Environmental Protection
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.
UN chief: Asian nations must kick their addiction to coal
"We need to stop the creation of new power plants based on coal in the future."
Study: Neonicotinoid use disrupts Japanese lake ecosystem
In Japan’s Shimane Prefecture, the rice is planted along the Lake Shinji watershed at the very beginning of May – in fact, two of the “planting week” days are public holidays as the month makes its transition from April. So
Europe needs to clean up its act on its lakes and rivers
Many European waterways are so badly polluted they fail to meet minimum ecological standards.