Decades have passed since the start of the fight against climate change and the one vital objective remains the same: reducing global warming to 1.5°C higher than it was before the establishment of industries. A very disappointing recent study shows that even if goals this bold are achieved, coastal cities around the globe will still ...
The world’s rainforests are not just the most significant carbon stores on the planet and safe places for biodiversity, but with the current rate of deforestation, they are being lost at an unprecedented pace. In 2024, almost 6.7 million hectares (16.6 million acres) of a primeval forest in an area almost the size of Panama ...
Hurricanes have always been a force of nature, but in a warming world, their behavior is becoming less predictable and potentially more destructive. Over the past four decades, hurricanes have inflicted $1.5 trillion in economic losses in the U.S. alone, accounting for more than half of all weather-related damages. While coastal development and economic growth ...
Forests are essential to the planet’s health, covering about 31% of the Earth’s land surface and housing approximately 80% of terrestrial animal species. Despite their importance, deforestation— the large-scale removal of forested land—continues to occur at an alarming rate. This process not only removes trees, which are vital for absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, ...
People have ignored the most powerful forces that shape our world for hundreds of years because they can’t be seen. Microorganisms, which are too small to see, have been quietly controlling our climate, feeding our soils, and even changing the course of human evolution. Scientists are now looking to these tiny friends for answers as ...
Beneath the crushing pressures and near-boiling waters of the Indian Ocean’s abyss crawls a creature so bizarre it seems ripped from science fiction. The scaly-foot snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum) also called the “volcano snail” or “sea pangolin” is a living paradox: an iron-armored mollusk with a heart the size of a pea in a body no ...
Dr. Vandana Shiva, born on November 5, 1952, in Dehradun, India, has become a leading voice in environmental activism. Her early life in the lush landscapes of the Himalayas shaped her perspective on the importance of conserving nature. She originally pursued a career in physics, earning a PhD from the University of Western Ontario, but ...
Beneath the shimmering waters of Florida’s Nature Coast lies an ecological treasure one of the last thriving seagrass meadows in the world. While these underwater prairies have vanished at alarming rates globally, a new study reveals that Florida’s northern Gulf Coast has quietly preserved its seagrass ecosystems for thousands of years. Using an unconventional approach ...
Deep within the unmapped depths of the Brazilian Amazon, where the rain forest reverberates with life unseen by human eye, researchers have chanced upon an animal so dramatic it appears to have been plucked from legend. Step forward Ranitomeya aetherea, a recently found poison dart frog with its glistening sky-blue stripes, a living gem concealed ...
The Mediterranean, sea of legend and thousand-year-old maritime heritage, is also a war zone for survival. Behind its glistening facade, an unseen conflict runs one of energy, competition, and precarious cohabitation between marine megafauna and humanity. A landmark research project has now charted the “energyscapes” of the Mediterranean’s largest predators to show where whales, sharks, ...
Jen Fitschen, Author, BSc Computer Science and Oceanography
