environmental-science

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…

A September 2023 look at climate quitting, why younger workers favored greener employers, and what the trend meant for recruitment.

Nature Communications, Published online: 22 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-76856-y Asian summer monsoon variability is investigated using climate model simulations covering the last 800 kyr. Greenhouse gases drive 100-kyr variability via its thermal forcing, while precession governs 20-kyr variability.

Nonprofits really do make a direct, measurable difference when it comes to getting renewable energy to communities, big and small. […]

NGOs support earthquake victims in Indonesia and Colombia, innovations help women fishers cut post-harvest losses, California phases out a toxic weedkiller. The post Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: Earthquake Recovery, Cutting Food Loss, Phasing Out Paraquat appeared first on Food Tank .

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

In one of the world's hottest cities, Singapore's decades-long tree-planting obsession is paying measurable dividends: cooler streets and lower electricity bills.

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 […]

In a matter of days, a dirt pit the size of five football fields appeared next to the weathered headstones of Center Cemetery in Castana, Iowa. The excavation site sits on the edge of the Loess Hills, a 200-mile corridor of craggy bluffs and ridges bordering the Mississippi River valley in western Iowa. The hills, […]

A Nature Ecology and Evolution study maps costs and benefits of natural forest regeneration across 7.49 million square kilometres of the tropics, plus a free map. <p>The post Tropical study maps 7.49 million square kilometres where natural forest regeneration pays off first appeared on Winssolutions .</p>