Archive for May 2022
Shipping poses grave risks to whale sharks worldwide
The maritime shipping industry may be causing the decline of whale sharks, a hugely important species in the oceans.
Forests and green urban areas can help embattled insects
Climatic conditions play an increasingly important role for the maintenance of pollinator diversity.
Putting a dollar value on nature will give governments and businesses more reasons to protect it
Overhauling society’s concept of wealth to include “natural capital” – the value nature provides to humans – is a critical step for slowing and reversing the loss of precious ecosytems.
Saving Madagascar’s critically endangered singing lemurs
Yet like all other lemurs, indris are critically endangered and are losing out to habitat loss and poaching.
A hardy plant could help us fortify stressed crops
Photo: José Dinneny Most plants handle adverse conditions like droughts by scaling back their biological functions or even shutting down entirely. Not so extremophytes, which have evolved to endure and even thrive in conditions that would be deadly to other
Intensive agriculture and climate change are threatening insects worldwide
The environmental harms of high-intensity agriculture present a challenge as we try to keep up with food demands.