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A burrowing anemone in the seabed.

Mapping ‘gloop and mud’ sheds light on seabed carbon storage

Mark Hillsdon 14 Nov 2024
A firefighter wears a breathing mask after the Maui fire to protect himself from toxic vapors.

As global fire risk rises, modern homes become toxic plastic traps

Alden Wicker 14 Nov 2024
Drax is the largest consumer of wood pellets for energy in the UK.

Action against forest biomass subsidies gains momentum at COP16

Justin Catanoso 29 Oct 2024
Coral reef.

Research proving impact of ocean acidification on marine life urgently needed: Report

Shreya Dasgupta 18 Oct 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
A sea turtle in Ningaloo Reef, Australia.

As waterbodies lose oxygen, are we breaching a potential planetary boundary?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts, Glenn Scherer 13 Aug 2024

Warming is not helping smoother navigation through the Arctic

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jul 2024

The nine processes that keep Earth stable

Mongabay.com 20 Jul 2024
A man on an e-bike.

E-bikes could cut smog, energy use and congestion globally — but will they?

Charles Pekow 1 Apr 2024
Active clearance and drainage of peatland rainforest in a concession run by PT Asia Tani Persada, which is also an orangutan habitat.

Toilet paper: Environmentally impactful, but alternatives are rolling out

Petro Kotzé 15 Mar 2024
Fakir Altaf Hussain, a fisher in Bangladesh, fishing in his pond.

Pollution poses big risks to global clean water supplies, study shows

Sean Mowbray 6 Mar 2024
Johan Rockström.

Planetary boundary pioneer Johan Rockström awarded 2024 Tyler Prize

Glenn Scherer 29 Feb 2024
A poler bear.

Freeze on Russian collaboration disrupts urgently needed permafrost data flow

Elizabeth Devitt 20 Feb 2024
Walruses east of Svalbard in the Barents Sea.

The new Arctic: Amid record heat, ecosystems morph and wildlife struggle

Sharon Guynup 14 Feb 2024
A young boy tries to help a fallen donkey stand during a severe drought that struck the Horn of Africa.

Beyond Climate: Fossil fuels rapidly eroding Earth’s ‘safe operating space’

Sean Mowbray 15 Nov 2023
Workers clean an oil spill that has polluted a beach on Salamina Island, Greece.

Beyond climate: Oil, gas and coal are destabilizing all 9 planetary boundaries

Sean Mowbray 14 Nov 2023
PFAS and other chemical pollution are posing a growing threat to the little auk (Alle alle) and other Arctic seabirds.

PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ harming wildlife the world over: Study

Sharon Guynup 26 Sep 2023
Protesting farmers on their way to the Hague in 2019.

The Dutch farmers’ protests of 2022: A Mongabay Series

Ashoka Mukpo 14 Sep 2023
Lagoon in Raja Ampat. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

New study shows Earth may be past the ‘safe operating space’ for humanity

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 13 Sep 2023
A penguin.

Antarctic warming alters atmosphere, ice shelves, ocean & animals

Juliette Portala 12 Jun 2023
A howling wolf

Animating the Carbon Cycle: Earth’s animals vital allies in CO2 storage

Mark Hillsdon 8 Dec 2022
Smoke from a factory.

What are the planetary boundaries?

Mongabay 22 Mar 2021

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