Life after death: From burned trees to bleached corals, how dead organisms live on as the building blocks of new life
People’s knee-jerk reaction to seeing death in nature is often not positive. The burn scar left by wildfire…
Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown | Polar regions
Temperatures in the Antarctic climbed above 15C this month, shattering the previous winter heat record for the usually…
Coastal floods are linked to climate change and sea level rise
Extreme floods that once swamped coastal communities only rarely are becoming far more common as climate change caused…
Greater international co-operation is needed to achieve the UN’s global forest goals
While many people tacitly appreciate the intrinsic and aesthetic value forests and trees provide, governments and policymakers have…
Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic is a sign of the Gulf Stream weakening — and that’s bad news for the US East Coast
A mysterious “cold blob” in the Atlantic Ocean is a sign that key ocean currents are weakening, a…
Floods in Indonesia killed 7% of rare orangutan species
Deadly floods and landslides in Indonesia’s Sumatra last year wiped out at least 7% of the total population…
Earth Observation: Unlocking the $700 Billion Opportunity 2026
Earth observation (EO) is becoming a critical source of intelligence for leaders navigating a world increasingly shaped by…
A global early warning system for predicting exposure of biodiversity to extreme heat
IPCC Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability (eds Hans-Otto Pörtner, H.-O. & Roberts, D. C.) (Cambridge Univ.…
Breaking free from fossil fuels is urgent but hard – Colombia shows why
Colombia’s outgoing president Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla and the country’s first leftist leader, came to power in…
Italy’s €23 Billion Plan to Support Renewable Energy Buildout Approved by EU
The European Commission announced that it has approved a €23 billion state aid program by Italy to support…
The most overhyped sustainable products and what shoppers should know
Many products marketed as sustainable come with environmental tradeoffs that consumers may not realize. d3sign/Getty Images Walk through…
Indonesia Landslides Devastated Endangered Orangutans, Study Finds
The critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans found on the Indonesian island of Sumatra are a step closer to extinction,…