New CO2 Emissions Report Shows China’s Central Role in Shaping World’s...
Fresh data reveal the central role of China in driving the global buildup of greenhouse gases -- and its daunting challenge if it chooses to cut emissions.
View ArticleMalaysia’s Prime Minister Says Fast-Growing Nations Have Role in Curbing Warming
The prime minister of gas-rich Malaysia sees a climate-friendly path ahead.
View ArticleWhat Science Can, and Can’t Do, to Cut Losses from the Next Tsunami
Ten years after 230,000 died in the world's first hemisphere-scale geo-catastrophe, a tsunami expert looks ahead.
View ArticleA Scientist’s View of ‘Planetary Boundaries’ from the Ground Up – in Rural India
A scientist studying rural communities in India pushes back on the value of scientists measuring planetary limits.
View ArticleRiled Herpetologists Press Obama Administration to Protect America’s...
Amphibian experts get righteously riled about the slow-motion federal response to an extreme, and preventable, threat to American wildlife.
View ArticleSumatran Authorities Arrest Wildlife Dealer Caught with Young Orangutan
A small victory in efforts to stem Asia's booming illicit trade in orangutans and other rare wildlife.
View ArticleWith Monsoon Nigh, Tent Shortage After Nepal Earthquake Prompts a D.I.Y....
With the monsoon nigh and relief supplies lagging, Nepalis turn a car repair shop into a factory transforming tablecloth fabric into tents.
View ArticlePotent New Nepal Earthquake Compounds Relief and Rebuilding Challenge
A new and potent earthquake strikes Nepal halfway between Kathmandu and Mount Everest.
View ArticleOne-Two Punch of Earthquakes and Landslides Exposes Hydropower Vulnerability...
A pitch for a more resilient and distributed electricity supply in quake-prone Nepal.
View ArticleRelease of Reared Rare Cambodian Turtles Holds Promise for Restoration
A rare bit of good news for turtles as 21 reared terrapins are returned to native waters in Cambodia.
View ArticleBlack Markets in China Still Driving World’s Tiniest Porpoise to Extinction
Chinese demand for swim bladders from a rare Mexican fish is still propelling the world's smallest cetacean toward extinction.
View ArticleHow to Manage Fire to Cut Pollution and Slow Climate Change
A former American wildland firefighter presses the case for international cooperation on fire management as a way to limit climate change.
View ArticleA Haunting Film Explores the Perilous Interface Between Tigers and People in...
In the Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh, where tigers threaten people and vice versa, a film charts the uncertain journey of a passionate conservationist.
View ArticleHumanity’s Future – Fragile or Hyperconnected, or Both?
How changing flows of money, information and trade are rendering old notions of borders and geopolitics obsolete.
View ArticleNew U.S.-Mexico Vaquita Protections Useless Unless China Curbs Totoaba Demand
Now that Mexico and the United States have bolstered protections for the vanishing vaquita porpoise, it's time for China to do its part.
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