https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2020/dec/31/butterflies-bushfires-and-bears-age-of-extinction-year-in-photography-2020-aoeIn a year like no other, our photographers – and readers – captured images reflecting the beauty and diversity that could all too easily be lost in our fragile world Read more in our series […]
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/26/mass-die-off-of-birds-in-south-western-us-caused-by-starvation-aoeNecropsy reveals 80% of the thousands of songbirds that died suddenly showed typical signs of emaciation Birds ‘falling out of the sky’ in mass die-off in south-western USRead more in our series Biodiversity: what happened […]
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/25/discovery-of-cryptic-species-shows-earth-is-even-more-biologically-diverse-aoeExcitement as DNA barcoding technique leads to unmasking of new species tempered with fear that some are already at risk of extinction Counting the species: how DNA barcoding is rewriting the book of lifeRead more […]
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/24/uk-donations-to-environmental-causes-reach-250m-in-2020Donations from individuals and charities to green causes more than double since 2016 Philanthropic donations to environmental causes have more than doubled in value in the UK as the climate crisis and unprecedented biodiversity loss […]
https://phys.org/news/2020-12-caspian-crisis-sea-threaten-biodiversity.htmlCoastal nations are rightly worried about sea level rise, but in the countries around the Caspian Sea, over 100 million people are facing the opposite problem: an enormous drop in sea level. Technically, this sea […]
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/23/chernobyl-fears-resurface-over-contract-to-dredge-river-in-exclusion-zone-aoeScientists warn of threat of nuclear contamination from work on giant E40 waterway linking Baltic to the Black Sea The race to save Polesia, Europe’s secret AmazonRead more in our series Biodiversity: what happened next? […]
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/agriculture-will-threaten-habitat-for-90-percent-of-animal-species-by-2050Scientists estimate that if current food production methods continue, the world will likely need between 770,000 to 3.9 million square miles of new agricultural land by 2050 to feed the planet’s growing, wealthier population. Such […]
https://www.sportdiver.com/tiny-remote-island-creates-largest-marine-sanctuary-in-atlantic?dom=rss-default&src=syn NewsTristan da Cunha designated 90 percent of its territorial waters—over 270,000 square miles—as a marine protected area to safeguard the region’s unique biodiversity. Original Title: Tiny Remote Island Creates Largest Marine Sanctuary in Atlantic […]
https://www.washingtonnature.org/fieldnotes/2020/11/11/bezos-earth-fund-will-be-transformative-for-emerald-edge-communities-and-forestsBy Eric Delvin, Emerald Edge Program Director Today the Bezos Earth Fund has committed $100 million to The Nature Conservancy to support work to tackle climate change in North America and India and scale nature-based […]
https://discoveryfleet.com/drift-diving-and-marine-life-sightings-in-delsan-wreck/The Philippines is home to many underwater treasures just waiting to be discovered and explored. Nestled in the apex of the Coral Triangle, the Philippines is a vital part of the world’s center of marine […]
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