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Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, is just one region where fires are burning throughout Russia in 2020. Image by Greenpeace International.

Photos show scale of massive fires tearing through Siberian forests

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 23 Jul 2020

Sounding the alarm about illegal logging? There’s an app for that

Liz Kimbrough 17 Jul 2020

Top Amazon deforestation satellite researcher sacked by Bolsonaro

Jenny Gonzales 14 Jul 2020

Siberian heat drives Arctic ice extent to record low for early July

Gloria Dickie 10 Jul 2020

COVID-19 and rainforest fires set up potential public health crisis

John Cannon 18 Jun 2020

Overlap of fire, COVID-19 peaks: A ‘catastrophe’ for Brazil’s Amazon

John Cannon 9 Jun 2020

Climate conundrum: Could COVID-19 be linked to early Arctic ice melt?

Gloria Dickie 8 Jun 2020

Lockdown allowed illegal fishing to spike in Philippines, satellite data suggest

Mongabay.com 7 Jun 2020

Gender-based violence shakes communities in the wake of forest loss

John Cannon 14 May 2020
Yanomami community in northern Brazil saying ‘Go away, mining companies’. Image by Victor Moriyama/ISA.

The mining map: Who’s eyeing the gold on Brazil’s indigenous lands?

Agência Pública, Anna Beatriz Anjos, Bruno Fonseca, Ciro Barros, José Cícero da Silva, Rafael Oliveira, Thiago Domenici 7 May 2020

Satellite imagery is helping to detect plastic pollution in the ocean

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 1 May 2020

Low-cost satellite forest monitoring for all: Q&A with CLASlite creator Greg Asner

Liz Kimbrough 16 Apr 2020

Gold mining threatens indigenous forests in the Brazilian Amazon

John Cannon 8 Apr 2020
A kelp forest in Tierra del Fuego. Image courtesy of Enric Sala/National Geographic.

The kelps are alright: Studies reveal resilience in kelp forests

Liz Kimbrough 2 Apr 2020

Game changer? Antarctic ice melt related to tropical weather shifts: Study

Gloria Dickie 1 Apr 2020

Qualified success: What’s next for Peru’s Operation Mercury?

John Cannon 19 Mar 2020

Arctic permafrost moving toward crisis, abrupt thaw a growing risk: Studies

Gloria Dickie 18 Mar 2020

Shah Selbe on how open source technology is creating new opportunities for conservation

Mike Gaworecki 5 Mar 2020
Deforestation in the Colombian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

Early deforestation numbers for 2019 reveal trends in the Amazon

John Cannon 12 Feb 2020

Philippines turns to EU’s Copernicus in Earth satellite data collaboration

Mongabay.com 11 Feb 2020

Success of Microsoft’s ‘moonshot’ climate pledge hinges on forest conservation

Justin Catanoso 3 Feb 2020
Waura man in Brazil. Photo by Sue Wren.

Indigenous, protected lands in Amazon emit far less carbon than areas outside

John Cannon 28 Jan 2020

Melting Arctic sea ice may be altering winds, weather at equator: study

Gloria Dickie 27 Jan 2020

Subsistence farming topples forests near commercial operations in Congo

John Cannon 23 Jan 2020

A new dawn: The story of deforestation in the next decade must be different to the last (commentary)

Bastien Sachet 16 Jan 2020

Indigenous lands hold 36% or more of remaining intact forest landscapes

John Cannon 16 Jan 2020
Deforestation in Novo Progresso in the state of Para

Forest loss moves swiftly once 50% deforestation ‘tipping point’ reached

Mongabay.com 9 Jan 2020

World is fast losing its cool: Polar regions in deep trouble, say scientists

Gloria Dickie 4 Dec 2019

Tree-planting programs turn to tech solutions to track effectiveness

Malavika Vyawahare 22 Nov 2019
CANDEIRAS DO JAMARI, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL: Aerial view of a large burned area in the city of Candeiras do Jamari in the state of Rondônia. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

Amazon deforestation rises to 11 year high in Brazil

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Nov 2019

New app tracks down forest fires in Bolivia

John Cannon 30 Sep 2019

The Arctic and climate change (1979 – 2019): What the ice record tells us

Gloria Dickie 18 Sep 2019

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