Patrick Greenfield @pgreenfielduk RSS feed About Patrick Greenfield Patrick Greenfield is a biodiversity and environment writer for the Guardian and the Observer. 22 Articles Let forests grow old to store huge amounts of carbon A new report says cutting emissions should still be a key priority as it cautions against mass monoculture tree-planting. Race Against Climate Change News | November 21st 2023 Global heating and the curious case of shrinking fish An analysis of thousands of species finds some invertebrates and plants are also getting smaller, while others are increasing in body size. State Of The Animal News | September 13th 2023 Delta Air Lines faces lawsuit over $1-billion carbon-neutral claim The American airline pledged to go carbon neutral, but plaintiffs say it is relying on offsets that do almost nothing to mitigate global heating. Race Against Climate Change News, US News | June 8th 2023 Svalbard’s mysterious ‘doomsday’ seed vault offers a virtual peek inside Buried in Arctic permafrost, the collection safeguards the world’s crop species — and is a magnet for conspiracy theories. Now, the public can take a look around. Race Against Climate Change News | March 17th 2023 What does ‘nature positive’ mean — and can it slow biodiversity loss? The catchphrase aims to emulate the success of "net zero" in climate campaigning. Yet some fear it is too vague and open to greenwashing Race Against Climate Change News | December 20th 2022 What is COP15 and why does it matter for all life on the planet? Once-in-a-decade plans to protect the natural world and halt its destruction will be decided in Montreal in December. Race Against Climate Change Explainer | October 25th 2022 Across the globe, nature loss is reaching catastrophic levels The huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say the world’s leading scientists. Race Against Climate Change News | October 14th 2022 What really happened at Geneva’s critical biodiversity negotiations? Talks ahead of the key COP15 summit on halting mass extinction of life were slow — and much has been asked of the developing world. Race Against Climate Change News | April 6th 2022 Deforestation emissions far higher than previously thought Carbon emissions from the felling of tropical forest doubled in just two decades and are accelerating, new research says. Race Against Climate Change News | March 4th 2022 Invasive species: If you can’t beat them, eat them? Rack of squirrel, anyone? The chefs putting invasive species on the menu. State Of The Animal News | March 1st 2022 1 of 3
Let forests grow old to store huge amounts of carbon A new report says cutting emissions should still be a key priority as it cautions against mass monoculture tree-planting. Race Against Climate Change News | November 21st 2023
Global heating and the curious case of shrinking fish An analysis of thousands of species finds some invertebrates and plants are also getting smaller, while others are increasing in body size. State Of The Animal News | September 13th 2023
Delta Air Lines faces lawsuit over $1-billion carbon-neutral claim The American airline pledged to go carbon neutral, but plaintiffs say it is relying on offsets that do almost nothing to mitigate global heating. Race Against Climate Change News, US News | June 8th 2023
Svalbard’s mysterious ‘doomsday’ seed vault offers a virtual peek inside Buried in Arctic permafrost, the collection safeguards the world’s crop species — and is a magnet for conspiracy theories. Now, the public can take a look around. Race Against Climate Change News | March 17th 2023
What does ‘nature positive’ mean — and can it slow biodiversity loss? The catchphrase aims to emulate the success of "net zero" in climate campaigning. Yet some fear it is too vague and open to greenwashing Race Against Climate Change News | December 20th 2022
What is COP15 and why does it matter for all life on the planet? Once-in-a-decade plans to protect the natural world and halt its destruction will be decided in Montreal in December. Race Against Climate Change Explainer | October 25th 2022
Across the globe, nature loss is reaching catastrophic levels The huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say the world’s leading scientists. Race Against Climate Change News | October 14th 2022
What really happened at Geneva’s critical biodiversity negotiations? Talks ahead of the key COP15 summit on halting mass extinction of life were slow — and much has been asked of the developing world. Race Against Climate Change News | April 6th 2022
Deforestation emissions far higher than previously thought Carbon emissions from the felling of tropical forest doubled in just two decades and are accelerating, new research says. Race Against Climate Change News | March 4th 2022
Invasive species: If you can’t beat them, eat them? Rack of squirrel, anyone? The chefs putting invasive species on the menu. State Of The Animal News | March 1st 2022
