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Monarch butterflies’ spectacul...

Sep 18, 2020 by GlobalPossibilities

Monarch butterflies’ spectacular migration is at risk – an ambitious new plan aims to help save it

Locust Swarms, Some 3 Times th...

Mar 23, 2020 by GlobalPossibilities

Locust Swarms, Some 3 Times the Size of New York City, Are Eating Their Way Across Two Continents

Effortless Environmentalism

Jan 13, 2020 by GlobalPossibilities

Here are some easy ways to live more gently on the earth. The key word here is “easy.”

Birth strike, flygskam, Pyroce...

Dec 30, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

It was another year in which natural disasters occurred with unnatural force and frequency: Mozambique was submerged by two deadly cyclones, some of its worst storms of record; Japan, Australia, and the southern U.S. sizzled in heat waves; and even the Arctic was on fire.

Japanese Fisheries Collapsed D...

Nov 1, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Scientists announced today that pesticide use on rice fields led to the collapse of a nearby fishery in Lake Shinji, Japan, according to a new study published in the journal Science.

Trump administration to approv...

Jul 12, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

EPA said studies it considered, most of which were sponsored by industry, found sulfoxaflor isn’t dangerous for the pollinators

Could this warehouse of cockro...

Feb 5, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Somewhere in China, a billion cockroaches scuttle through a moat-surrounded factory.

Ten Ways 2018 Brought Us Close...

Dec 27, 2018 by Casey Coates Danson

The 20 warmest years ever recorded have been within the last 22 years, and the four warmest of those have been 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, according to the World Meteorological Organization