Deforestation

Thousands of families in Myanmar remain without shelter, water, or medical care three weeks after deadly earthquakes struck the country, as frequent aftershocks compound the suffering of communities already battered by conflict and poverty.

Climate change is expanding disease zones, and innovative tools are now available to help doctors monitor and prevent climate-related outbreaks.

Progress roundup: Small dams across the U.S. are being removed for safety, water quality, and wildlife. And a desert in Chile yields water from fog.

The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world.

Environmental historian Adam Rome considers the destructive history of fashion and style.

The work of the Soilless Farm Lab is especially important in Nigeria, as urbanization has reduced the amount of arable land.

Thorn forest once blanketed the Rio Grande Valley. Restoring even a little of it could help the region cope with the impacts of climate change

A wide variety of the exotic animals evolved on Earth over the past 60 million years

Churchill, Manitoba, a small village on the Hudson Bay, is known as the polar bear capital of the world.

Seed banks are helping Central American farmers adapt to climate change—and preserve their history.

Schumer calls for 30-day bandage, Russia hints at "no deal," COP30 begins with deforestation, and more.

The palm oil industry has put Indonesian Borneo at risk of devastating wildfires. Ahead of International Women's Day, The Christian Science Monitor joins an all-female firefighting force on patrol.

Whether in a desert, the savanna, or a tropical rainforest, plants have an important role in the ecological processes of Earth's biomes. In this episode

An international team of Earth and life scientists, hydrologists, chemists, and physicists, has found evidence showing that the Los Chocoyos supereruption occurred approximately 79,500 years ago and that the planet bounced back from its chilling effects within decades.

Would dropping every nuke or climate change make Earth a barren, sterile world? Probably not, but we're trying

After a summer of fasting on land, the bears need to get back to their frozen home to hunt seals and bulk up. But their migration ritual is changing.

Millions of dollars for wildlife conservation have been frozen at US Fish and Wildlife, imperiling wildlife abroad and in the US.

Nearly 200 nations faced a Monday deadline to file what the United Nations' climate chief calls "among the most important policy documents governments will produce this century."

Key Takeaways: There were 1.5 billion cattle on Earth in 2022 – that's more cattle than there are people in any single country right now; Cattle production emits greenhouse gases both through enteric fermentation (i.e.,

Jan 31 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses activism against oil auctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with François Kamate, founder and coordinator of the young environmental volunteer movement Extinction Rebellion Rutshuru.