Environmental Protection
Earth 2100: prepare for a very different planet
Because of climate change, we should expect not only new species' composition but also a total reconfiguration of ecosystems in a few decades' time.
Snow leopards are hanging in there
Snow leopards continue to face a high risk of extinction in the wild but not at the rate previously thought.
The slaughter of elephants in Africa carries on unabated
“The scale of elephant poaching is by far the largest I have seen or read about in Africa to date,” says Mike Chase, director of the conservationist group Elephants Without Borders.
The World Bank launches the first sustainable water bond
The World Bank hopes to raise up to $3 billion which would be used for investments into projects that are dedicated to promoting ocean conservation and fostering marine life.
Air pollution can make us a bit dimmer. Seriously
Air pollution affects us all in one way or another. Many of us living in teeming metropolises end up facing the prospects of developing a variety of health conditions as a result of our long-term exposure to polluted air. Air
Seeking to rid the world’s oceans of plastic waste
There’s a lot of plastic trash in the world’s oceans – that we have long known. Turns out, though, that there is even more of it than we’ve thought. That is according to a Dutch foundation, which is planning a