Microplastics collect in vast quantities even on the seafloor
Currents near the bottom of the ocean play a major part in the way microplastics drift down to the seafloor.
Many of the greatest threats...
Agriculture in the Pan Amazon: Industrial infrastructure for grains and cereals
Mongabay has begun publishing a new edition of the book, “A Perfect Storm in the Amazon,” in short installments and in three languages: Spanish,...
Half of the planet’s land areas can still be saved from...
At present only around 15% of the planet’s land surface area is protected in some form.
Over the past century Earth has undergone dramatic changes...
Amazon women create sweet business success with wild, vitamin-C packed fruit
A women’s group in Colombia’s Amazon is successfully leading a sustainable, and profitable, business by harvesting camu-camu, an acidic wild fruit with more vitamin...
Zero-waste online shopping offers a welcome solution
The Covid-19 pandemic has made online shopping more appealing, yet the practice often comes with extra waste.
The Covid-19 pandemic has made online shopping all...
Remediation overdue: South American countries fail to enforce oil cleanup laws
Existing legislation in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia provides for the remediation of environmental damage, though experts point to a “lack of political will”...
Five Hungarian Local Municipalities Lead the Way in Tackling Climate Change
Putting cost-efficient and environmentally-friendly solutions into practice at the local level that can help protect against the effects of climate change.
Droughts, floods and heatwaves...
Chemical recycling of plastic not so fantastic, report finds
A new report by NGOs International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) and Beyond Plastics scrutinizes the chemical recycling industry that is on the rise in...
Climate change will make areas of the oceans ‘uninhabitable’
Temperature alone does not explain where in the ocean an animal can live.
Climate change is expected to make large stretches of the oceans uninhabitable...
Nearly half of the world’s flowering plants face the threat of...
A new study estimates that nearly half of the world’s known flowering plants are threatened.Scientists built an AI model using plants they know are...
Global warming is detectable even at the ocean floor
Everywhere they looked the scientists observed a warming trend of 0.02 to 0.04 Celsius over a decade between 2009 and 2019.
The planet has been...
Food waste increases by 25% over festive season
While many of us start to put our daily stresses aside, the waste management sector experiences a significant increase in food and organic waste...
