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Are forests the new coal? Global alarm sounds as biomass burning surges

Justin Catanoso 31 Aug 2020
Planet image of Altamira (-5.79, -53.69) in the State of Pará, Brazil taken on August 8, 2020. Courtesy of Planet.

Can we predict where Amazon fires will occur? And to what end?

Liz Kimbrough 21 Aug 2020

Climate change could put tropical plant germination at risk: Study

Claire Asher 12 Aug 2020

Traversing Russia’s remote taiga in pursuit of the Blakiston’s fish owl

Gloria Dickie 6 Aug 2020

Burning down the house? Enviva’s giant U.S. wood pellet plants gear up

Saul Elbein 29 Jul 2020
Oil palm plantation in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Upgrade of Indonesian palm oil certification falls short, observers say

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Jul 2020
Philippine coral reefs in the Verde Island Passage, the centre of the center of the world's marine biodiversity, located in the Philippines. Image by Jett Britnell/Coral Reef Image Bank

App harnesses citizen power to keep tabs on Philippines’ coral reefs

Jen Chan 27 Jul 2020
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, is just one region where fires are burning throughout Russia in 2020. Image by Greenpeace International.

Photos show scale of massive fires tearing through Siberian forests

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Jul 2020

Energy-guzzling McMansions make the American dream a climate nightmare

Mongabay.com 20 Jul 2020

Corn growers in Brazil’s Cerrado reap a hostile climate of their own making

Maurício Angelo 15 Jul 2020

Siberian heat drives Arctic ice extent to record low for early July

Gloria Dickie 10 Jul 2020

COVID-19 may worsen burning and haze as Indonesia enters dry season

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Jul 2020

British Columbia poised to lose ‘white rhino of old growth forests’

Justin Catanoso 22 Jun 2020

Crediting the lockdown for Sri Lanka’s cleaner air masks the real problem (Commentary)

Lareef Zubair 10 Jun 2020

Climate conundrum: Could COVID-19 be linked to early Arctic ice melt?

Gloria Dickie 8 Jun 2020

Indonesia to receive $56m payment from Norway for reducing deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 May 2020

Green alert: How indigenous people are experiencing climate change in the Amazon

Jenny Gonzales 27 May 2020

Aided by weather, Sri Lanka’s lockdown leads to decline in air, sea pollution

Dennis Mombauer 21 May 2020

Scientists warn U.S. Congress against declaring biomass burning carbon neutral

Justin Catanoso 13 May 2020

Philippines bids farewell to satellite that launched enviro policy into the space age

Rosy Mina 12 May 2020

Soy made the Cerrado a breadbasket; climate change may end that

Sarah Sax, Maurício Angelo 5 May 2020
Rainforest canopy in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Obstacles abound in bid to protect Indonesia’s forests and cut emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2020
The Javari river forms the border between Brazil and Peru. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Investing in Amazon Rainforest Conservation: A Foreigner’s Perspective (commentary)

Jonah Wittkamper 21 Apr 2020
View of Suralaya coal power plant in Cilegon city, Banten Province, Indonesia.

Green groups target South Korea’s bailout of coal power plant builder

Basten Gokkon 10 Apr 2020

Game changer? Antarctic ice melt related to tropical weather shifts: Study

Gloria Dickie 1 Apr 2020

Mining activity in Indonesia takes a hit from COVID-19 pandemic

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 Mar 2020

Arctic permafrost moving toward crisis, abrupt thaw a growing risk: Studies

Gloria Dickie 18 Mar 2020

Extreme El Niño drought, fires contribute to Amazon insect collapse: Study

Taran Volckhausen 13 Mar 2020

Unsung Species: One of Earth’s rarest land mammals clings to a hopeful future (commentary)

Joel Berger, Alejandro Vila, Cristobal Briceño 28 Feb 2020

Escalating firestorms could turn Amazon from carbon sink to source: Study

Taran Volckhausen 6 Feb 2020

Success of Microsoft’s ‘moonshot’ climate pledge hinges on forest conservation

Justin Catanoso 3 Feb 2020

Dam that threatens orangutan habitat is ‘wholly unnecessary’: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Jan 2020

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