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Sea turtle swimming off Kihei, Hawai'i. Image courtesy of Mitch Meyers via Unsplash.

At COP16, the ocean needs action, not more promises (commentary)

Antha Williams and Dr. Enric Sala 28 Oct 2024

Global biodiversity financiers strategize at COP16 to end ‘perverse subsidies’

Justin Catanoso 28 Oct 2024
Glaciers play an important role in the balance of water cycles and ecosystems. Although receding glaciers can degrade these systems, they also serve as an indicator of climate change. We can use Earth-observation satellite imagery to monitor and track glaciers from space. This Landsat 8 image shows glaciers surrounding Lake Sofron, Alaska. Blue areas indicate glacial extent; red areas indicate extensive moraine from glacier debris.

50 years of geographic insight: In interview with Jack Dangermond on Esri’s journey and the future of GIS

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Oct 2024
Fish at a coral reef in the Red Sea, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.

Protecting coral reefs boosts fish numbers by 10%: Study

John Cannon 25 Oct 2024
Oracle in Rumtse village, Ladakh, India, where decision-making involves spirits of the land and water.

If all life mattered, what would decision-making look like? (Analysis)

Shrishtee Bajpai and Ashish Kothari 25 Oct 2024
Flooded forest, Peruvian Amazon. Image by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Carbon markets must recognize Indigenous ‘high forest, low deforestation’ areas (commentary)

Fermin Chimatani Tayori and Onel Masardule 24 Oct 2024
Indigenous women of Guatemala’s Polochic Valley

Here’s how to reform multilateral funding to get more money directly to communities (commentary)

Sushil Raj | Minnie Degawan | Rony Brodsky 23 Oct 2024
Missouri Botanical Garden

Botanical gardens play key role in biodiversity & climate conventions (commentary)

Jennifer Bernstein 22 Oct 2024
A canoe of Indigenous design in Colombia. Image by J.J. Javier via Nia Tero.

Indigenous territories & peoples are key to achieving COP16’s 30×30 target (commentary)

Hon. Trevor Mahaga & Ricardo Camilo Niño Izquierdo 18 Oct 2024
A deforestated site in Edenton, North Carolina.

Delay of EU Deforestation Regulation may ‘be excuse to gut law,’ activists fear

Justin Catanoso 17 Oct 2024
Two Arhuaco men in Colombia.

What Indigenous leaders want from the COP16 U.N. biodiversity conference

Aimee Gabay 17 Oct 2024
Pine forest in California's Sierra Nevada. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Forests and the Fate of Civilizations: A Conversation with John Perlin

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Oct 2024

As 25 Earth vital signs worsen, scientists warn of ‘irreversible climate disaster’

Sean Mowbray 15 Oct 2024
Waves off Scotland’s coast.

As tidal power rides a wave of clean energy optimism, pitfalls persist

Sean Mowbray 14 Oct 2024
Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus). Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Why biodiversity credits cannot work (commentary)

Byron Swift 14 Oct 2024
Fully functional Earth systems offer numerous ecosystem services to humanity, including clean air and water, the provision of food, and natural pollination of crops.

Combined effects of human activities increase risk to ecosystem services

Claire Asher 10 Oct 2024
An inventory for acoustic monitoring: Interview with Kevin Darras

An inventory for acoustic monitoring: Interview with Kevin Darras

Abhishyant Kidangoor 5 Oct 2024

EU considers postponing anti-deforestation law as pressure from agribusiness mounts

Maxwell Radwin 3 Oct 2024
The reforestation team planting trees.

Across reforestation organizations, best practices claims abound, but details are scarce

Marina Martinez 2 Oct 2024
The Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts.

Controversial US marine geoengineering test delayed until next year

Jeremy Hance 2 Oct 2024

Third edition of Satellites for Biodiversity Award opens for applications

Abhishyant Kidangoor 2 Oct 2024
A great white shark. Found frequently along the coasts of countries across the globe, white sharks also hunt on the high seas. Image by Pterantula (Terry Goss) via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Social media influencers’ bad behavior with marine wildlife is risky for animals, too (commentary)

Erica Carone 1 Oct 2024
A white rhino in Kenya.

Patent filings help scientists predict patterns in wildlife trade

Abhishyant Kidangoor 30 Sep 2024
Workers in "Agbogbloshie," a site with electronic scrap material, in Ghana, 2011.

Ever-smarter consumer electronics push world toward environmental brink

Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford 30 Sep 2024
Indigenous Masai women at a community leadership meeting in Kenya. Photo by Edna Kaptoyo, Community Conservation Resilience Initiative, 2018

Indigenous communities can decide for themselves on carbon market risks (commentary)

Kanyinke Sena / Lemada (Bariki) Lesamana Lelya / Aaron Marr Page 27 Sep 2024
Belen Perugachi, 16, is an Indigenous Kichwa adolescent from Paquiestancia

Do Indigenous peoples really conserve 80% of the world’s biodiversity?

Latoya Abulu | Aimee Gabay | Sonam Lama Hyolmo 26 Sep 2024
Green rice paddies in Udomxai province, Laos. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Alan Dangour on reframing climate change as a health crisis

Matthew Boyer, Rhett Ayers Butler 24 Sep 2024
A vegetable grower using agroecological methods in Boung Phao Village, Lao PDR. Photo: Asian Development Bank, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

Global ‘Slow Food’ movement embraces agroecology (commentary)

Edward Mukiibi 24 Sep 2024
A jellyfish swims in the sun in the mangroves.

Inaugural Planetary Health Check finds ocean acidification on the brink

Sean Mowbray 23 Sep 2024
Endorois and Ogiek Peoples of Kenya in a peaceful procession to demand for their land rights in Feb., 2024.

Indigenous peoples won in court — but in practice, they face a different reality

Aimee Gabay 20 Sep 2024

Why the EU must stand firm on its plan to help protect the world’s forests (commentary)

Sam Lawson 19 Sep 2024
A steel production site in China.

Aluminum and steel vital to energy transition, but need circular solutions

Sean Mowbray 18 Sep 2024

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