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Rainforest and an oil palm plantation in Sumatra. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Forests hold massive carbon storage potential — if we cut emissions

Liz Kimbrough 14 Nov 2023

Amazon deforestation has a regional, not just local impact: study

Maxwell Radwin 10 Nov 2023

New satellite readings show full extent of mining in the Amazon Rainforest

Maxwell Radwin 24 Oct 2023
Mushrooms

Gone before we know them? Kew’s ‘State of the World’s Plants and Fungi’ report warns of extinctions

Liz Kimbrough 10 Oct 2023

Rechargeable battery industry needs better mining regulations, report says

Maxwell Radwin 29 Sep 2023

How Canada’s growing presence in Latin America is hurting the environment

Maxwell Radwin 22 Sep 2023

Latin America most dangerous place for environmental defenders, report says

Maxwell Radwin 14 Sep 2023

El Niño hurts carbon storage in South America’s tropical forests, study says

Maxwell Radwin 8 Sep 2023
Aerial view of a road.

Study: Tricky balancing act between EV scale-up and mining battery metals

Liz Kimbrough 8 Sep 2023

Off Mexico’s coast, world’s largest limpet is slipping into extinction

Sean Mowbray 30 Aug 2023

Study: Protecting marine life is a big benefit to local communities, too

Maxwell Radwin 3 Aug 2023

International community calls for release of El Salvador antimining activists

Maxwell Radwin 2 Aug 2023

JPMorgan, Citi named among top financiers of Amazon oil and gas projects

Maxwell Radwin 1 Aug 2023

AI unlocks secrets of Amazon river dolphins’ behavior, no tagging required

Liz Kimbrough 1 Aug 2023

Should species be named after people? It’s up for debate.

Liz Kimbrough 25 Jul 2023

Expanding agriculture could worsen flooding in South American plains, study says

Maxwell Radwin 18 Jul 2023

Peace: A new tool for reducing deforestation in the Colombian Amazon

Sarah Sax 18 Jul 2023

Fishing, dams and dredging close in on Peru’s river dolphins, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 5 Jul 2023

What can the U.K. do to fight its dependence on soy?

Maxwell Radwin 29 Jun 2023

What’s in store for Colombia’s forests? New modeling tries to predict.

Maxwell Radwin 28 Jun 2023

Microbes play leading role in soil carbon capture, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 27 Jun 2023

The Amazon saw record deforestation last year. Here’s why.

Maxwell Radwin 27 Jun 2023

For Central America, climate bill could top hundreds of billions annually

Dimitri Selibas 21 Jun 2023
Defo

Rare Amazon dark soils could help forest restoration, study shows

Juliana Ennes 14 Jun 2023

Mycorrhizal fungi hold CO2 equivalent to a third of global fossil fuel emissions

Liz Kimbrough 13 Jun 2023

New index identifies marine reserves that are protected in theory only

Juliette Portala 31 May 2023

Forest conservation efforts in Peru are failing across the board, study says

Kimberley Brown 25 May 2023

An Asian grass helps Mexican farmers build resilience to climate change

Sandra Weiss 22 May 2023

Overlooked and underfoot, mosses play a mighty role for climate and soil

Liz Kimbrough 22 May 2023

New research finds slow forest recovery in the Andes — and ways to improve

Mark Hillsdon 16 May 2023

New study reveals fine detail on location and scale of mining sites worldwide

Ashoka Mukpo 8 May 2023

Not all parts of the Amazon will survive future droughts, study says

Maxwell Radwin 5 May 2023

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