Oil-spill expert calls for more baseline oceans data on industry dime
Sep 25, 2015, 2:07 pm By Rebecca Kessler[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform burst into flame more than five…Nature guide freed in Madagascar 5 months after arrest for exposing rosewood trade
Sep 25, 2015, 1:48 pm By Rhett ButlerArmand Marozafy, a nature guide in Madagascar who was arrested on defamation charges for sending an…In haze-choked Palangkaraya, air quality five times ‘hazardous’ levels
Sep 25, 2015, 11:32 am By Philip Jacobson[dropcap]A[/dropcap]mid cries that Indonesia’s central government is more concerned about stamping…Belo Monte dam denied operating license by Brazilian regulators
Sep 24, 2015, 10:26 pm By Mike GaworeckiThe flooding of the Belo Monte dam reservoir in Brazil appeared to be imminent just a week ago,…A pre-game analysis of what to expect, and not expect, at COP 21
Sep 24, 2015, 8:27 pm By Rhett ButlerEditor's note: the upcoming COP21 is expected to be the most important meeting for a very long…Almost half of U.S. seafood goes to waste
Sep 24, 2015, 6:12 pm By Rebecca KesslerMany wild fish stocks are under substantial strain, with overfishing being one of the primary…UN study warns agricultural subsidies are threatening forests and conservation programs
Sep 24, 2015, 3:34 pm By Morgan Erickson-DavisLurking in the law books and policy annals of many countries around the world, subsidies aimed at…Papal encyclical draws harsh critique from Peru’s private sector
Sep 24, 2015, 2:04 pm By Glenn SchererElena Conterno is a former minister of production for the Peruvian government and she has served as…Surprise! Animals are active and plentiful during harsh, dark Arctic winters
Sep 24, 2015, 12:09 pm By Shreya Dasgupta[caption id="attachment_140224" align="aligncenter" width="865"] Characteristic polar night blue…Dolphins caught in fishing nets: to eat or not to eat?
Sep 24, 2015, 7:41 am By Shreya Dasgupta[caption id="attachment_140257" align="aligncenter" width="898"] Atlantic humpback dolphins inhabit…River supplying Alberta oil sands operations with water at risk from drought
Sep 23, 2015, 11:59 pm By Mike GaworeckiA new study casts doubt on the long-term ability of the Athabasca River to supply the water…Opponents of Malaysian dam project cautiously optimistic about moratorium
Sep 23, 2015, 6:07 pm By Mike GaworeckiWhen Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem of Sarawak, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo,…Scientists find a fix for a ‘frog’s worst nightmare’ in Borneo
Sep 23, 2015, 5:18 pm By Morgan Erickson-DavisA new study published this week in Biotropica finds palm oil is taking heavy tolls on amphibian…Pushing the boundaries
Sep 23, 2015, 3:31 pm By Caleb O'Brien[caption id="attachment_139644" align="alignright" width="440"] Vitus Pango and Albogast Mkude…Hungry planet: targeted fish populations cut in half since 1970
Sep 23, 2015, 2:09 pm By Rebecca Kessler[dropcap]I[/dropcap]ndustrial fisheries have depleted our oceans in just a few decades, according to…Pope’s encyclical draws support from Peru’s #1 environmental official
Sep 23, 2015, 11:56 am By Glenn SchererManuel Pulgar-Vidal is only the third person to hold the title of Minister of the Environment in…Regrown rainforests degrade after farm-fallow cycles take hold
Sep 23, 2015, 10:50 am By Brittany StewartLook up; look around. Look to the forests in your community. Odds are, they are secondary-growth…Could a new map save the Sumatran rhino?
Sep 23, 2015, 5:39 am By Shreya Dasgupta[caption id="attachment_139350" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Sumatran Rhinoceros photographed in…Many solutions to Southeast Asia’s haze problem proposed, but no end in sight
Sep 22, 2015, 5:44 pm By Mike GaworeckiTo boycott, or not to boycott? That seems to be the question many are asking as Southeast Asia’s…Seabird numbers down 70 percent since 1950
Sep 22, 2015, 5:13 pm By Brittany StewartSince seabirds rely on healthy oceans to feed and thrive, scientists consider them excellent…
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