Environmental Protection
Experts warn of ‘last chance’ to save Madagascar’s biodiversity
Madagascar is facing grave challenges about its environment.
Deforestation will drive orangutans extinct ‘in a decade’
“If the current destruction of the rainforest continues, then I have no hope any orangutans will remain in the wild.”
Not even verdant hills in Thailand are free from toxic air
“Often there is so much smog that I cannot breathe,” says Yupin Moosooloi, an ethnic Karen woman.
Study: climate change will hurt poorest nations most
In cold countries, a little bit of warming can help. The opposite is true in places that are already hot.
The U.S. is moving to protect giraffes from trophy hunters
The iconic animals may soon become officially protected under the U.S.'s Endangered Species Act.
Ice on Greenland is melting at an accelerating pace
In just eight years between 2010 and 2018 the island shed 286 billion tons of ice.