Focus on Biodiversity
New solar farms can benefit nature – here’s how
Under appropriate management and the right policies, solar farms have the potential to deliver benefits for nature and climate.
World Bank prices $225 million bond linked to Amazon reforestation
The bond is 100% principal-protected, with the $225 million proceeds used to back the World Bank's sustainable development initiatives worldwide.
Mediterranean Sea temperatures match 2023 records
The Mediterranean Sea has reached record temperatures over 30°C, with persistent heatwaves threatening marine life and ecosystems.
Antarctica winter experiences prolonged heatwave
Antarctica is experiencing an unusually prolonged winter heatwave, with July 2024 temperatures averaging 3.1°C above normal, making it the second warmest July since...
Takeaways from AP’s story on Alabama’s ecologically important Mobile-Tensaw Delta and its watershed
Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw Delta, rich in biodiversity, faces threats from development and climate change, sparking conservation efforts.
Conservationists try to protect ecologically rich Alabama delta from development, climate change
Environmentalists are working to protect the Alabama ecosystem considered crucial to the survival of species and the health of the delta.
Amazon rainforest stores carbon for the world, but this carbon sink is at risk: study
The Amazon rainforest stores nearly two years' worth of global carbon emissions, but deforestation threatens to turn it from a carbon sink into...
Concerns for ocean biodiversity grow as wildlife found in deep-sea mining area
Greenpeace has found high levels of biodiversity in an area targeted for deep-sea mining, as concerns grow over the impact on ocean wildlife
Waste into gold: Oyster shells repurposed as magic ‘Seawool’
A factory in Taiwan recycles around 100 tonnes of oyster shells a year to make Seawool, a patented 'miracle' eco-fabric
Huge gas fields – under a coral reef. Will a rejection on environmental grounds stop Woodside’s Browse project?
Woodside's A$30 billion Browse gas project faces rejection due to environmental concerns, challenging Australia's biggest oil and gas company.
