Survey reveals UK butterfly winners and losers in the wake of record high temperatures

Some butterflies are expanding their ranges as the climate changes, others are dwindling.

Marcus Rhodes, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter • conversation
April 3, 2024 ~6 min

Our new map reveals the effects of 20th century land-use and climate change on Britain's wild species

Britain has lost large areas of semi-natural habitat since the 1930s.

Alistair Auffret, Senior Lecturer in Landscape Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences • conversation
Nov. 1, 2023 ~8 min


Keeping your cool in a warming world: 8 steps to help manage eco-anxiety

A therapist shares advice for harnessing your stress over climate change and other environmental harms and putting it to work.

Karen Magruder, Assistant Professor of Practice in Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington • conversation
Sept. 18, 2023 ~8 min

Wildlife wonders of Britain and Ireland before the industrial revolution – my research reveals all the biodiversity we've lost

I have spent five years tracking down more than 10,000 accounts of wildlife by naturalists, travellers, historians and even poets, all written between 1529 and 1772

Lee Raye, Associate Lecturer in Arts and Humanities, The Open University • conversation
July 17, 2023 ~34 min

UK ivory trade ban extended to five more species – here's why we think it will be ineffective

Any law that protects threatened wildlife should be welcomed – but a ban alone will not prevent illegal activity.

Angus Nurse, Head of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
June 9, 2023 ~8 min

Economic growth is fuelling climate change – a new book proposes 'degrowth communism' as the solution

What does Karl Marx have to say about climate change? Quite a lot, according to a new book.

Timothée Parrique, Researcher in Ecological Economics, Lund University • conversation
March 3, 2023 ~7 min

Biodiversity treaty: UN deal fails to address the root causes of nature’s destruction

Global summits to arrest Earth’s deteriorating health look increasingly farcical.

Rosaleen Duffy, Professor of International Politics, University of Sheffield • conversation
Dec. 21, 2022 ~7 min

Five ways you can help stop biodiversity loss in your area – and around the world

Nurturing habitats close to home can make a world of difference for wildlife.

Kate Hiseman, Senior Lecturer Practitioner in Environment and Sustainability, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Dec. 20, 2022 ~8 min


Jaguars could return to the US Southwest – but only if they have pathways to move north

Keeping landscapes connected can help protect wild animals and plants. In the US Southwest, border wall construction is closing off corridors that jaguars and other at-risk species use.

John Koprowski, Dean, Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming • conversation
April 19, 2022 ~10 min

Is it possible to heal the damage we have already done to the Earth?

The Earth is a resilient planet, but people are altering it in ways that may take centuries to reverse.

Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University • conversation
April 18, 2022 ~6 min

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