Scientists Calculate That Humans Cause at Least Half the Loss of Arctic Sea Ice
Mar 17, 2017 New research analyzes the decline of the region's ecology by weighing natural variability and human factors.
Warming Wreaks Havoc on Ecosystems
Nov 14, 2016 As climate change negotiations continue in Marrakech, scientists warn that global warming is affecting four-fifths of ecological processes vital to ecosystems.
How to Stop Capitalism’s Deadly War With Nature
Sep 14, 2016 It's not humanity alone that threatens life on earth. The bigger culprit is an economic and political system that relies on endless global appropriation of cheap food, energy, raw materials and labor.
Humanity Is Playing High-Risk Ecological Roulette
Jul 20, 2016 Analysis of millions of records by thousands of scientists across the world shows that human impacts have helped push the planet’s vital biodiversity into the danger zone.
Scientists Calculate Our Debt to Earth
Feb 24, 2016 Researchers in the U.S. have found a way to put a monetary value on the multitude of vital services and assets we rely on nature to provide us cost-free.
To Drill or Not to Drill — That Is the Question
Mar 4, 2015 Major oil company Royal Dutch Shell wants to drill in the Chukchi Sea this summer. In the long term, that could spell doom for one of the last great relatively untouched oceanic environments on the planet.New Hope for the Climate Crusade
Jan 4, 2015 A promising new legal framework that recognizes Earth's ecologies as a public trust could compel local and state legislators to take action to protect the planet by convincing courts that environmental protection is the responsibility of the government.
Current Trends Follow Book Predicting Global Collapse
Sep 4, 2014 Research from the University of Melbourne found forecasts made in the 1972 book "Limits to Growth" regarding resource use, population growth, industrial output and other factors of the world's economy and ecosystems to be accurate.
The Original Geo-Engineers: How to Save the Iconic West from the Cow
Jul 31, 2014 The great novelist Wallace Stegner sorted the conflicting impulses in his beloved American West into two camps: the “boomers” and the “nesters.” The modern version of the nesters are conservationists who try to partner with the ecosystems where they live. They understand that you cannot steer and control nature, but you might be able to dance with it.
Half of Plants May Move In Warmer World
Feb 17, 2014 One probable consequence of climate change will be a change in patterns of vegetation over much of the planet’s land surface.
