Phys.org
February 5, 2020
A new study has shown that rewilding can help to mitigate climate change, delivering a diverse range of benefits to the environment with varied regional impacts.
The Washington Post
February 5, 2020
Three-quarters of the world’s ocean waters have sped up their pace in recent decades, scientists reported Wednesday, a massive development that was not expected to occur until climate warming became much more advanced.
The change is being driven by faster winds, which are adding more energy to the surface of the ocean. That, in turn, produces faster currents and an acceleration of ocean circulation.
Phys.org
February 5, 2020
New research led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and partner organizations yielded the first comprehensive global biodiversity map documenting the distribution of life both on land and in the ocean.
Science Alert
February 5, 2020
Permafrost in Canada, Alaska and Siberia is abruptly crumbling in ways that could release large stores of greenhouse gases more quickly than anticipated, researchers have warned.
Cosmos
February 5, 2020
Polar and tropical regions that foster the planet’s richest biodiversity are the most vulnerable to future impacts of climate change, a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change has found.
GreenBiz
February 5, 2020
This year, 2020, has been dubbed the "super year" for the environment. We’re used to hearing about climate change and the urgent need to slow global warming. This year, environmental experts are adding another focus to the mix: biodiversity.
Open Access Government
February 5, 2020
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) found that bees prefer a low-fat diet, emphasizing that bumble bees need biodiversity to survive Bees are an important factor for our environment and our sustenance. Without insect pollination, many plant species – including various crops – cannot reproduce.
DW
February 5, 2020
Indigenous ideas of nature are gaining a foothold in mainstream legal systems by making rivers, forests and even rice legal persons. Does this help protect the environment?
The Guardian
February 4, 2020
Biodiversity hotspots that have given species a safe haven from changing climates for millions of years will come under threat from human-driven global heating, a new study has found.
Phys.org
February 3, 2020
New research from the University of Notre Dame is shedding light on the unexpected effects climate change could have on regional instability and violent conflict.
China Dialogue
February 2, 2020
Negotiations are ramping up on a new framework for the Convention on Biological Diversity. Can they deliver a new deal for nature?
Dubbed by some “the other COP”, UN negotiations over biodiversity targets and a new international framework for nature restoration and conservation have not had the same media or political profile as those on climate change.
High Country News - OpED
January 31, 2020
In his 1963 book The Quiet Crisis, my father, former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, sounded the alarm about the creeping destruction of nature. “Each generation has its own rendezvous with the land, for despite our fee titles and claims of ownership, we are all brief tenants on this planet,” he wrote. “By choice, or by default, we will carve out a land legacy for our heirs.”
Convention on Biological Diversity
January 31, 2020
Due to the ongoing situation following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019, the Secretariat, in consultation with the Government of the People’s Republic of China, the COP Presidency and the Working Group Co-Chairs, has decided that the second meeting of the Working Group will take place in Rome, Italy at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on the same dates.
South China Morning Post
January 30, 2020
Scientists warn that Earth’s sixth mass extinction may be underway, and man may only have 10 years to take drastic steps and protect planet’s vital plant and animal life.
Climate Home News
January 29, 2020
UN agencies and the Chinese government are holding consultations to decide whether next month’s meeting can go ahead as planned.
A UN meeting to advance efforts to protect the world’s biodiversity due to take place in China next month could be relocated following the coronavirus outbreak.
The meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is planned to take place in the southern city of Kunming, in the Yunnan province, from 24-29 February. Hundreds of biodiversity experts and policy-makers from across the world are due to attend.