Photo: Flickr/Adam Jones The world’s attention to geographical conflicts is often focused on the loss of human life and infrastructure, and frequently overlooked are the millions of people left in despair, with their homes, lives and hopes shattered. Similarly, even
Photo: Pixabay/Kanenori Among the world’s ecosystems most vulnerable to climate change are coral reefs. “Coral reefs are very much the rainforests of the oceans,” observes the Knowledge Project. “Not only are they diverse communities, but the coral skeletons — like
Areas where deforestation is 30% or more show carbon emissions 10 times higher than where deforestation is lower.
In the past, mountain forests were often spared as steep slopes and high elevations made deforestation more difficult.
Russia's forests have accumulated a large amount of biomass since the collapse of the Soviet Union three decades ago.
Peatlands cover just 3% of the Earth’s total land surface, yet store over one-third of the planet’s soil carbon.
This is “our final chance to avert a climate catastrophe, turn back the deadly tide of pollution and end species loss.”