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Study: Protected forests are a climate powerhouse

Protected forests keep significantly more climate-warming carbon out of the atmosphere than unprotected forests, according to a new study. The research, published in the...

UN calls for faster emissions cuts for 2035 as first global estimate disappoints

Global greenhouse gas emissions are estimated to decline over the next decade but at a pace “still not nearly fast enough” to avoid...

What is the biodiversity COP and why does it matter?

In a once-in-a-decade opportunity, policymakers from 196 countries are gathered in Montreal to tackle Earth’s “silent crisis” — the massive collapse of biodiversity.The...

News spotlight: Could seaweed be our new big climate ally?

Kelp forests are one of the fastest growing ecosystems on Earth — yet because they thrive out of reach of mapping satellites, scientists’...

News spotlight: What happened to Alaska’s snow crabs? Scientists have a few leads.

Editor's note: News about conservation and the environment is made every day, but some of it can fly under the radar. In a...

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