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The tropics are widening rapidly, but humans may not be entirely to blame — yet

Mongabay.com 27 Sep 2018
Flowering trees in the Amazon rainforest canopy. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Diversity is key to forests withstanding drought, research finds

Mongabay.com 25 Sep 2018

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, September 21, 2018

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2018

Scientists uncover what makes deep soil either a carbon sink or source

Mongabay.com 20 Sep 2018
A non-native smallmouth bass eats a native sucker. Credit: UDWR

Global wildlife trafficking still a ‘lucrative criminal activity,’ expert says

Genevieve Belmaker 20 Sep 2018

Crop losses to insects will accelerate as the globe warms: study

Mongabay.com 18 Sep 2018

How the social sciences can help conservationists save species

Mike Gaworecki 18 Sep 2018

Agroforestry ‘a good investment’: Mongabay’s Washington Post op-ed (commentary)

Mongabay.com 18 Sep 2018

What’s causing deforestation? New study reveals global drivers

Rachel Fritts 14 Sep 2018

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, September 14, 2018

Mongabay.com 14 Sep 2018

Criminalization and violence increasingly used to silence indigenous protest, according to UN report

Mike Gaworecki 11 Sep 2018

Climate mitigation has an ally in need of recognition and land rights: indigenous peoples in tropical countries

Justin Catanoso 10 Sep 2018

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, September 7, 2018

Mongabay.com 7 Sep 2018

8 species of birds have possibly gone extinct over past few decades

Mongabay.com 6 Sep 2018

An anti-poaching technology for elephants that is always listening

Marianne Messina 5 Sep 2018

The ‘Godfather of Biodiversity’ on why it’s time to manage Earth as a system

Mike Gaworecki 5 Sep 2018

Diverse family of algae could help corals survive warming seas

Mongabay.com 5 Sep 2018

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, August 31, 2018

Mongabay.com 31 Aug 2018

The forested path to climate stability (commentary)

Belinda Morris, Frances Seymour 30 Aug 2018

Will protecting half the Earth save biodiversity? Depends which half

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Aug 2018

More remote islands might be more susceptible to invasive species: study

Mongabay.com 29 Aug 2018
River in the Peruvian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

California’s big climate change opportunity: tropical forests (commentary)

Daniel Nepstad, Chris Field, Jonah Busch 29 Aug 2018

REDD+ projects database: where forest carbon emissions reduction projects are underway

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 24 Aug 2018

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, August 24, 2018

Mongabay.com 24 Aug 2018

Online citizen science data platforms help scientists predict species ranges

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 22 Aug 2018

The superb mimicry skills of an Australian songbird

Mike Gaworecki 21 Aug 2018

Laos dam collapse highlights global hydropower amnesia (commentary)

Gus Greenstein 20 Aug 2018

In other news: Environmental stories from around the web, August 17, 2018

Mongabay.com 17 Aug 2018

Record-high supply and demand on voluntary carbon markets in 2017: report

Mongabay.com 16 Aug 2018

Earth has more trees now than 35 years ago

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 Aug 2018

‘Not doing anything is no longer acceptable’: Q&A with Alice Thomas, climate refugee expert

Bhanu Sridharan 15 Aug 2018

When it comes to carbon storage, not all mangroves are equal

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Aug 2018

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