Tag: biodiversity

As Mexico’s Tren Maya nears completion, locals are hopeful about a tourist boom – but worried about its impacts on water and ecosystems.

Celebrate World Bee Day 2024 with this quiz that will test your knowledge of these weird and wonderful insects.

Light pollution is losing us sleep, endangering wildlife – and not even keeping us safe at night. Here’s how we can change that.

In this news roundup: PFAS causes cardiovascular disease, nature arrives on Spotify, and why cloud seeding didn’t cause Dubai floods

Peatlands cover just 3% of the Earth’s land area, but they store more carbon than the world’s forests. Here’s all you need to know about them.

Every year in March, Indigenous rangers team up with scientists and the Australian government to monitor and protect the great desert skink.

In this news roundup: more climate records fall, ECHR deems climate inaction a human rights violation and wartime hunger soars in Sudan

During COVID-19 lockdown, three Australians decided to count the number of species in their backyard. The results might surprise you.

In this news roundup: Scientists vote against Anthropocene, Panama Canal drought pushes shipping ashore, and why the Earth is turning greener

In India, farmers are set to take part in another nationwide general strike. Critics say the latest protests are rooted in the Green Revolution.

In the Peruvian Andes, local farmers have long lost touch with their ancestral wisdom. One project aims to reconnect them for resilience.

Bees and other pollinators are in decline worldwide. From climate change to habitat loss, here’s why – and what we can do about it.

In this news roundup: Azerbaijan ex-oil baron to lead COP29, global warming set to hit 1.5°C in 2024, and how solar geoengineering could work

It's easy to shrug nature off as just "things," but most people see it as a lot more than that, from oxygen to beauty to life itself.

Can biodiversity solve global hunger? Experts say we need an integrated approach bringing together farmers, scientists, financiers and policymakers.