By Tim Radford, Climate News NetworkApr 16, 2015
The biggest extinction ever known on Earth resulted from the oceans turning acidic because of an increase in CO2, the main gas driving human-caused climate change today. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By William deBuys, TomDispatchMar 16, 2015
Maybe baby steps will help, but the world needs a lot more than either the United States or China is offering to combat the illegal traffic in wildlife, a nearly $20-billion-a-year business that adds up to a global war against nature. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
By Tim Radford, Climate News NetworkJan 16, 2015
The world risks being destabilised by human activity, scientists report, most of it the work of a wealthy minority of us. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Chris Hedges / TruthdigNov 10, 2014
The animal agriculture industry is the primary cause of the destruction of the ecosystem. Becoming vegan is the most important step we can take to save the planet. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
By Alex Kirby, Climate News NetworkOct 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 )
Staff / TruthdigJul 30, 2014
According to a Pentagon intelligence official, if eliminated, Hamas would be replaced by a far more dangerous alternative; a group of scientists warns we may be witnessing the beginning of the Earth's sixth mass extinction, the likes of which wiped out dinosaurs; meanwhile, an activist contends the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has had significant repercussions on the Israeli economy, especially since the recent attack on Gaza began. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Louise Rubacky / TruthdigJul 26, 2014
Many now-extinct species had traits that were advantageous for millions of years, until some change made them lethal. Mostly, Homo sapiens are that change. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 20, 2014
The continent's most endangered large mammal species is the hirola, with just over 400 of the animals living in a narrow strip of "sandy, thorny wilderness along Kenya's volatile border with Somalia" -- down from 15,000 in the mid-1970s. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Tim Radford, Climate News NetworkMar 1, 2014
Wildlife does not face a unique risk of extinction because of climate change, researchers say. But the risks that species face already are likely to be intensified. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Tim Radford, Climate News NetworkJun 15, 2013
Work by 100 scientists over five years reveals that more than half of species studied are endangered by a warming planet. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Tim Radford, Climate News NetworkApr 26, 2013
A warming climate means ever more rapid changes in the Earth’s climatic zones, researchers say, and a heightened extinction risk for species that inhabit them. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star TribuneMar 23, 2013Dig deeper
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