Environmental Protection
Acidifying seawater is a threat to embattled corals
The world’s beleaguered corals are facing a host of environmental challenges to their continued survival.
The planet’s cataclysmic past shows us our near future
The state of affairs during the last interglacial 125,000 years ago is indicative of things to come.
What to do when it’s too late to act on the climate?
Talk of doom and gloom can be both inspiring and dangerous.
Tree loss may have led to less CO2 emission than thought
Since 1900 deforestation has led to 92 billion tons of carbon emissions, says a team of experts.
Locusts swarm through drought-stricken Ethiopia’s crops
If the difficult litany of this year’s climate change news has you wondering when there will be a plague of locusts next, well, there is – and there’s no joke when it comes to how millions of the voracious, crop-eating
The fight is on Down Under against deadly cane toads
Invasive cane toads may look like easy victims for indigenous predators. Yet amphibians have a secret weapon.