Tribal Lands Are Vital for Amazon Forest Carbon Sink

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Dec 6, 2014 As land rights of indigenous peoples are increasingly being violated, new research shows that destruction of the Amazon rainforest is a major threat not only to cultural identity but also to the global climate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Canada’s Polar Bears Face Food Crisis by 2100

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Nov 30, 2014 Due to the shrinkage of the sea ice, the survival of polar bears in Canada’s Arctic Archipelago is doubtful in around 80 years’ time. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Slayings Turn Spotlight on Peru’s Forest Policies

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Nov 21, 2014 The killing of tribal leaders trying to defend their Amazon rainforest lands from illegal logging has put Peru’s president under pressure ahead of next month’s U.N. climate conference. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Diet’s Effects on Emissions Give Food for Thought

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Nov 15, 2014 American researchers confirm that a shift to vegetarian, Mediterranean or fish-based diets would cut greenhouse gases, conserve forests and savannah, and have a big impact on obesity-linked health problems. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Wrench Thrown Into Coal’s Publicity Machine

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Nov 10, 2014 An Australian think tank’s data challenges coal industry claims that it drives economic growth, is a key element of alleviating "energy poverty" worldwide and improves quality of life. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Change Linked to Reduced Size of Alpine Chamois

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Oct 27, 2014 Scientists have found strong evidence that declining body size in herds of the chamois mountain goats that are hunted in the Italian Alps is linked to warmer spring and summer temperatures. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Helps to Halve World Wildlife in 40 Years

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Oct 3, 2014 Climate change is identified by conservation campaigners as increasingly implicated in the plight of many wild species, which they say have fallen by more than half since 1970. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Collapse of the Eighth Continent: Shangri-La Meets Global Capitalism

Susan Zakin / Truthdig Dec 20, 2013 Madagascar’s graceful society and unique natural wonders developed over thousands of years; it has taken less than a decade to put it all on life support. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Antarctic Fjord Life Puzzles Science

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Dec 14, 2013 The variety and extent of marine life found in the fjords of the warming Antarctic Peninsula is in stark contrast to the sparsely populated seas of the Arctic. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dirty Air Set to Become Biggest Environmental Killer

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2012 A new report predicts urban air pollution will become the No. 1 cause of premature death in the coming decades, beating out poor sanitation and dirty drinking water to take more than 3.5 million lives per year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Flower Heaven

Staff / Truthdig Jul 7, 2010 As much as one-third of all flowering plants face extinction at the hands of humans, according to new research -- and that's not even factoring in climate change. Such a die-off would have a devastating impact on the food chain. As one of the researchers put it, "if you get rid of [plants] you get rid of a lot of the things above them." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Richard Ellis on Dinosaurs

BLANK Dec 11, 2009 A revelatory new book by Scott D. Sampson, one of our leading dinosaur paleontologists, suggests we have much to learn about extinction, global warming and energy flow from the biological experience of the charismatic beasts that roamed the Earth more than 60 million years ago.Scott D. Sampson's revelatory new book suggests we have much to learn from the charismatic beasts that roamed the Earth more than 60 million years ago. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )