Fire, drought, and lax enforcement threaten Amazon biodiversity

Biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest is under threat from forest fires, drought, and changes in enforcement of environmental policies on deforestation.

Daniel Stolte-Arizona • futurity
Sept. 3, 2021 ~9 min

Brazil's Atlantic Forest will change more in the next 50 years than at any time since the last ice age

For one of Earth’s most biodiverse forests, 21,000 years of natural change pale in comparison to modern, man-made climate breakdown.

Oliver Wilson, PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, University of Reading • conversation
July 28, 2021 ~7 min


Greening the planet: we can't just plant trees, we have to restore forests

Planting trees can sometimes be a carbon-offset box-ticking exercise, but reforestation is a long-term commitment that supports communities, promotes biodiversity and tackles the climate emergency.

Mike Bruford, Professor of Organisms and Environment, Cardiff University • conversation
May 19, 2021 ~8 min

There aren’t enough trees in the world to offset society’s carbon emissions – and there never will be

Even if they can't save us from climate change, society still depends on forests.

Bonnie Waring, Senior Lecturer, Grantham Institute - Climate Change and Environment, Imperial College London • conversation
April 23, 2021 ~26 min

Food and drink products with pro-environment 'ecolabels' are more appealing to shoppers – new research

We still don't know whether ecolabels are significantly better for the environment than alternatives.

Christina Potter, Health Behaviours Researcher, University of Oxford • conversation
March 26, 2021 ~5 min

Regrowing a tropical forest – is it better to plant trees or leave it to nature?

Scientists in Malaysia monitored a forest for 20 years after deforestation.

Mark Cutler, Professor of Physical Geography, University of Dundee • conversation
March 23, 2021 ~8 min

Watch a glass frog get funky when mating croaks are too quiet

Glass frogs that live near loud streams will add a friendly wave or "dance" to their love calls to attract mates.

Kara Manke-UC Berkeley • futurity
Jan. 21, 2021 ~6 min

Two-thirds of Earth's land is on pace to lose water as the climate warms – that's a problem for people, crops and forests

The projected loss of water storage on land as global temperatures rise is especially alarming in the Southern Hemisphere – and in parts of the US.

Yadu Pokhrel, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University • conversation
Jan. 11, 2021 ~7 min


Tiny treetop flowers foster incredible beetle biodiversity

In the Amazon, beetles and flowering trees have developed a tight bond. Hundreds of beetle species thrive off of and pollinate blossoms, helping to maintain some of the highest biodiversity on Earth.

Caroline S. Chaboo, Adjunct Professor in Insect Systematics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln • conversation
Dec. 3, 2020 ~6 min

One-fifth of ecosystems in danger of collapse – here’s what that might look like

Humans have caused ecosystems to collapse on purpose for millennia, to grow food or build settlements. But unplanned collapses are a different matter.

John Dearing, Professor of Physical Geography, University of Southampton • conversation
Nov. 24, 2020 ~7 min

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