A lot of ‘recycled’ plastic is being burned overseas – and causing widespread pollution linked to health problems
Large amounts of plastic waste are shipped around the world, much to be disposed of in landfills or incinerated.
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After 9,000 years of cultivation, rice has reached its thermal limit
In a rapidly warming world, the prognosis for the future of rice is grim.
How ‘ocean peacebuilding’ can help calm global conflicts
Scientific cooperation, sustainable resource management and conservation can foster trust and prevent conflict.
Food has a climate problem: Nitrous oxide emissions are accelerating with growing demand for fertilizer, meat
The growth of N₂O emissions is alarming, but people have the knowledge and many of the technologies to reverse the ...
Tropical forest loss puts target of zero deforestation by 2030 further out of reach
Forest loss, particularly in the tropics, releases huge volumes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
‘Reef stars’ restored Indonesia’s blast-damaged corals in just 4 years
A community-based approach, combined with an ingenious device, brought back reefs traumatized by dynamite fishing.
Restored coral reefs can grow as fast as healthy reefs after just four years – new study
The Mars coral restoration program, one of the world’s largest, has collaborated with local communities for more than a decade.
Indonesia focuses on seagrass as part of climate campaign
Experts have calculated seagrass sequestration of carbon per given area at 35 times greater than that of tropical rainforests.
Retreat from rising seas varies: California, Florida, and globally
By John Englander, Rising Seas Institute Retreating from the coastline as sea level rises is a sensitive topic. Homeowners, business ...