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‘Independent’ auditors overvalue credits of carbon projects, study finds

Carla Ruas 8 Sep 2025
In this file photo, men and women carry bananas and fish from the port in Leticia, Colombia.

How climate change could affect production of the world’s favorite fruit, the banana

Fernanda Biasoli 8 Sep 2025
Volunteers evacuate villagers from a flooded area following heavy rains and raising water in rivers, in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Asim Tanveer)

Pakistan evacuates 25,000 people from eastern city as rivers threaten flooding

Associated Press 8 Sep 2025
The tropical royal flycatcher has suffered a decline in abundance. Image by Crístian Rincón Alvarez via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Tropical bird numbers plummet due to more days of extreme heat, study finds

Shanna Hanbury 5 Sep 2025

Republicans move to lift drilling and mining restrictions in Western states

Associated Press 4 Sep 2025

Report sees $20B in revenue for Amazon REDD+ projects despite unmet promises

Carla Ruas 4 Sep 2025

Mass evacuations in flood-hit Punjab hit 300,000 following alerts by India

Associated Press 3 Sep 2025
A Sumatran rhino with a four-day-old calf. This critically endangered species is the smallest of all rhinos, with an estimated 34-47 individuals surviving in the wild.

Latest rhino assessment finds two species recovering, but three continue to decline

Spoorthy Raman 3 Sep 2025
Marine life off Panaon Island in the Philippines. Image courtesy of Oceana/Danny Ocampo.

Philippines protects huge coral hotspot off the coast of Panaon Island

Shanna Hanbury 3 Sep 2025
A walk through the Sardinilla Experiment.

New study pinpoints tree-planting hotspots for climate and biodiversity gains

Marina Martinez 3 Sep 2025
Climate change threatens to disrupt the soil carbon cycle, potentially releasing billions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere and overshadowing international decarbonization efforts.

Soil carbon: Crucial ally or potential threat to net-zero commitments?

Claire Asher 3 Sep 2025
Przewalski's horse at Rewilding Spain Project

Why are wild horses returning to Spain?

Juan Maza 3 Sep 2025
Sunrise over the Amazon. Image by Rhett Ayers Butler

Why is rainfall declining in the Amazon? New research says deforestation is the leading driver

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Sep 2025
Rescuers evacuate people from a flooded hospital following landslides and flash flooding in India's northeast state of Manipur, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Donald Sairem)

How scientists unmask climate change’s role in extreme weather

Kristine Sabillo 1 Sep 2025
Long Moh community member Kuleh and SAVE Rivers staff Samban Tugang at carbon workshop April 2025. Image courtesy of Fiona McAlpine / Borneo Project.

Carbon offset markets are unfair to communities in Borneo & beyond (commentary)

Fiona McAlpine 29 Aug 2025
A depiction of a gas flare in Putumayo, Columbia. (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)

Despite pledge, Colombia still has ways to expand Amazon oil exploration

Maxwell Radwin 29 Aug 2025
A school of barracuda in the Solomon Islands, a small island developing state in the Pacific Ocean.

Climate change is driving fish stocks from countries’ waters to the high seas: Study

Edward Carver 29 Aug 2025

Rewilding project aims to restore resilience to fire-prone Spain via wildlife

Jeremy Hance 28 Aug 2025

Indigenous people gain formal role in Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization

Maxwell Radwin 28 Aug 2025
Banner image of a firefighter trying to extinguish a wildfire as a helicopter flies over Athens on July 26, 2025, by AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis.

Climate change intensified wildfire weather in Greece, Türkiye and Cyprus: Study

Kristine Sabillo 28 Aug 2025
An Indian pond heron or paddybird (Ardeola grayii) in a pond in Nepal.

In Nepal, artificial ponds offer drought relief despite lingering doubts

Mukesh Pokhrel 28 Aug 2025

Deforestation is killing people by raising local temperatures

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Aug 2025

California lawmakers seek to curb oil imports from Amazon

Associated Press 27 Aug 2025
The jaguar nicknamed Gaia, who died when her Pantanal habitat burned. Image courtesy of Ricardo Martins / Caiman Ecological Refuge.

Climate negotiations must begin to prioritize conservation of wetlands like Brazil’s Pantanal (commentary)

Mario Haberfeld, Steve Trent 27 Aug 2025
A green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swims along the Great Barrier Reef off Australia.

Scientists warn ocean-based climate fixes lack rules and oversight

Edward Carver 27 Aug 2025
A blacktip reef shark. Image by Charles J. Sharp via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Sharks risk losing their bite as oceans turn acidic: Study

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Aug 2025
Natalie Kyriacou holding a Tasmanian devil. Image courtesy of Natalie Kyriacou.

The honesty, humor and wonder of ‘Nature’s Last Dance,’ from Natalie Kyriacou

Mike DiGirolamo 26 Aug 2025
Banner image of a Manapany day gecko by B.navez via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Réunion’s ‘rarest’ gecko vanishing from natural areas but appearing in gardens

Kristine Sabillo 26 Aug 2025
A 1.72-meter (5.6-foot), 102-kilogram (225-pound) Mekong giant barb caught in Tonle Sap Lake in December, 2002.

Shrinking Mekong megafish underlines risks to the river, study finds

Anton L. Delgado 26 Aug 2025

Vietnam evacuates hundreds of thousands as typhoon Kajiki nears landfall

Associated Press 25 Aug 2025
Waste burning in the Maldives. Open burning of plastic is a cheap way of reducing waste volume, but the practice is rife with health and environmental risks.

Global South bears growing burden of health threats from plastic burning

Mongabay.com 25 Aug 2025
Banner image of waves near Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour following Typhoon Wipha, July 20, 2025. Image by AP Photo/Vernon Yuen.

How science links extreme weather disasters to climate change: Interview with WWA’s Clair Barnes

Kristine Sabillo 25 Aug 2025

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