Offshore Wind Farms Worry Fishing Industry

Philip Marcelo / The Associated Press Dec 26, 2017 Commercial fishers dread the possibility of navigating among marine turbines, as well as possible environmental effects and restrictions on their way of life. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

New Map Reveals How Roads Devastate Nature

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jan 18, 2017 Scientists call for urgent protection of ecologically valuable roadless areas. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Human Population Growth Continues to Threaten Biodiversity

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Aug 26, 2016 Scientists find that impacts of population growth on the planet’s biodiversity aren’t generally as bad as has been feared -- but are intensifying rapidly in species-rich areas.Scientists find that impacts of population growth on the planet’s biodiversity aren’t generally as bad as has been feared—but are intensifying rapidly in species-rich areas. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Effort to Restore Tropical Forests Gets a Massive Cutting Edge

By Richard Sadler / Climate News Network Aug 1, 2016 Degraded tropical forests throughout the world could be effectively restored by using a simple and inexpensive technique to speed up natural regeneration. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Humanity Is Playing High-Risk Ecological Roulette

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network 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. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Forest Destruction Can Be Cut by Half

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network Nov 30, 2015 A new study shows that political will is all that is needed to stop the chainsaws and bulldozers that are destroying tropical forests and contributing to global warming. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trees Face Global Extinction Threat

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Nov 25, 2015 Field scientists warn that damage being done to the Amazon rain forest indicates that most of the world’s 40,000 tropical tree species now qualify as being at risk. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Birds and Reptiles Are Feeling the Survival Heat

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Nov 8, 2015 New scientific reports highlight yet again the threats that climate change and rising temperatures are posing for many species. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Leaked Map Reveals Big Gas Is Setting Its Sights on the Most Biodiverse Place on Earth

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 24, 2015 A private energy corporation based in Argentina is eyeing Manú National Park in Peru’s Amazon, where the biodiversity “exceeds that of any other place on earth.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

America’s Birds Are Flying Into a Climate Danger Zone

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Sep 5, 2015 A wide-ranging survey shows that many of North America’s bird species could be left with nowhere to go as climate change drastically affects their habitats. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Global Tree Census Highlights Need to Restore Forests

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Sep 4, 2015 Mapping the density of forests reveals that there are far more trees on the planet than previously thought -- but humans are destroying 15 billion a year. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Muslim Scholars Say Climate Change Poses Dire Threat

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Jul 15, 2015 An Islamic declaration adds to growing pressure religious leaders are exerting on richer nations to reduce the burden they are putting on the Earth’s climate. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )