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Deforestation

Deborah Tabart OAM, CEO of the Australian Koala Foundation, is fondly known as the Koala Woman. She has been at her post since February 1988.…
What if you found out that just four commodities—commodities so pervasive in modern life that we encounter them daily—are responsible for more than half of…
When conjuring up an image of a healthy ecosystem, few of us would think of a modern city. But scientists are increasingly recognizing that the…
Without drastic efforts to reduce deforestation, rising greenhouse gases, and unsustainable global agriculture, the planet is on track to lose a massive quantity of its…
Last week, thousands of people came to Seattle — on foot and by kayak — and put their bodies on the line to say “Shell…
More carbon is released into the atmosphere would amplify climate warming, and that, in turn, would cause more permafrost to thaw and release more carbon,…
New research published in Nature Communications provides insight into how large-scale deforestation could impact global food production by triggering changes in local climate. In the…