Mangroves Threatened by Sea Le...

Jun 5, 2020 by

Mangroves Threatened by Sea Level Rise Could Disappear by 2050

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Amazon Deforestation Is Causin...

Feb 12, 2020 by

Amazon Deforestation Is Causing 20% of Forests to Release More Carbon Than They Absorb

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How Europe Turned Into a Perfe...

Feb 5, 2020 by

TIVISSA, Spain — Forests are getting some high-profile attention lately.

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Timebomb’: Fires devastate tig...

Nov 20, 2019 by

Another heavy fire season in Indonesia has taken a toll on the country’s remaining forest. In Sembilang National Park, on the island of Sumatra, fires raged into primary forest that provides vital habitat for critically endangered Sumatran tigers and elephants.

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As 2019 Amazon fires die down,...

Oct 23, 2019 by

This year’s August Amazon fires grabbed headlines around the world.

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Harvard and TIAA’s farmland gr...

Oct 23, 2019 by

Brazil is smoldering, still. The surge of fires that raged across the Amazon in July and August has now spread to the country’s biodiverse savanna lands in the Cerrado, where the number of fires in September was double what it was a year ago.

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Los Angeles, a City Known for ...

Oct 3, 2019 by

The effort starts with its first-ever forest officer.

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Why California is fighting fir...

Sep 19, 2019 by

What if the answer to California’s wildfire woes is more fire?

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Planting Trees Is Good. Elimin...

Aug 9, 2019 by

The UN report says we just have to stop cutting them down.

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Indonesian flooding disaster b...

Aug 8, 2019 by

TAPUWATU, Indonesia — Muhammad Arfa says he thinks a miracle saved his home.

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How to ensure sustainable palm...

Jul 3, 2019 by

Palm oil is the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet.

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The Simple, Yet Elusive, Key T...

May 9, 2019 by

Preserving and restoring forests is an effective step toward mitigating climate change, and comes with a host of other benefits.

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Climate change to blame as bar...

Apr 26, 2019 by

Hot, dry summers are fanning an unprecedented outbreak of bark beetles that are destroying vast swathes of central Europe’s spruce forests which define the region’s landscape.

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Climate Change Could Drastical...

Aug 31, 2018 by

For a preview of what’s to come for the Earth’s ecosystems…

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Extractive industries threaten...

Jul 19, 2018 by

[Translate] by Mike Gaworecki news.mongabay.com. According to a recent report, mining companies currently have claims on 11 percent...

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Regreening the planet could cu...

Oct 21, 2017 by

[Translate] Natural solutions such as tree planting, protecting peatlands and better land management could account for 37% of all...

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A decade of monitoring shows t...

Aug 17, 2017 by

A decade of monitoring shows the dynamics of a conserved Atlantic tropical forest

[Translate]   Pensoft Publishers Summary: Characterized with high levels of biodiversity and endemism, the Atlantic Tropical...

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WANT TO STOP WILDFIRES? TRY LO...

Jun 29, 2017 by

[Translate] Liar, liar, forest fire GRIST Republican State Rep. Mike Noel said this week that “tree huggers” were to blame for a...

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CLIMATE IMPACTS HAPPENING NOW:...

May 22, 2017 by

[Translate]  By Bruce Melton, Climate Discovery | Op-Ed A recent article in The Atlantic implies climate change to be wrongly viewed...

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CITIES AND BIODIVERSITY HOTSPO...

Apr 30, 2017 by

CITIES AND BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS ON A COLLISSION COURSE

[Translate] THEDIRTASLA,ORG   Aaron King The western hemisphere’s conflict zones / © 2017 Richard J. Weller, Claire Hoch, and Chieh...

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HARNESSING THE POWER OF NATURE...

Feb 18, 2017 by

HARNESSING THE POWER OF NATURE TO IMPROVE OUR CITIES

[Translate] Jared Green   THE DIRT Handbook of Biophilic City Planning & Design / Island PressPeople feel happier, healthier, and...

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AFRICA’S DUST IS A PRICE...

Dec 4, 2016 by

AFRICA’S DUST IS A PRICELESS EXPORT

[Translate]   By Tim Radford / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Women and children struggle through a dust storm in North...

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Widespread Mercury Contaminati...

Oct 10, 2016 by

Widespread Mercury Contamination Across Western North America, Study Finds

[Translate]   Environment It’s in the air, soil, sediment, plants, fish and wildlife. By Susan Kemp / U.S. Geological...

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BRAZILIANS USE OLYMPICS TO DEL...

Aug 11, 2016 by

BRAZILIANS USE OLYMPICS TO DELIVER CLIMATE MESSAGE

[Translate] THE DIRT  Jared Green 2016 Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony / NBCThe estimated 3.3 billion people who watched the opening...

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EUROPE’S PRECIOUS BEECH ...

Jun 22, 2016 by

EUROPE’S PRECIOUS BEECH FORESTS COULD SUCCUMB TO DROUGHT

[Translate]   By Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network   VIA TRUTHDIG     A beech woods near Morganstown in South Wales, where...

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THOMAS RAINER: THERE ARE NO MU...

May 20, 2016 by

THOMAS RAINER: THERE ARE NO MULCH CIRCLES IN THE FOREST

[Translate] THE DIRT by Jared Green Planting in a Post-Wild World / Timber Press Instead of laying down a layer of mulch to separate...

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DROUGHTS ARE GIVING TREES R...

Apr 29, 2016 by

DROUGHTS ARE GIVING TREES “HEART ATTACKS”

[Translate]   By Tim Radford / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     Around 12 million trees have perished in California in the...

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INDONESIAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES...

Apr 22, 2016 by

INDONESIAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES PLAN TO HALT PALM OIL INDUSTRY EXPANSION

[Translate] Many have criticized Indonesia‘s largely unsustainable palm oil industry for several reasons, including deforestation....

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THE SENATE JUST PASSED AN ENER...

Apr 20, 2016 by

THE SENATE JUST PASSED AN ENERGY BILL THAT WOULD MAKE FORESTS A ‘CARBON NEUTRAL’ ENERGY SOURCE

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Charles Krupa   The first major update to the nation’s...

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2016 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE...

Feb 19, 2016 by

2016 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE RANKINGS SHOW PROGRESS AND FAILURE

[Translate] THE DIRT   by Jared Green Deforestation in Brazil / Wired Yale University and Columbia University, together with the...

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