Destruction of world's forests increased sharply in 2020
The rate at which the world’s forests are being destroyed increased sharply last year, with at least 42,000 sq km of tree cover lost in...
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May 17, 2021
Florida Streams and Lakes Sue Developer
A network of streams, lakes and marshes in Florida is suing a developer and the state to try to stop a housing development from...
May 10, 2021
Plants 'talk to' each other through their roots
Plants use their roots to “listen in” on their neighbours, according to research that adds to evidence that plants have their own unique...
May 3, 2021
The beauty of starling murmurations – in pictures
Copenhagen-based Søren Solkær , best known for taking photographic portraits of big names in music and film such as Björk and David...
Apr 27, 2021
What's the most effective way for me to help the environment?
The greatest impact individuals can have in fighting climate change is to have one fewer child, according to a new study that identifies...
Apr 21, 2021
David Attenborough: ‘The Earth and its oceans are finite. We need to show mutual restraint’
Before the stay-at-home orders of 2020 kept him in one place for months on end, David Attenborough had never sat in his garden and...
Mar 15, 2021
Land could be worth more left to nature than when farmed, study finds
The economic benefits of protecting nature-rich sites such as wetlands and woodlands outweigh the profit that could be made from using...
Mar 11, 2021
Winners of the 2020 World Nature Photography Awards
The submissions to this year’s World Nature Photography Awards have been judged, and the winning images and photographers have just been...
Feb 22, 2021
A new UN report urges a radical shift in the way we think about nature
The report, "Making Peace with Nature," spans 168 pages and distills the latest science on climate change and mankind's "war" on the...
Feb 16, 2021
'Invisible killer': fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, research finds
Air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil was responsible for 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, a staggering...
Feb 12, 2021
More than 50 countries commit to protection of 30% of Earth's land and oceans
A coalition of more than 50 countries has committed to protect almost a third of the planet by 2030 to halt the destruction of the...
Feb 11, 2021
Seed-sized chameleon found in Madagascar may be world's tiniest reptile
Scientists say they have discovered a sunflower-seed-sized subspecies of chameleon that may well be the smallest reptile on Earth. Two of...
Feb 10, 2021
SpaceX begins accepting $99 preorders for its Starlink satellite internet service
Prospective Starlink users can enter a service address on the company’s website, with preorders available for $99. Some regions show...
Feb 9, 2021
Decoy turtle eggs put in nests to track illegal trade in Costa Rica
Decoy eggs made by a 3D-printer and fitted with satellite tags have been placed in sea turtle nests on beaches in Costa Rica to track the...
Feb 9, 2021
Traffic Is Way Down Because Of Lockdown, But Air Pollution? Not So Much
With traffic dramatically down in recent months, the United States is in the middle of an accidental experiment showing what happens to...
Feb 8, 2021
Solar the new 'king of electricity' as renewables make up bigger slice of supply: IEA
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iea-energy-renewables/solar-the-new-king-of-electricity-as-renewables-make-up-bigger-slice-of-supply-i...
Aug 27, 2020
Flash Forest: Using Drones to plant 1 Billion Trees
This week, on land north of Toronto that previously burned in a wildfire, drones are hovering over fields and firing seed pods into the...
Aug 27, 2020
This floating hybrid platform harvests energy from wind, solar, and waves.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottsnowden/2020/05/22/first-floating-ocean-hybrid-platform-can-generate-power-from-waves-wind-and-solar/#5...
Aug 27, 2020
To save the Amazon rainforest, scientists turn to reverse-engineering.
https://www.optimistdaily.com/2020/05/to-save-the-amazon-rainforest-scientists-turn-to-reverse-engineering/
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