Ethiopia’s ambitious national reforestation program seeks to plant 4 billion trees by October. Ethiopia is clearly on an equally ambitious path, the treeplanting record in India that was recently announced. As the World Economic Forum reports, at the turn of the 20th century, forested land comprised nearly a third of […]
More than a million Indians planted 220 million trees on Friday in a government campaign to tackle climate change and improve the environment in the country’s most populous state. Forest official Bivhas Ranjan said students, lawmakers, officials and others planted dozens of species of saplings Friday along roads, […]
Averting catastrophic warming requires rapid, global changes to land use and food production, the assessment says. Unsustainable land use and greenhouse gas emissions are delivering a one-two punch to natural ecosystems that are key to the fight against global climate change. And without sweeping emissions cuts and transformations to […]
Permafrost has begun thawing in the Canadian Arctic more than 70 years early because of climate change, according to new research. A “series of anomalously warm summers” has dramatically accelerated melting rates at three sites despite average annual ground temperatures remaining low. Ponds and hillocks have formed as a result. It had been thought that the permafrost […]
The annual melting of ice on Antarctica happens faster than ever before. The pace is about six times higher than forty years ago. This is causing an ever-increasing increase in sea level, scientists warn Monday. The melting of the ice on Antarctica was responsible for an increase of […]
Six hundred twenty-six environmental groups have signed a letter calling on the US House of Representatives to “Address the Urgent Threat of Climate Change.” It is a radical proposal. As one signatory noted: “As the world teeters on the brink of climate catastrophe, we’re calling on Congress to take large-scale action,” […]
We all like to do our bit to help the environment. But as time goes on, we’re seeing new environmental concerns. As the new year approaches, we all need to be ready and prepared to tackle the 5 main environmental threats in 2019. 1. Biodiversity Biodiversity is the […]
