NATURE

What on Earth is ‘HFLD’? (Hint: It’s about forests)

Editor’s note: From “blue carbon” to “ecosystem services,” environmental jargon is everywhere these days. Conservation International looks to make sense…

1 year ago

Coffee farmers face down climate change

SAN MARTIN JILOTEPEQUE, Guatemala — José Marcelino Estrada has spent his life tending coffee. He learned from his father how…

1 year ago

Ahead of pandemic talks, this doctor has nature on his mind

Dr. Neil Vora has spent much of his career chasing and treating infectious disease outbreaks, from the Ebola epidemic in…

1 year ago

In new film, Indigenous traditions persist amid loss

“What is that smoke for?”In a remote Amazonian village, a young boy asks his grandfather why a haze surrounds their…

1 year ago

Report warns of growing human toll as planet warms

Last year was the hottest on record — sparking major climate disasters across the globe.More than 150 “unprecedented” heatwaves, floods…

1 year ago

Conservation International wins Microsoft challenge

Data — the key to understanding and tackling some of the world’s toughest problems — suffers from at least one major…

1 year ago

Humanity barreling toward ‘irreversible’ climate tipping points

Editor's note: News about conservation and the environment is made every day, but some of it can fly under the…

1 year ago

Why a new treaty to protect the high seas is a ‘game-changer’

Roughly two-thirds of the world’s oceans lie beyond national boundaries in an area known as the “high seas” — yet…

1 year ago

As ghost junk haunts the sea, ‘mermaids’ are fighting back

Sitting on the side of a small boat off the coast of Baja California, suited up in diving gear, a…

1 year ago

Climate change could soon outpace humanity’s ability to adapt

The catastrophic impacts of climate breakdown may soon outpace humanity’s ability to adapt to it, according to a new report.Co-authored…

2 years ago