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Climate ‘Time Machine’ Tests Future CO2 Levels
A climate time machine has been erected in Australia. The contraption, comprised of several nine-story-tall frames with pipes that...
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Sustainability: The Corporate Climate Overhaul
There is an understandable tendency to put problems of the ‘global commons’— climate change or biodiversity loss, for instance...
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Rio+20 Earth Summit: Leaked Draft Reveals Conflict Among Countries
The latest draft text that 180 governments are expected to sign up to at the end of the Rio+20...
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Earth Approaching Climate Tipping Point
Earth may be nearing an ecological tipping point that threatens biodiversity, food production and water supplies as humans consume...
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Are We in the Midst of a Sixth Mass Extinction?
Nearly 20,000 species of animals and plants around the globe are considered high risks for extinction in the wild....
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Biodiversity Through a Whole New Dimension: Body Size, Feeding Rates
How can blue whales, the largest animals on the planet, survive by feeding on krill, shrimp-like creatures that are...
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Bat, Bee, Frog Deaths May Be Linked
In recent years, diseases have ravaged through bat, honeybee and amphibian populations, and now animal experts suspect that shared...
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Smog Threatens World’s Oldest Trees
The Sequoia National Park forest contains the biggest and among the oldest living things on earth - the giant...
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Zoos’ Bitter Choice: To Save Some Species, Letting Others Die
As the number of species at risk of extinction soars, zoos are increasingly being called upon to rescue and...
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Streetlights Are Changing Our Ecology
Street lighting is changing bug communities and that is affecting everything from the songs birds sing to the makeup...