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Report issues ‘sobering reality check’ for world’s oceans

As global leaders head to the U.N. Biodiversity Conference next week, a new report issued a stark warning: The world…

5 months ago

Report issues ‘sobering reality check’ for world’s oceans

As global leaders head to the U.N. Biodiversity Conference next week, a new report issued a stark warning: The world…

5 months ago

Your guide to the UN biodiversity summit

Next week, leaders and representatives from nearly 200 countries will gather in Cali, Colombia, for the United Nations biodiversity summit…

5 months ago

Meet a scientist: the community connector

Editor’s note: A 2017 survey found that 81 percent of Americans could not name a living scientist. No, not a…

5 months ago

Meet a scientist protecting ‘overlooked’ ecosystems

Maira Bezerra’s training as a scientist began early. As the daughter of scientists — dad was a geologist, mom was a…

5 months ago

To achieve global conservation goals, secure Indigenous rights

Nature is in crisis: Nearly 1 million species face extinction due to human activities and climate change.  To help prevent…

5 months ago

Meet the startup turning the tide on plastic pollution

Editor’s note: Around the world, innovative businesses are helping to solve some of the biggest environmental challenges of our time.…

5 months ago

3 myths about carbon offsets, busted

This post was updated on November 4, 2021.Do we really need to talk about carbon offsets?Yes: They're in the news…

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Sharks are deserting coral reefs. Here’s why that matters

As ocean temperatures have soared in the past year, new research shows that some sharks are abandoning coral reefs —…

5 months ago

Countries agreed to protect 30% of the planet. Now what?

More than six months ago, nearly every country on Earth signed on to the most ambitious plan ever to protect…

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