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81 Indigenous leaders, environmental defenders slam BlackRock in open letter

Ashoka Mukpo 24 Mar 2021
PORTO VELHO, RONDÔNIA, BRAZIL. Aerial view of burned areas in the Amazon rainforest, in the city of Porto Velho, Rondônia state. (Photo: Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace)

We have turned the Amazon into a net greenhouse gas emitter: Study

Liz Kimbrough 19 Mar 2021

JBS, other Brazil meatpackers linked to devastating Pantanal fires, Greenpeace says

Ashoka Mukpo 17 Mar 2021

Deforestation in Indonesia hits record low, but experts fear a rebound

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Mar 2021
Sunrise over the Amazon rainforest

We’re killing those tropical trees we’re counting on to absorb carbon dioxide

Fernanda Wenzel 24 Feb 2021

Ending tropical deforestation is vital to public health, scientists say

Liz Kimbrough 5 Feb 2021

A wet Amazon may be more resilient to a drying climate than thought: Study

Claire Asher 3 Feb 2021
A fishing trawler off the Alaskan coast. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

In sweeping executive orders, Biden brings climate to the forefront of U.S. policy

Ashoka Mukpo 28 Jan 2021
Rainforest tree with magenta flowers

Critical temperature threshold spells shorter lives for tropical trees

Liz Kimbrough 22 Dec 2020

Brazil scientists map forest regrowth keeping Amazon from collapse: Study

Shanna Hanbury 15 Dec 2020

Conserve freshwater or land biodiversity? Why not both, new study asks

Claire Asher 16 Nov 2020
Banner image of a caribou calf in the archive study area by Karsten Heuer.

A warming Arctic is changing animal migrations, decades of tracking shows

Liz Kimbrough 9 Nov 2020

Indonesia’s omnibus law a ‘major problem’ for environmental protection

Hans Nicholas Jong 4 Nov 2020
A white salt inflorescence along the edge of a salinised wetland in a drought stressed Australian wetland. Photo by Luke Mosley.

For global wetlands, intensifying droughts pose a ‘diabolical’ threat

Liz Kimbrough 30 Oct 2020
A Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus) spends time in the moist Amazon understory foraging. Photo by Philip Stouffer.

As the Amazon burns, what happens to its biodiversity?

Liz Kimbrough 24 Sep 2020

We are failing to save the planet’s species, finds UN report

Liz Kimbrough 16 Sep 2020
A mother koala and her joey who survived the forest fires in Mallacoota. Australia, 2020. Photo by Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals

Around the world, a fire crisis flares up, fueled by human actions

Liz Kimbrough 4 Sep 2020
Heat spots in areas with Prodes warnings (2017-2019). Area next to the borders of the Kaxarari Idigenous Land, in Labrea, Amazonas state. Taken 17 Aug, 2020. CREDIT: Christian Braga / Greenpeace

$154b in capital has gone to 300 forest-risk companies since the Paris Agreement

Ashoka Mukpo 3 Sep 2020

In the Scottish moorlands, plots planted with trees stored less carbon than untouched lands: Study

Liz Kimbrough 18 Aug 2020
Oil palm plantation in West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Upgrade of Indonesian palm oil certification falls short, observers say

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Jul 2020

Indonesia lavishes $195m subsidy on palm biodiesel producers over smallholders

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Jul 2020

For investors concerned about deforestation, there’s a guide for that

Liz Kimbrough 30 Jun 2020

Forests are a solution to climate change. They’re also vulnerable to it

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jun 2020

Indonesia to receive $56m payment from Norway for reducing deforestation

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 May 2020

In Indonesia’s new rice plan, experts see the blueprint of an epic past failure

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 May 2020

Trendy, cheap, and dirty: Fashion is a top global polluter

Liz Kimbrough 23 Apr 2020
Rainforest canopy in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Obstacles abound in bid to protect Indonesia’s forests and cut emissions

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Apr 2020
Newly established oil palm plantation in Central Kalimantan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

Indonesia won’t ‘sacrifice economy’ for more ambitious emissions cuts

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 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

As temperatures rise, meerkat pups feel the heat

Liz Kimbrough 5 Mar 2020

India’s yak herders face the end of ancient tradition in warming Himalayas

Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya 17 Jan 2020

Our fires weren’t as bad as in the Amazon, Indonesian officials claim

Hans Nicholas Jong 11 Dec 2019

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