas than using feedlots. Photo by Scott Bauer.

Raising beef cattle on grass can create a higher carbon footprint than feedlots, new study suggests

Kimberly Hickok 5 Dec 2017
A herd of capybara, the world’s largest living rodents, go for a swim in Colombia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Mammal diversity may increase carbon storage in rainforests

Jennifer Leman 5 Dec 2017

Kenyan farmers reap economic, environmental gains from ABCDs of agroforestry

Sophie Mbugua 4 Dec 2017

Ferrogrão grain railway threatens Amazon indigenous groups, forest

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 4 Dec 2017
2. A pink river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) leaps from the Samiria River in northeastern Peru. These dolphins, along with scores of fish and crocodilians, suffered from an intense drought in 2010, but most recovered during extreme floods between 2011 and 2015. Photo courtesy of Richard Bodmer and FundAmazonia.

Extreme seasonal changes in Amazon river levels threaten forest conservation by indigenous people

Jeremy Rehm 4 Dec 2017

New carbon maps of Sabah’s forests guide conservation in Borneo

John Cannon 29 Nov 2017

Margaret Atwood on her conservation-themed graphic novel, dystopian futures, and how not to despair

Mike Gaworecki 28 Nov 2017

Long-term droughts are throttling growth in Hawaiian forests, finds airborne laser-based study

Alex Fox 27 Nov 2017

A reflection on COP23: Incremental progress but no industrialized country’s top priority (commentary)

Justin Catanoso 22 Nov 2017

Indonesian mosques to take up the mantle of fighting climate change

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2017

Pyrrhic victory for Keystone XL as Nebraska nixes preferred pipeline route

Saul Elbein 21 Nov 2017

New research projects two percent increase in global emissions in 2017

Mike Gaworecki 17 Nov 2017

COP23: Leaders vie for protection of ‘incredibly important’ African peatland

Justin Catanoso 17 Nov 2017

COP23: Alliance pledges an end to coal; other key summit goals unmet

Justin Catanoso 17 Nov 2017

Jane Goodall interview: ‘The most important thing is sharing good news’

Mongabay.com 17 Nov 2017

Can agroforestry propel climate commitments? Interview with Peter Minang

Giovanni Ortolani 16 Nov 2017

Forests can beat humans at restoration, new study finds

Morgan Erickson-Davis 16 Nov 2017

COP23: U.S., wealthy nations curtail climate aid for developing world

Justin Catanoso 16 Nov 2017

It is time to recognize the limits of certification in agriculture (commentary)

Andre de Freitas 16 Nov 2017

Scientists give humanity ‘second notice’ to shape up or suffer the consequences

Morgan Erickson-Davis 15 Nov 2017

$2 billion investment in forest restoration announced at COP23

Mike Gaworecki 15 Nov 2017

Should I stay, or should I go: is U.S. facing a climate scientist brain drain?

Sean Mowbray 15 Nov 2017
Jane Goodall. Photo credit: Jane Goodall Institute.

Dr. Jane Goodall on being proven right about animals having personalities, plus updates direct from COP23

Mike Gaworecki 15 Nov 2017

More big mammals found in high-carbon forests, says new study

John Cannon 15 Nov 2017

COP23: Trump team leads ‘surreal’ coal-gas-nuke climate summit panel

Justin Catanoso 14 Nov 2017

Indonesia coal power push neglects rural households, chokes urban ones

Basten Gokkon 14 Nov 2017

COP23: Voices from America’s Pledge; in their own words

Justin Catanoso 13 Nov 2017

A forgotten promise to forests? (commentary)

Karen Petersen, Josefina Braña-Varela 13 Nov 2017

U.S. subnationals shoulder climate role in Bonn, Trump sidelined

Justin Catanoso 13 Nov 2017

Trump family planning policy may increase population, hurt women and environment

Tina Deines 10 Nov 2017
Adult male orangutan in Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia tries to learn from Brazil’s success in REDD+

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Nov 2017

New research shows why forests are absolutely essential to meeting Paris Climate Agreement goals

Mike Gaworecki 9 Nov 2017

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