Environmental Protection
Even small-scale fisheries can destroy marine ecosystems
The global impacts of small-scale fisheries include millions of tons of catch every year, often in places of high biodiversity.
Each one of us ingests tens of thousands of microplastics
Each one of us unwittingly consumes as many as 52,000 tiny plastic particles a year, Canadian researchers say.
We’ve entered ‘surreal territory’ on atmospheric CO2
Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have reached 415 parts per million for the first time in human history.
Toxic air pollution in Europe started with ancient Romans
Ancient Romans, those masters of engineering, increased concentrations of atmospheric lead tenfold in Europe.
Andean bears are poached mercilessly for a silly reason
Spectacled bears are being driven extinct because of superstition and quackery.
We need to understand people if exotic pets are the problem
There’s long been concern about the exotic pet trade, but scientists don’t know as much as they’d like about the economic, social, and ecological factors that drive the trade – especially when it comes to people making decisions that lead