Recoding Life
Gene Drives are the latest attempt to manipulate our living systems. But is the
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By Paul Koberstein
Losing Home
As rising waters eat away their lands, many Native communities are turning into climate refugees.
By Zoe Loftus-Farren
In the Shadow of Death
Cemeteries across the world are playing a similar role to nature preserves when it
comes to protecting biodiversity.
By Eric Freedman
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Restoration program is removing invasive goats and rats from remote Caribbean island, reviving native biodiversity
“Overwhelming.” That was the first word Sophia Punnett-Steele, the Eastern Caribbean projects coordinator for Flora and Fauna International (FFI), used to describe her experience upon initially encountering Redonda, a tiny, 200-hectare island just off the coast of the small twin island Caribbean…
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Europe’s Last Major Primeval Forest on ‘Brink of Collapse’
State-sanctioned logging in UNESCO world heritage site may be pushing Poland's Białowieża forest ecosystem to point of no return
Scientists and environmental campaigners have accused the Polish government of bringing the ecosystem of the Białowieża forest in north-eastern Poland to the “brink of collapse” one year after a revised forest management plan permitted the trebling of state logging activity and removed…
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On the Hunt for Burmese Pythons in the Everglades
As nonnative snakes decimate native species, hunters find a role in conservation efforts
“The word ‘Everglade’ means river of grass,” explains our airboat driver, who goes by Alligator Rob. We are out under the hot sun in the middle of the Florida Everglades, or “glades,” and Rob is addressing some engine trouble that has us…
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Message from Bonn: The World is Committed to Climate Action and Paris Agreement
Countries show that progress will not be deterred by shifting political winds in any one nation
Climate negotiations just concluded in Bonn demonstrated that countries are fully committed to continue global climate action and implement the Paris Agreement. During the two-week meeting, delegates made important progress on an outline for a detailed rulebook (also known as implementation guidelines)…
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How Exxon Lobbyists Led Push to Deepen US Ports and Increase Natural Gas Exports
Gulf of Mexico campaign was part of two-part industry effort to make way for megaships
The US has signed a major deal with China to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Asia, adding further momentum to America's hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) boom. The deal, which includes the export of other commodities from the US to China, was signed about a month after President…
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World’s Largest Protected Marine Zone Threatened By Trump Order
Papahānaumokuākea Marine Monument is the largest fully protected marine zone in the world
When Donald Trump called for a review of some of America’s most spectacular land and seascapes last month, he clearly intended to toss out their protected status and tap them for their oil, gas, and minerals. The president ordered the Department of…
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