This week, the UN released its first comprehensive report on global biodiversity. The findings are alarming, stating that species loss is accelerating at a rate unprecedented in human history — potentially hundreds of times faster than in the past. The …
Space is becoming increasingly congested, even as our societal dependence on space technology is greater than ever before. With over 20,000 pieces of debris larger than 10 centimeters, including inactive satellites and discarded rocket parts hurtling around in Earth’s orbit, …
The loss of animals, often due to unregulated or illegal hunting, has consequences for the carbon storage capacity of forests, yet this link is rarely mentioned in high-level climate policy discussions, according to a new study from Lund University in …
Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history — and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely, warns a landmark new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on …
Speaking in Paris at the launch of the Global Assessment study – the first such report since 2005 – UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said that its findings put the world “on notice”. “Following the adoption of this historic report, no …
The UN launches key findings of the first global biodiversity report since the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment published in 2005. Compiled by 145 expert authors from 50 countries over the past three years, with inputs from another 310 contributing authors, the …
Carol Vaughn Salisbury Daily Times Published 6:49 AM EDT May 6, 2019 Three public hearings will be held on Virginia’s Eastern Shore in June to take comments on groundwater withdrawal permits for 54 poultry farms in Accomack. Virginia Department of …
Scientists have warned that a million species are at risk of extinction due to human activity, a new UN report stated. Experts said the destruction of wildlife and damage to nature could pose a critical threat to human well-being as …
Opinion Biodiversity Loss of biodiversity is just as catastrophic as climate change Robert Watson Nature is being eroded at rates unprecedented in human history but we still have time to stave off mass extinctions A WWF demonstration for biodiversity in …
Leading initiatives from innovative urban farming to restoring the world’s degraded and threatened reefs, these millennial entrepreneurs are developing inspiring solutions to challenging global sustainability issues. Iseult Ward and Aoibheann O’Brien, co-founders, FoodCloud Iseult Ward and Aoibheann O’Brien are the …
Black rhinos, poached for their horns, are just one of some 1 million species that new report warns are at risk of extinction. Mint Images / Aurora Photos By Erik StokstadMay. 6, 2019 , 7:00 AM The state of biodiversity and …
The accelerating pace at which unique life-forms are disappearing could tip Earth into the first mass extinction since non-avian dinosaurs died out 66 million years ago Humanity is rapidly destroying the natural world upon which our prosperity—and ultimately our survival—depends, …
Planet Earth has been put on red alert by hundreds of leading scientists who have warned that humanity faces an existential threat within decades if the steep decline of nature is not reversed. The conclusions of the greatest-ever stock-taking of …
Abel Ruiz would like nothing more than to farm his own land, but he lacks the financial resources to make his dream a reality. Ruiz belongs to a Santa Ana, California farming cooperative called Community in Resistance for Ecological and …
During a public ceremony in Maseru the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a EUR 82 million (slightly over 1.3 billion Lesotho Maloti) loan for the “Lesotho Lowlands Water Development Project – Phase II” (LLWDP II), with the Minister of Finance …