A few months ago a group of scientists warned about the rise of "extinction denial," an effort much like climate denial to mischaracterize the extinction crisis and suggest that human activity isn't…
Did you know that each year, mangroves store the equivalent of carbon emissions from 26 million cars? And that just 100 meter of mangrove can reduce the force of a wave by half?
A vast ozone hole — probably the biggest on record in the north — has opened in the skies above the Arctic. It rivals the better-known Antarctic ozone hole that forms in the southern hemisphere each…
Gland, Switzerland, 29 January 2020 (IUCN) – The degradation of nature can lead to gender-based violence including sexual assault, domestic violence and forced prostitution, according to a new…
In Summary
The giraffe, described as one of a kind and believed to be the only one in the world, dazzled the local community, scientists and wildlife enthusiasts globally.
Scientists…
A study has called into question the effectiveness of measures to clamp down on the illegal wildlife trade.
Critically endangered eels have been sold recently in Hong Kong stores, despite bans on…
Peter Funch’s latest photo-book, The Imperfect Atlas, explores human impact on the environment by using a technique invented at the height of the industrial revolution – RGB tri-colour separations…
Experts call for solutions to be enforced immediately to halt global population collapses
The “fates of humans and insects are intertwined”, scientists have said, with the huge declines reported in…
More than 70% of the African forest elephant species has been wiped out, primarily by poachers slaughtering them for their ivory. Park rangers are on the front lines defending them. But in the…
This invasive plant was reviled for clogging rivers but now it’s helping provide cleaner energy and protect health.
It is 9am on the shores of Lake Victoria’s Winam Gulf in Kenya’s Kisumu county.…
The renowned biologist Sir David Attenborough once remarked that “An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfillment.”
Organisations from around the world are reforesting at an unprecedented rate.
When Clare Dubois’s car skidded on an icy road in Stroud, Gloucestershire, a tree prevented her vehicle tumbling into a…
2019 Global Youth Video Competition Now Open for Applications
https://unfccc.int/news/2019-global-youth-video-competition-now-open-for-applications
Abierta la inscripción al Concurso Mundial de…
New study shows humans are influence the growth patterns of plants, but it’s not as simple as ‘greener is better’.
The Earth’s climate is changing – in fact, it always changes. But in the current…
On land, in the seas, in the sky, the devastating impact of humans on nature is laid bare in a compelling UN report.
One million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction.
Nature…
Επιστολή που υπογράφηκε από την πρώην εκτελεστική γραμματέα της Σύμβασης Πλαίσιο για την Κλιματική Αλλαγή των Ηνωμένων Εθνών (UNFCCC), Christiana Figueres, τρεις σημαντικούς κλιματικούς επιστήμονες,…