[ad_1] Editor’s note: Throughout the world’s oceans, a silent plague is snaring marine life and smothering seafloors. Ghost nets — commercial fishing nets that are left behind or lost —…
[ad_1] In 2019, a UN report laid out a bitter truth: The current food system is fueling the destruction of Earth’s forests — and humanity must overhaul how we grow…
[ad_1] To stop climate catastrophe, there are certain places on Earth that we simply cannot afford to destroy, according to new research by Conservation International scientists.Compiling carbon data from forests,…
[ad_1] Nestled in the Andes, the forests of Bolivia’s Zongo Valley are shrouded in pillowy clouds more than 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) above sea level.But for a team of researchers…
[ad_1] If you’re a reef manta, there are few better places to be than northeastern Indonesia. In the clear blue seas of the Raja Ampat archipelago, these marine giants — up…
[ad_1] This story is part of the series Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis, a collaboration between Grist, Vox, and The 19th that investigates how climate change impacts reproductive health — from menstruation to conception…
[ad_1] International climate change panels often point out that women are more vulnerable to climate change than men. Hotter temperatures and more volatile weather inflame existing gender-based vulnerabilities, like domestic…
[ad_1] When Cortni Borgerson thinks about the trillion or so periodical cicadas emerging from underground, she sees more than clumsily flying insects flitting from tree to tree in search of…
[ad_1] The vast plains of the Altiplano in southern Bolivia are a seemingly lifeless expanse.With sparse vegetation, desert sands and dry salt flats, it’s difficult to imagine how any creature…
[ad_1] Protecting nature starts with science. Here’s a roundup of recent science published by Conservation International experts. 1. Close to 40 percent of plant species are at risk of extinctionNearly 40…
