biodiversity

Revolutionary scanner to be fired into Earth orbit this month to measure effects of deforestation

On the coast of Newfoundland, waste from a shuttered asbestos mine has been a troubling source of contamination for decades. Now, a company plans to process the waste to draw CO2 from the air — one of several projects worldwide that aim to turn this liability into an asset.

Global negotiators concluded an extended session of the United Nations biodiversity conference, COP16, with key commitments on funds needed and the institutions through which the funds will be channeled to protect the world's biodiversity.

An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work on Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda.

As Earth grows warmer, its ground is becoming drier and saltier, with profound consequences for the planet’s 8 billion inhabitants — nearly a third of whom already live in places where water is increasingly scarce and the ability to raise crops and livestock is increasingly difficult.

A new report released Tuesday by the United Nations’ expert panel on biodiversity makes the case for a different approach based on addressing the “nexus” between two or more out of five essential issue areas: climate change, biodiversity, food, human health, and water.

A recent poll offers hope, showing Canadians are united in their desire to see nature protected. Nearly seven in 10 respondents say they are less likely to vote for a party whose platform lacks commitment to nature.

Plastic pollution is changing the processes of the entire Earth system, exacerbating climate change, biodiversity loss, ocean acidification, and the use of freshwater and land, according to scientific analysis.

Research shows that, instead of replanting rainforests, allowing them to bounce back naturally would store loads of carbon.

Despite good-faith efforts to engage the province of Ontario, they have yet to come to the table, saying our proposed National Marine Conservation Area is ‘federal jurisdiction.’ 

Global demand for forest biomass is surging, but the financial incentives offered to projects that burn wood for electricity are under fire on the international stage in Cali, Colombia.

Politicians have a historic opportunity to prove that they care more about the safety of communities and healthy ecosystems than political games. 

Ads for guns and tobacco are banned, so if we take biodiversity and the climate crisis seriously, shouldn’t we ban ads for other products that harm the environment?

If the U.S. adopted a national flexitarian diet, researchers say it would reduce the footprint of farmland across the country by roughly the size of South Dakota — freeing that land for efforts that improve carbon sequestration and biodiversity.