Environmental Protection
Extreme cold is another curse of a changing climate
Experts have predicted that blizzards will get more severe due to a warming planet that changes weather patterns.
Climate action can slow cascading biodiversity extinctions
Scientists mapped species in more than 15,000 food webs using "virtual Earth" models. Future biodiversity loss may be worse than they feared.
Insects may feel pain, evidence shows
We surveyed more than 300 scientific studies and found evidence that at least some insects feel pain.
Less ice, more shipping noise to affect Arctic marine life
NOAA's Arctic report details the rise in shipping as sea ice is lost. But the vessels are noisy, affecting whales and other marine life.
New food technologies could release 80% of the world’s farmland back to nature
Global conservation will fail unless it addresses the underlying issue of food production.
Community wildlife conservation isn’t always a win-win solution
The reality of community-based wildlife conservation is sometimes less straightforward, as the experience of Kenya shows.