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World's Forest Animal Population Drops 53% Since 1970: WWF Report
By Wesley RahnThe global population of forest-dwelling vertebrates has plummeted in the period between 1970 and 2014, according to a study published Tuesday by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in...
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Is Eating Raw Oats Healthy? Nutrition, Benefits and Uses
By Ariane Lang, BSc, MBAOats (Avena sativa) are popular worldwide and linked to many health benefits.Plus, they're versatile and can be enjoyed cooked or raw in various recipes.This article explains...
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Fracking Boom in U.S. and Canada Largely to Blame for Global Methane Spike,...
By Julia ConleyNew research by a scientist at Cornell University warns that the fracking boom in the U.S. and Canada over the past decade is largely to blame for a large rise in methane in the earth's...
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Trump Administration Delays Construction of Border Wall in Arizona Wildlife...
The Trump administration is delaying construction on its long-promised border wall that would cut through protected stretches of the Arizona desert. The Department of Homeland Security was scheduled...
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Breathing Polluted Air is Like Smoking a Pack a Day
It turns out you don't need to smoke for a lifetime to get emphysema. Just breathing polluted air can give it to you, according to a new study that is the largest and the longest of its kind. NoneThe...
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EPA Reverses Approval of Deadly ‘Cyanide Bombs’ After Public Outcry
Trump's U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reversed a decision made last week to reauthorize the use of deadly cyanide traps used to kill wild animals that threaten agriculture, the...
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C. Diff Is Evolving Into Superbug in Response to Western Sugary Diets
One of the most widespread bacteria known to cause serious gut infections is evolving to take advantage of high-sugar diets in the West and resist disinfecting methods used in healthcare...
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Did Early Humans Doom the Cave Bear?
We may be in the midst of a major human-driven extinction crisis, but it turns out that humans may have been pushing other species to the brink long before the industrial era. A new study published in...
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Keeping Kids Safe From Toxic Algae
By Grace FranceseOutbreaks of potentially toxic algae are fouling lakes, rivers and other bodies of water across the U.S. Nationally, news reports of algae outbreaks have been on the rise since...
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Indonesia Forest-Clearing Ban Criticized as 'Government Propaganda’
By Hans Nicholas JongIndonesia's president has made permanent a temporary moratorium on forest-clearing permits for plantations and logging.It's a policy the government says has proven effective in...
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July 2019 Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded, NOAA Confirms
Humanity faced its hottest month in at least 140 years in July, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Thursday. The finding confirms similar analysis provided by its EU...
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Trump Proposes Buying Greenland
Greenland is open for business, but it's not for sale, Greenland's foreign minister Ane Lone Bagger told Reuters after hearing that President Donald Trump asked his advisers about the feasibility of...
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For a Sustainable Climate and Food System, Regenerative Agriculture Is the Key
By Kristin OhlsonFrom where I stand inside the South Dakota cornfield I was visiting with entomologist and former USDA scientist Jonathan Lundgren, all the human-inflicted traumas to Earth seem far...
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Clean Energy Produces Billions in Health Benefits, Study Finds
States that invest heavily in renewable energy will generate billions of dollars in health benefits in the next decade instead of spending billions to take care of people getting sick from air...
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We Ignore Thousands of Threatened Plant Species at Our Own Peril
By Lorraine ChowKokia drynarioides is a small but significant flowering tree endemic to Hawaii's dry forests. Native Hawaiians used its large, scarlet flowers to make lei. Its sap was used as dye for...
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Green Your College Dorm Room
By Emily DeanneShower shoes? Check. Extra-long sheets? Yep. Energy efficiency checklist? No worries — we've got you covered there. If you're one of the nation's 12.1 million full-time undergraduate...
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Marium, Thailand’s Beloved Baby Dugong, Is the Latest Victim of Plastic...
Marium, an 8-month-old dugong who became an internet sensation in Thailand this spring, died after ingesting plastic, officials announced Saturday.NoneThe marine mammal rose to fame when she was found...
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Wildlife Conference Mulls Loosening Restrictions on Ivory Trade
Some 183 nations are set to discuss possibly loosening elephant and ivory exports at the World Wildlife Conference on trade in endangered species, known as CITES, which is meeting in Geneva,...
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Iceland Holds Its First Funeral for a Glacier
Officials, activists and scientists gathered in Iceland Sunday for the funeral of the nation's first glacier to fall victim to the climate crisis.Iceland's Okjokull glacier lost its glacier status in...
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5 Ways to Be a Better Humanitarian
By Annemieke Tsike-SossahWorld Humanitarian Day offers an opportunity to take stock of where the world stands on addressing humanitarian issues and highlight lessons for how to improve in the future....
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