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Restoring Degraded Forests Could Boost Climate and Biodiversity Goals

A new study mapping the potential scale of forest restoration globally shows that prioritizing 1.5 billion hectares of degraded forest – an area almost the size of Russia - could significantly boost effectiveness of meeting climate and biodiversity goals.

17 Aug 2023

Climate Change is Driving Perch to Outcompete Cold-Water Fish in Arctic Lakes

Scientists analyzed the condition of ecosystems of high latitude lakes and found out that increasing of water temperature leads to increasing of population, rapid growth and early maturation of perches.

14 Aug 2023

Poaching Threatens to Drive Kordofan Giraffes to Extinction

Without intervention, poaching of two Critically Endangered Kordofan giraffes might likely result in extinction in just 15 years within Cameroon’s Bénoué National Park.

7 Aug 2023

Ecologists Examine Distribution Patterns and Properties of Canopy Soils Across Costa Rican Forests

When we think of soil, most of us think of dirt on the ground. But a surprising amount of the planet's soil thrives in the treetops of old-growth forests, high above terra firma.

7 Aug 2023

Primary Forests Offer Clues to How to Protect Forests from Drought

As per a new study from Lund University in Sweden, 2018’s dry summer stroked Swedish forests hard—and hardest impacted were the managed secondary forests.

1 Aug 2023

TIPA Survey Finds Majority of Sustainability-Minded Americans Prefer Compostable Packaging to Recycled Packaging

TIPA, a global leader in compostable packaging solutions for food and fashion, released today the results of its recently conducted survey on consumer perceptions toward alternative packaging, finding that 84% of Americans are concerned by plastic waste generated from packaging.

From TIPA Compostable Packaging 27 Jul 2023

El Niño Events Have Different Effects on Rainfall in West Antarctica

The rainfall in West Antarctica, particularly around the Antarctic Peninsula, shows large inconsistency on the inter-annual time scale.

26 Jul 2023

New Way to Measure Earth’s Response to Climate Change

A Chapman University researcher and his coworkers have discovered how the Earth reacts as it warms due to climate change.

25 Jul 2023

Bird Extinctions More Likely Due to Local Factors Than Climate Change

Over the last 30 years European breeding birds have shifted their range by, on average, 2.4 km per year, according to new research.

21 Jul 2023

Natural Substance Could Help Save Coral Reefs from Climate Change

Researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology - IIT) and Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (University of Milan-Bicocca), in cooperation with Acquario di Genova (Genoa Aquarium) in Italy, have recently published a study in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, which demonstrates the efficacy of curcumin, a natural antioxidant substance extracted from turmeric, in reducing coral bleaching, a phenomenon caused primarily by climate change.

20 Jul 2023