Environmental Protection
Nature documentaries can boost plant conservation
Increasing public awareness of plants is essential for saving them from a number of threats in various environments.
How we can learn to measure the planet’s health
Planetary health encourages us to find deeper meaning in our relationship with the earth.
The vanishing of insects is making it harder to grow food
A compilation of 166 studies estimates that insect populations are declining globally at a rate of 0.9% per year.
Some corals are putting up a fight against warming temperatures
Heat-tolerant alga can help corals endure well into the second half of the current century.
Many plants and animals are facing extinction in the U.S.
Photo: Pixabay/christels A third of wild plants and an even larger share of animals are at risk of going extinct in the United States, according to a prominent conservationist group in its report, which has sounded the alarm about the
Earth has lost a fifth of wetlands since 1700, but most could still be saved
Being close to a reliable source of water and generally flat, wetlands were always prime targets for development.