From BBC Published57 minutes agoSharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, Getty Images By Antoinette RadfordBBC News The European Union has agreed a new law that would ban the import of products linked to deforestation. Household goods such as coffee, chocolate,…

England is facing a waste crisis, and not one you’ve likely heard of: the clandestine dumping of household and business waste, even dead animals, in the countryside. So-called ‘fly-tipping’ happens when one hires a company to haul waste away for…

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s parliament has passed into law a sweeping set of amendments to the country’s Criminal Code, which experts have warned will weaken environmental protections. The House of Representatives on Dec. 6 unanimously decided to codify Indonesia’s penal code,…

Scientists say they have solved the mystery behind the periodic disappearance and reappearance of the white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) across huge areas of central and South America. A new study suggests that white-lipped peccary populations become so big that they…

Protecting forests by investing in Indigenous peoples and local communities, or IPLCs, is increasingly seen as one of the most effective ways to mitigate climate change and halt the global loss of biodiversity. The trouble is that a lot of…

With no physical form, the digital currency Bitcoin can feel all but invisible to those who don’t use it. However, its harmful climate impacts are all too real – and they’re getting worse. Emissions from mining the cryptocurrency have skyrocketed,…

From BBC Published38 minutes agoSharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing Image source, NASA By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent The US space agency’s Orion capsule is heading home. The vehicle conducted a big engine burn on Monday in the vicinity of the Moon…

EDENTON, North Carolina — The operator of a Tigercat tractor used its claw-like arm to skillfully scoop up what just days before had been a sizable old oak, as the clear-cut of a thickly wooded 52-acre (21-hectare) site in this…

The eighth annual Mangrove Photography Awards attracted 2,000 submissions from 68 countries, and a jury recently selected winning images which revealed aspects of mangroves from all corners of the planet. Vast and tangled, mangrove forests are one of the world’s most…

Human actions influence animal populations. In Montana, U.S., a road with a very high density of wildlife crossings was once dangerous for wild animals. But it now has 42 highway animal crossings thanks to Indigenous communities making the place safer…