Extinct-in-the-wild plant rediscovered in Sri Lanka thanks to social media
In 2012, Sri Lanka’s National Red List pronounced the towering Doona ovalifolia tree “extinct in the…
More land is needed for solar and wind infrastructure under a high renewables scenario in the Western US by 2050
This study uses results from an internally consistent, multi-model integrated framework developed by the Grid Operations Decarbonization Environmental…
Global banks channel US$3.3t into fossil fuels — twice the rate of renewables, study finds
PARIS, Sept 23 — Some of the world’s leading banks provided more than twice as much finance for…
Why the Most Oil-Rich Country Can’t Keep the Lights On
If you want an image of where the internal contradictions of the fossil fuel economy are headed as…
Residents issue warning about worsening crisis at popular tourist destination: ‘It’s becoming inevitable’
Residents of a famed Colombian port city hope to maintain their community, even as rising sea levels and…
Don’t let the ships of the future run on deforestation
Anggi Putra Prayoga, forest campaigner at Forest Watch Indonesia, argues that allowing the use of food/feed-based biofuels in…
Hurricane forecast: Imelda and Humberto bringing dangerous surf and coastal flooding for US, back-to-back hurricanes for Bermuda
Tropical Storm Imelda is strengthening and is expected to become a hurricane by Tuesday as it moves off…
What may be one of Earth’s earliest animals has a punk rock vibe
Being a punk rocker means being perpetually misunderstood. So perhaps it’s vindication that that some seafloor fossils, once…
High Levels Of Microplastics Have Been Found In The Guts Of Indus River Dolphins
Even one of the world’s rarest freshwater dolphins is not safe from the scourge of plastic pollution. For…
How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon | Amazon rainforest
In 2012, José Pereira do Nascimento lost his home when the Santo Antônio hydroelectric station in Porto Velho,…
A Giant Iceberg’s Final Drift
Like every Antarctic iceberg that drifts north into the South Atlantic, Iceberg A-23A is surrendering to the ocean…
A landmark treaty could protect the high seas – and spark new conflicts
Two-thirds of the world’s oceans lie beyond national borders, an unregulated expanse under growing pressure from mining, fishing…