Environmental Protection
Extreme heat is gripping Europe in a foretaste of climate change
"The south of France is going to become tropical," says Freddy Cerda, mayor of Gallargues-le-Montueux.
Study: We’ll need to assess short-term climate effects better
We need more research on near-term impacts of climate change, a new paper in WIRE’s Climate Change suggests.
Arctic port development raises questions of sustainability
The Arctic has been largely inaccessible for commercial shipping and resource exploitation, but with the ice-shelf slowly receding, not only countries are preparing to benefit economically from the region’s hidden treasures – but international firms too. One of the world’s
Study: conversation means conservation
Conserving biodiversity requires a common vision and without it we are more likely to fail.
UN expert: We’re facing an impending ‘climate apartheid’
"Hundreds of millions will face food insecurity, forced migration, disease, and death," the author of a UN report argues.
Japan’s shift to commercial whaling met with mixed reviews
Japan has never really stopped hunting whales, but its decision to leave the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling to resume commercial whaling, effective July 1, has renewed attention to Japan and why its leaders are making the move. The