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A frog in Peruvian Amazon.

Caribbean incursion into Amazon sparked a flurry of life, with lessons for the future

Fernanda Wenzel 24 May 2022

Geoengineering Earth’s climate future: Straight talk with Wake Smith

Jeremy Hance 12 May 2022
A Royal Navy research vessel patrols Antarctica.

Robot revolution: A new real-time accounting system for ocean carbon

Elizabeth Devitt 18 Apr 2022

Efforts to dim Sun and cool Earth must be blocked, say scientists

Shanna Hanbury 24 Jan 2022

The past, present and future of the Congo peatlands: 10 takeaways from our series

John Cannon 16 Dec 2021

Carbon and communities: The future of the Congo Basin peatlands

John Cannon 14 Dec 2021

Holding agriculture and logging at bay in the Congo peatlands

John Cannon 9 Dec 2021

Layers of carbon: The Congo Basin peatlands and oil

John Cannon 7 Dec 2021

The ‘idea’: Uncovering the peatlands of the Congo Basin

John Cannon 2 Dec 2021

“Earthshine” from the Moon shows our planet is dimming, intensifying global warming

Zack Savitsky 18 Nov 2021

COP26: As carbon emissions rise unabated, scientists eye a methane removal fix

Justin Catanoso 8 Nov 2021
Glacier in Antarctica. Photo credit: N. Butler

Humans’ role in climate warming ‘unequivocal,’ IPCC report shows

John Cannon 9 Aug 2021
Proboscis monkeys in Malaysian Borneo. Image by John C. Cannon/Mongabay.

Scientists call for solving climate and biodiversity crises together

John Cannon 14 Jun 2021

On the Mongolian steppe, conservation science meets traditional knowledge

Jacopo Pasotti 2 Jun 2021

Ever-evolving Montreal Protocol a model for environmental treaties

Jane Palmer 12 May 2021

The HFC challenge: Can the Montreal Protocol continue its winning streak?

Jane Palmer 5 May 2021

‘Profound ignorance’: Microbes, a missing piece in the biodiversity puzzle

Ian Morse 26 Apr 2021
Rainforest creek in the Colombian Amazon. Image by Rhett A. Butler.

Humanity’s dysfunctional relationship with Earth can still be fixed, report says

Mongabay.com 22 Apr 2021

The nine boundaries humanity must respect to keep the planet habitable

Claire Asher 30 Mar 2021
A lemur tree frog (Hylomantis lemur) in Costa Rica. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

U.N. report lays out blueprint to end ‘suicidal war on nature’

John Cannon 19 Feb 2021

IPBES report details path to exit current ‘pandemic era’

John Cannon 30 Oct 2020

The Amazon savanna? Rainforest teeters on the brink as climate heats up

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2020

Scientists launch ambitious conservation project to save the Amazon

Shanna Hanbury 27 Jul 2020

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

Gloria Dickie 8 Jun 2020

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

Gloria Dickie 1 Apr 2020

Melting Arctic sea ice may be altering winds, weather at equator: study

Gloria Dickie 27 Jan 2020

10 noteworthy books on conservation and the environment from 2019

John Cannon 23 Dec 2019

Fires and greenhouse gases fuel drying of the Amazon

Mongabay.com 11 Nov 2019

What’s at stake after Chile cancels its hosting of COP25?

Michelle Carrere 1 Nov 2019

Research outlines ‘roadmap’ for land use to slow climate change

Mongabay.com 24 Oct 2019

Call for scientists to engage in environmental movements strikes chord

John Cannon 24 Sep 2019

The Arctic and climate change (1979 – 2019): What the ice record tells us

Gloria Dickie 18 Sep 2019

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