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The Great Insect Dying: How to save insects and ourselves
This article discusses how to save insects from extinction, and save humanity.
The entomologists interviewed for this Mongabay series agreed on three major causes for the ongoing and escalating collapse of global insect populations: habitat loss (especially due to agribusiness expansion), climate change and pesticide use. Some added a fourth […]
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Study: Global warming may reduce sea life by 17%
This article discusses a study that shows that global warming may reduce sea life by 17%.
The world’s oceans will likely lose about one-sixth of their fish and other marine life by the end of the century if climate change continues on its current path, a new study says.
Every degree […]
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Report: Scientists Create A New Guide For Saving Corals In A Warming World
This article discusses a new guide for saving coral reefs. A new report outlines a framework to help world leaders assess the risks and benefits of using radical tools to build reef resilience.
As much as half of the world’s coral has disappeared since 1980. And global climate change threatens to […]
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Report: End of civilization: climate change apocalypse could start by 2050 if we don’t act
This article discusses the a report that warns that the end of civilization could start by 2050 if we don’t act.
A chilling Australian policy paper outlining a doomsday scenario for humans if we don’t start dealing with climate change suggests that […]
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Study: Climate change threatens to water down Brazil’s Cerrado’s rich biodiversity
This article discusses how climate change threatens to water down Cerrado’s rich biodiversity.
The new study by researchers in Brazil shows that climate change will lead to local extinctions of several mammal species throughout the Cerrado, the vast tropical savanna biome.
Immigration of species from other biomes, including the Amazon and […]
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The Great Insect Dying: Vanishing act in Europe and North America
This article discusses how insects are dying off in Europe and North America. It is part 2 of 4. Part 1 can be found here.
Though arthropods make up most of the species on Earth, and much of the planet’s biomass, they are significantly understudied compared to mammals, plants, […]
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Some of Pennsylvania’s iconic tree species might not survive climate change
This article discusses why some of Pennsylvania’s iconic tree species might not survive climate change.
Tens of thousands of acres of mountain maple, American beech, balsam fir, paper birch, and quaking aspen that produce some of Pennsylvania’s most vibrant spring, summer, and fall scenes are at risk because of climate […]
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Save the polar bears, of course … but it’s the solenodons we really need to worry about
This The Guardian article discusses the imminent extinction of a unique mammal, the solenodons.
Helping the critically endangered mammal is vital because it’s the last survivor on its branch of the evolutionary tree.
Solenodons are some of Earth’s strangest creatures. Venomous, nocturnal and insectivorous, they secrete toxins through their front teeth […]
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Report: Will climate change cause humans to go extinct?
This article discusses whether climate change can cause humans to go extinct.
I [the author] see a lot of resources talking about near-term human extinction, or the fact that thanks to climate change my generation will see the end of humanity. How likely is an outcome like this? Is there […]
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Hundreds of puffins are starving to death because of climate change
This article discusses how hundreds of puffins are starving to death because of climate change.
Hundreds of “severely emaciated” puffin carcasses have washed ashore on an Alaskan island, and researchers believe thousands more have died at sea as warming waters continue to shrink their food supply.
Between October 2016 and January […]
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