Drought and deforestation in southeast Asia linked to climate change
Drought and deforestation in southeast Asia linked to climate change Drought and deforestation in southeast Asia to contribute to climate change Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com December 9, 2008 Fires linked…
Geology, climate links make Guiana Shield region particularly sensitive to change
Geology, climate links make Guiana Shield region particularly sensitive to change Geology, climate links make Guiana Shield region particularly sensitive to change mongabay.com June 14, 2008 Soil and climate patterns…
Global warming – not el Nino – drove severe Amazon drought in 2005
One of the worst droughts on record in the Amazon was caused by high temperatures in the Atlantic rather than el Niño, according to analyses of climatic and hydrological records.…
La Nina may be coming
La Niña may be on its way Pacific La Nina Building? La Niña may be on its way Joshua S Hill special to mongabay.com September 7, 2007 Scientists with NOAA's…
Globalization could save the Amazon rainforest
Globalization could save the Amazon rainforest An interview with Dr. Daniel Nepstad: Amazon rainforest at a tipping point But globalization could help save it Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com June 4,…
Hurricanes occur during cool periods as well
Hurricanes occur during cool periods as well Global warming may not worsen hurricanes Hurricanes occur during cool periods as well mongabay.com May 28, 2007 A team of scientists have found…
Climate change may decimate Indonesia’s food supplies, worsen fires
Climate change could worsen food shortages in Indonesia by delaying the onset of monsoon rains reports a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The…
Amazon rainforest fires date back thousands of years
Fires are nothing new to the Amazon reports a study published in the journal Biotropica. Analyzing soils in the interior of Guyana, South America, a team of scientists led by…
Wildfires are linked to Atlantic Ocean temperatures
Wildfires are linked to Atlantic Ocean temperatures Wildfires are linked to Atlantic Ocean temperatures mongabay.com December 25, 2006 Scientists have linked the incidence of wildfires in the Western United States…
Saved by el Nino! Warm Pacific means fewer hurricanes
Saved by el Nino! Warm Pacific means fewer hurricanes Saved by el Nino! Warm Pacific means fewer hurricanes mongabay.com November 30, 2006 El Niño's to blame for the quiet 2006…
Weak El Nino returns to the Pacific
Weak El Niño returns to the Pacific Weak El Niño returns to the Pacific NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center October 5, 2006 NASA satellite data indicates El Niño has returned to…
La Nina will not affect 2006 Atlantic hurricanes
La Nina will not affect 2006 Atlantic hurricanes La Nina will not affect 2006 Atlantic hurricanes NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center May 4, 2006 NASA oceanographers agree that the recent La…
Pacific wind pattern driving el Nino slows due to global warming
Pacific wind pattern driving el Niño slows due to global warming Pacific wind pattern driving el Niño slows due to global warming mongabay.com May 3, 2006 Global warming has caused…
Tropics Play Active Role In Controlling Earth’s Climate
Tropics Play Active Role In Controlling Earth's Climate Tropics Play Active Role In Controlling Earth's Climate Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona news release October 12, 2005 Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma…
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Forest trackers
- Brazilian Amazon protected areas ‘in flames’ as land-grabbers invade
- Fires in the Pantanal: ‘We are facing a scenario now that is catastrophic’
- Understaffed and under threat: Paraguay’s park rangers pay the ultimate price
- No choice: Why communities in Paraguay are cutting down forests to survive
Oceans
- Study: Chinese ‘dark fleets’ illegally defying sanctions by fishing in North Korean waters
- Game changer? Antarctic ice melt related to tropical weather shifts: Study
- Dorsal de Nasca: Peru pledges to create a huge new marine reserve
- Science-backed policy boosts critically endangered Nassau grouper
Amazon conservation
- More than 260 major, mostly illegal Amazon fires detected since late May
- Is Chinese investment driving a sharp increase in jaguar poaching?
- As Amazon tree loss worsens, political pressure grows, and Brazil hedges: Critics
- Brazil dismantles environmental laws via huge surge in executive acts: Study
Endangered environmentalists
- Life as an Amazon activist: ‘I don’t want to be the next Dorothy Stang’
- In Philippines’ Palawan, top cop linked to assault on environmental officer
- Deaths, arrests and protests as Philippines re-emerges from lockdown
- In Brazil, COVID-19 outbreak paves way for invasion of indigenous lands
Indonesias forest guardians
- Why I stand for my tribe’s forest: It gives us food, culture, and life (commentary)
- Reforesting a village in Indonesia, one batch of gourmet beans at a time
- Restoring Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem, one small farm at a time
- Indigenous Iban community defends rainforests, but awaits lands rights recognition
Conservation effectiveness
- Failure in conservation projects: Everyone experiences it, few record it
- On a wing and a prayer? Evidence for ways to conserve bats (commentary)
- Audio: The sounds of a rare New Zealand bird reintroduced to its native habitat
- Eavesdrop on forest sounds to effectively monitor biodiversity, researchers say
Southeast asian infrastructure
- Indonesian case highlights potential for long-term harms of corruption
- Indonesia approves coal road project through forest that hosts tigers, elephants
- Experts see environmental, social fallout in Indonesia’s infrastructure push
- Bornean farmers and fishers brace as a new port opens in their midst
