Patrick Greenfield
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About Patrick Greenfield
Patrick Greenfield is a biodiversity and environment writer for the Guardian and the Observer.
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.
Invasive species: If you can’t beat them, eat them?
Rack of squirrel, anyone? The chefs putting invasive species on the menu.
Fish love songs and fighting talk: Underwater sound library to reveal language of the deep
Scientists plan a vast global store of aquatic noises to help monitor marine life, identify species — and even uncover regional dialects.
Waging a climate war on Wall Street
Casey Harrell, the 43-year-old co-founder of BlackRock’s Big Problem, knows he may not have long to live thanks to the neurodegenerative disease ALS. But that won’t stop him from holding the U.S.’s biggest investors to account.
Fires, deforestation and global heating turn 10 UNESCO forests into carbon sources
World heritage sites in Canada, the U.S., Australia, and Russia are among those that have emitted more carbon than they absorbed since 2001.
Vanilla and avocados among dozens of wild crop relatives on brink of extinction
Study finds the climate crisis, agriculture and pesticide use threaten relatives of the world’s most important crops, considered crucial to food security.
Major UN biodiversity summit postponed for third time due to COVID-19
COP15 negotiations to set this decade’s targets on nature to be split into two, with face-to-face meetings delayed until 2022.
UN sets out Paris-style plan to slow extinction rate
Ambitious draft goals to halt biodiversity loss revealed, with proposed changes to food production expected to "raise eyebrows."
UN says it will take 0.1% of global GDP to save nature
A new report from the body says the financial value of our ecosystems must be considered to avoid "irreversible" degradation to biodiversity and land.
Why a proposed balloon flight over Sweden is drawing criticism from environmental groups
Swedish environmental groups warn test flight could be first step towards the adoption of a potentially “dangerous, unpredictable, and unmanageable” technology