Environmental Protection
Poverty, corruption drive African elephant poaching
Elephant poaching rates have dropped in Africa, researchers say, but even at current rates the elephants risk being erased from the continent if more is not done to address the drivers of ivory demand: price, poverty and corruption. More enforcement
Only small animals might stand a chance in a manmade world
The "winners" of an ongoing evolutionary race will include dwarf gerbils and songbirds.
Plastic pollution harms vital oxygen-producing bacteria
Exposed to plastic waste, the bacteria are "strongly" impaired in their capacity to grow and photosynthesize.
Pollen allergies will get worse as the weather warms
If CO2 emissions remain at current levels, ragweed could double its production of pollen in 65 years.
Coral damage, ecosystem loss tied to ‘Reef Grief’ in Australia
Scientists at James Cook University in Queensland are among the world’s foremost experts on the damaged coral and threatened biodiversity of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, but their recent research focuses instead on people. Specifically, they set out to measure “Reef
Asian elephants could go the way of the mammoths
Measures to enhance survival of calves, and particularly females, are key to saving the Asian elephant.