Archive for February 2020
Report’s global ranking on air pollution has a few surprises
Poor air quality varies by region, but some causes are climate-related beyond industrial or transport-linked emissions.
Brazilian tribespeople grow cacao to help their forests
Gold mining or chocolate making? Some indigenous tribes in the Amazon have made their choice.
Composting, forest memorials among end-of-life options
Composting bodies takes about a month. Forest 'memorials' are meant to be forever. They're just two new options for what to do when we die.
Australia’s bushfires destroyed a fifth of the country’s forests
In just a few months some 5.8 million hectares of broadleaf forest burned down in New South Wales and Victoria.
The future of sustainable transport depends on smart policies
Sustainable transport needs to help meet real human needs in effective ways.
Climate change will cause cold-blooded animals to age faster
A warming environment speeds up the rate of living in cold-blooded animals, causing them to die younger.