Start-up ARC Marine has come up with a green alternative to artificial reefs - restoring marine biodiversity at the same time as protecting offshore wind farms from strong tides.

Douglas Broom 03 Jul 2020

Sustainable Development

Climate change could be making forests shorter – this is how

Rising temperatures can limit photosynthesis, stunting growth in young trees, while forest loss disproportionately affects mature, old-growth trees.

Johnny Wood 01 Jul 2020

Sustainable Development

This teenager has a plan to mobilize young people everywhere

YOUTHTOPIA is a new project from the teenage sisters behind Bye Bye Plastic Bags in Bali. It aims to train up a generation of changemakers and give them the tools to make a difference.

Kate Whiting and Sean Fleming 01 Jul 2020

Biodiversity

Italian divers just rescued a whale caught in ‘ghost’ fishing nets

Clean-up operations are taking place around the world, and it’s hoped education and cooperation across the seafood supply chain will help curb ocean litter.

Charlotte Edmond 30 Jun 2020

Biodiversity

How DNA revealed the woolly mammoth's fate – and what it teaches us today

Dr Beth Shapiro, a paleo-geneticist, reveals how she uses genomics techniques to understand how species went extinct and help conservation efforts.

Kate Whiting 24 Jun 2020

COVID-19

Lockdown has helped to protect Pakistan's migratory birds from potential poachers

A survey observed 741,042 migratory birds in Sindh province - a big jump from the 248,105 birds counted in 2019 - with officials linking it to coronavirus restrictions.

Reuters Staff · Reuters 24 Jun 2020

Biodiversity

How forest loss has changed biodiversity across the globe over the last 150 years

A study has looked at forest loss over 150 years compared with numbers of animal and plant species, to monitor the effect of deforestation on biodiversity.

Maria Dornelas and Gergana Daskalova · The Conversation 22 Jun 2020

Biodiversity

We're ‘finished’ if we don't change after coronavirus, warns naturalist Jane Goodall

British naturalist Dr Jane Goodall says we need to change the way we think about and farm animals, to avoid spreading zoonotic diseases to humans.

Harry Kretchmer 17 Jun 2020

Migration

Scientists around the world are already fighting the next pandemic

Improving water, sanitation, and hygiene practice – a practice known as WASH – is vital in reducing the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in developing countries.

David Graham and Peter Colligon · The Conversation 11 Jun 2020

Forests

These charts show what forest loss looks like across the globe

The tropics lost 11.9 million hectares of tree cover in 2019, according to data from the University of Maryland.

Mikaela Weisse and Elizabeth Dow-Goldman · World Resources Institute 11 Jun 2020

Environment and Natural Resource Security

This World Environment Day, it’s time #ForNature

Watch Professor Klaus Schwab join a panel for #WorldEnvironmentDay.

Beatrice Di Caro 05 Jun 2020

The Ocean

Ocean likely to heat up at 7 times its current rate, new study finds

A new study has found if greenhouse gas emissions continue, we can expect the deep parts of the oceans to heat up at 7 times their current rate, by 2050.

Jordan Davidson · EcoWatch 01 Jun 2020

COVID-19

Science leads the response to COVID-19. These 25 scientists are tackling the other global challenges

Scientists have maximum visibility in the COVID-19 response, while proposing solutions to other global challenges, from climate change to cybersecurity, poverty to pandemics, and food tec...

Alice Hazelton and Martha Chahary 26 May 2020

Restoring ocean life

The top 10 ocean biodiversity hotspots to protect

Research has identified 10 areas of the ocean that need to be protected to support marine biodiversity.

Tara Lohan · EcoWatch 26 May 2020

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