biodiversity

Environmental discussions often frame humanity in binary terms: either as steward of the Earth or as its principal ecological parasite. Contemporary evidence gives substantial force to the second description. Human expansion has reshaped mammalian diversity, converted habitats, degraded soils, altered climate, and accelerated extinction. This paper therefore begins by granting the strongest versi…

Lands free of roads are under threat from the Trump administration’s proposed rollback.

In Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, policy makers, scientists and global negotiators are gathering to convey an urgent message: The world’s rangelands, which make up about half of Earth’s land surface, are in trouble. But these same lands offer an opportunity. If, collectively, farmers and land users restore rangelands and soils, they can combat drought and preserve a […]

Illegal bomb fishing is causing extensive damage to some of the world’s most biodiverse coral reefs, according to

Bad housing, high crime and poor schools are more important than transportation or income when it comes to accessing healthy food in neighborhoods historically subjected to "redlining" - the now-illegal practice once used to refuse loans, insurance or mortgages to people in certain neighborhoods that were disproportionately inhabited by racial and ethnicity minorities.

China spent decades planting a green wall around one of Earth’s harshest deserts. Scientists say it’s now doing something few expected.

Ponds in urban green spaces, including those in private gardens and public areas, are important biodiversity refuges in otherwise ecologically constrained landscapes, and are significant nodes in the UK’s freshwater biome network. These ponds also represent diverse instances of complex ecosystems created and managed by people who have decisive roles in their construction and maintenance. The Gene…

Microplastic pollution has emerged as a critical environmental issue, extending beyond aquatic systems to significantly impact soil ecosystems and pose potential risks to human health. This research aims to analyze the global evolution of microplastic risk assessment research through a scientometric approach. Data was collected from the Scopus database using a structured search strategy, and anal…

Priyamvada Shukla, Research Scholar, Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow ABSTRACT Indigenous ecological knowledge, often called Traditional Ecological Knowledge or Indigenous and Local Knowledge constitutes long-standing, place-based bodies of knowledge, practices and worldviews that govern human relationships with ecosystems. This paper examines the conceptual foundations of IEK, reviews empir…

A new term published in Nature this month gives surfers, scientists and policymakers a shared language for the forests, reefs, rivers and coastlines that shape the world's best waves – and the ways we can and should protect them The post Beyond the break: the ecosystems behind our ocean’s most iconic waves appeared first on Oceanographic .

A Science study of 2,344 Chinese counties from 2014 to 2023 links policy-driven solar expansion to a 2 per cent fall in a standard bird diversity index. <p>The post China’s solar expansion policy is linked to bird diversity loss, Science study finds first appeared on Winssolutions .</p>

Nature Communications, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-76896-4 Plants tend to display foliage when conditions are most productive. The optimality-based model presented here captures this behavior and predicts global vegetation patterns better than existing dynamic vegetation models.

This study investigated the spatiotemporal variation characteristics of vegetation coverage (NDVI) in the Kekeya project area and its response to meteorological factors over the past 3 decades. On the basis of Landsat remote sensing data from 1993 to 2023 and meteorological variables including air temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, and wind speed, this research aimed to reveal the spa…

The recent heat waves that have set France abroil—shuttering museums, sparking wildfires, and sending citizens plunging into the Seine—have taken their toll on the famed gardens of Claude Monet in Giverny in Normandy. Among the casualties are the thousands of nasturtiums directly descended from those planted by the Impressionist more than a hundred years ago.  Lining the gardens’ central [&#8230;]

Addition of ecology and biodiversity specialists enhances the ability to deliver sustainable outcomes for clients, communities, and nature Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has acquired Niche, a 200-person environmental consultancy headquartered in Sydney, Australia, along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Ausecology. The addition strengthens Stantec’s ability to hel…

Policies promoting solar power construction projects in China have contributed to a decline in bird diversity across the country. Those findings, from a study published Thursday in the journal Science, highlight the environmental impacts of large-scale solar developments and suggest ways that policies supporting photovoltaics could be improved in China, which has installed nearly as [&#8230;]

China is the world leader in solar power, but the country’s massive boom in this clean energy source could have unintended consequences for the country’s birds. Using birdwatching and policy data from more than 2,300 counties across China, a new analysis found that areas with stricter policies enforcing solar energy development have seen decreases in bird diversity over the last 10 years. The stu…