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‘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

Though humanity exceeds key ‘planetary boundaries’ there are many solutions

Mike Gaworecki 8 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

2019 in line for second lowest Arctic sea ice extent record

Gloria Dickie 19 Aug 2019

Forests and forest communities critical to climate change solutions

John Cannon 8 Aug 2019

Venezuelan crisis: Caring for priceless botanical treasures in a failed state

Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres 31 Jul 2019

Arctic in free fall: 2019 sea ice volume sinks to near record for June

Gloria Dickie 11 Jul 2019

Arctic sea ice extent just hit a record low for early June; worse may come

Gloria Dickie 12 Jun 2019

Deforestation diminishes access to clean water, study finds

John Cannon 15 Apr 2019

Arctic in trouble: Sea ice melt falls to record lows for early April

Gloria Dickie 11 Apr 2019

Malaysian state chief: Highway construction must not destroy forest

Mongabay.com 26 Mar 2019
A juvenile Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in the Pantanal. Tapirs have been found to disperse seeds in disturbed Amazon forests. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Tapirs could be key in helping degraded rainforests bounce back

Mongabay.com 20 Mar 2019

New maps show where humans are pushing species closer to extinction

John Cannon 15 Mar 2019

Antarctica now shedding ice six times faster than in 1979

Mongabay.com 14 Jan 2019

A Brazilian mourns what was lost in the National Museum fire

Peter Moon 6 Sep 2018

Maps tease apart complex relationship between agriculture and deforestation in DRC

John Cannon 2 Feb 2018

So long, UNESCO! What does U.S. withdrawal mean for the environment?

Giovanni Ortolani 26 Dec 2017

Antarctica’s Larsen C calves giant 5,800 square kilometer iceberg

Gloria Dickie 12 Jul 2017

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