Record global ocean temperature in July
The world's ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for July, breaking the previous record set in 1998, reports NOAA's National Climatic Data Center. At 62.56°F (16.99°C), ocean temperatures…
Large Trees Declining in Yosemite
A recent study by the U.S Geological Survey (USGS) indicates a substantial decline in the number of large-diameter trees in Yellowstone National Park. Between the 1930s and the 1990s there…
Imbalance in Earth’s Biogeochemical Cycles
Scientists are currently meeting at the 94th annual Ecological Society of America (ESA) symposium in New Mexico to discuss, among other topics, the massive upset of the natural biogeochemical cycles…
Is El Niño back?
A return of El Niño could boost average global temperatures: the two warmest years on record — 1998 and 2005 — have occurred during ENSO events. Ocean temperatures in the…
Global ocean temperatures at warmest level since 1880
Global ocean temperatures rose to the warmest on record, according to data released last week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The combined average global land and ocean…
CO2 currently at highest level in 2.1 million years
Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are higher than any point in the last 2.1 million years, report researchers writing in the journal Science. Analyzing the shells of single-celled plankton buried under…
Global warming could turn forests from sink to source of carbon emissions
Rising temperatures could reverse the role forests play in mitigating climate change, turning them into net sources of greenhouse gases, reports a new assessment by the International Union of Forest…
How satellites are used in conservation
A condensed version of this post originally appeared at Yale e360. In October 2008 scientists with the Royal Botanical Garden at Kew discovered a host of previously unknown species in…
Carbon dioxide monitoring satellite crashes immediately after launch
Burning rainforests, melting tundra could accelerate global warming well beyond current projections
Gravitational effects may boost sea level rise by 25% along U.S. coast
Global warming to strengthen Arctic storms
Glaciers decline in ice mass for 18th straight year
Iron fertilization of oceans may be ineffective in fighting global warming
Iron fertilization of oceans less effective in sequestering carbon than previously estimated
Biochar and reforestation may offer better global cooling potential than ocean fertilization
Many global warming impacts may be irreversible in next 1000 years
New global temperature record expected in the next 1-2 years
2008 was the coolest year since 2000 but still ranks in the top 10 warmest since 1880
Antarctica shows net warming over past 50 years
97% of climatologists say global warming is occurring and caused by humans
Observed sea level rise, ice melt far outpaces projections
Climate change will transform the chemical-makeup of the ocean
Climate change will transform the chemical-makeup of the ocean Climate change will transform the chemical-makeup of the ocean Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com December 11, 2008
Water vapor will amplify global warming
Water vapor will amplify global warming Water vapor will amplify global warming mongabay.com November 17, 2008
Solar cells, flat-panel screens are source of potent greenhouse gas
Solar cells, flat-panel screens are source of potent greenhouse gas Solar cells, flat-panel screens are source of potent greenhouse gas mongabay.com October 23, 2008 Solar cells, flat-panel screens are source…
Arctic sea ice falls to second lowest on record
Arctic sea ice falls to second lowest on record Arctic sea ice falls to second lowest on record mongabay.com September 16, 2008 Arctic sea ice retreated to the second lowest…
Earth already committed to 2.4-degree C rise from climate change
Earth already committed to 2.4-dgree C rise from climate change Earth already committed to 2.4-dgree C rise from climate change Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com September 15, 2008 Air pollution masking full…
Study confirms strong link between CO2 and climate over 70,000 years
Study confirms strong link between CO2 and climate over 70,000 years Study confirms strong link between CO2 and climate over 70,000 years mongabay.com September 11, 2008 Analysis of ice core…
NASA: Sea ice melt opens the Northwest and Northeast Passage
NASA: Melting sea ice opens the Northwest and Northeast Passage NASA: Sea ice melt opens the Northwest and Northeast Passage mongabay.com September 9, 2008 An image released by NASA shows…
Sea level rise likely limited to 2-6 feet by 2100
Sea level rise likely limited to 2-6 feet by 2100 Forecast sea level rise may be overestimated by some models mongabay.com September 4, 2008 Global sea level rise is unlikely…
Powerful hurricanes may be getting stronger due to warmer seas
Powerful hurricanes may be getting stronger due to warmer seas Powerful hurricanes may be getting stronger due to warmer seas mongabay.com September 3, 2008 Warming climate is causing the strongest…
Canada’s ice shelves lost 23% of their area this summer
Canada's ice shelves lost 23% of their area this summer Canada's ice shelves lost 23% of their area this summer mongabay.com September 3, 2008 A 19-square-mile (50 sq km) chuck…
Special series
Forest Trackers
- Bolivia’s El Curichi Las Garzas protected area taken over by land-grabbers
- Authorities struggle to protect Bolivian national park from drug-fueled deforestation
- Poverty and plantations: Nigerian reserve struggles against the odds
- Logging, road construction continue to fuel forest loss in Papua New Guinea
Oceans
- Warming seas push India’s fishers into distant, and more dangerous, waters
- No protection from bottom trawling for seamount chain in northern Pacific
- Annual ocean conference raises $11.3b in pledges for marine conservation
- Caribbean startups are turning excess seaweed into an agroecology solution
Amazon Conservation
- Deforestation haunts top Peruvian reserve and its Indigenous communities
- Amid record-high fires across the Amazon, Brazil loses primary forests
- A web of front people conceals environmental offenders in the Amazon
- Brazil boosts protection of Amazon mangroves with new reserves in Pará state
Land rights and extractives
- Women weave a culture of resistance and agroecology in Ecuador’s Intag Valley
- Hyundai ends aluminum deal with Adaro Minerals following K-pop protest
- Brazil’s illegal gold trade takes a hammering, but persists underground
- Maluku bone collector unearths troubling consequence of coastal abrasion
Endangered Environmentalists
- Indonesian activists face jail over FB posts flagging damage to marine park
- Vietnamese environmentalist sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion
- Son of slain Quilombola leader will still strive for community’s rights
- Video: Five Tembé Indigenous activists shot in Amazonian ‘palm oil war’
Indonesia's Forest Guardians
- Fenced in by Sulawesi national park, Indigenous women make forestry breakout
- In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew
- Pioneer agroforester Ermi, 73, rolls back the years in Indonesia’s Gorontalo
- After 20 years and thousands of trees planted, Kalimantan’s veteran forester persists
Conservation Effectiveness
- The conservation sector must communicate better (commentary)
- Thailand tries nature-based water management to adapt to climate change
- Forest restoration to boost biomass doesn’t have to sacrifice tree diversity
- How scientists and a community are bringing a Bornean river corridor back to life
Southeast Asian infrastructure
- Study: Indonesia’s new capital city threatens stable proboscis monkey population
- Indonesia’s new capital ‘won’t sacrifice the environment’: Q&A with Nusantara’s Myrna Asnawati Safitri
- Small farmers in limbo as Cambodia wavers on Tonle Sap conservation rules
- To build its ‘green’ capital city, Indonesia runs a road through a biodiverse forest
