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As Arctic sea ice hits annual maximum, concern grows over polar ice loss: Studies

Gloria Dickie 16 Mar 2021
A modern sailing vessel passes a fossil-fueled container ship. Image via Visualhunt.

New age of sail looks to slash massive maritime carbon emissions

Andrew Willner 15 Mar 2021

Philippines looks to improve disaster preparedness with geospatial tech

Rosy Mina 10 Mar 2021

Dutch to limit forest biomass subsidies, possibly signaling EU sea change

Justin Catanoso 9 Mar 2021

Deforestation in Indonesia hits record low, but experts fear a rebound

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Mar 2021

500+ experts call on world’s nations to not burn forests to make energy

Justin Catanoso 15 Feb 2021

Will new US EPA head continue his opposition to burning forests for energy?

Justin Catanoso 4 Feb 2021

Dusty winds exacerbate looming famine in Madagascar’s deep south

Rivonala Razafison 29 Jan 2021

Amazon is on the brink of turning into a carbon source, study warns

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2021

‘There is no vaccine for climate change,’ U.N. environment chief says

Mongabay.com 14 Jan 2021

In Madagascar’s hungry south, drought pushes more than 1 million to brink of famine

Malavika Vyawahare 24 Dec 2020
Rainforest tree with magenta flowers

Critical temperature threshold spells shorter lives for tropical trees

Liz Kimbrough 22 Dec 2020
A world turned weird. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Top 10 environmental news stories of 2020

Rhett Ayers Butler 22 Dec 2020

Tropical forests can take the heat, study finds. Dryness? Not so much

Jennifer Ann Thomas 16 Dec 2020

For sustainable business, ‘planetary boundaries’ define the new rules

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 18 Nov 2020

One year on: Insects still in peril as world struggles with global pandemic

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2020
Banner image of a caribou calf in the archive study area by Karsten Heuer.

A warming Arctic is changing animal migrations, decades of tracking shows

Liz Kimbrough 9 Nov 2020
Firewood is being used on a large scale in Kafountine at the fish smoking factories. ©Jason Florio/United Purpose.

Chinese demand and domestic instability are wiping out Senegal’s last forests

Louise Hunt 5 Nov 2020

Antarctic Ice Sheet is primed to pass irreversible climate thresholds: Researchers

Gloria Dickie 28 Oct 2020

Brave New Arctic: Sea ice has yet to form off of Siberia, worrying scientists

Sharon Guynup 26 Oct 2020

On a Philippine mountain, researchers describe a ‘fire flower’ orchid species

Keith Anthony Fabro 9 Oct 2020

Indian embassy in Madagascar becomes first to go fully solar

Mongabay.com 2 Oct 2020

Could disruptions in meat supply relieve pressure on the Amazon? (commentary)

Nikolas Kozloff 30 Sep 2020

Arctic Sea ice melts to second-place finish at annual minimum

Gloria Dickie 21 Sep 2020
Deforestation in Indonesian Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Experts question integrity of Indonesia’s claim of avoided deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Sep 2020

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

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