Resources to Save ‘Every Creeping Thing of the Earth’ Are Limited. What Would Noah Do?
A discussion of Martin Weitzman’s ideas about the best way to look at species preservation.
Read more...A discussion of Martin Weitzman’s ideas about the best way to look at species preservation.
Read more...The EPA is rushing a gene-changing pesticide through the approval process which would open the door to similar products from Big Chemical
Read more...In “Crossings,” Ben Goldfarb explores the science of road ecology, or how roadways affect plants and animal life.
Read more...A California program aims to help the fishing industry and marine wildlife adjust to warming oceans. Whales as a case study.
Read more...Human-made shelters don’t always keep creatures out of harm’s way. Can technology help design a better birdhouse?
Read more...While this post confirms the sightings by many readers, of a fall in bird populations, it also describes a program to help rebuild their numbers.
Read more...With major drivers of change set to worsen. increases of invasive alien species and their negative impacts are likely to intensify.
Read more...Offshore wind farms can create their own local climates and may alter currents. How does that affect marine ecosystems?
Read more...Satyajit Das concludes his series on the future of energy by looking at curbing demand, aka radical conseration.
Read more...Fredrik Albritton Jonsson and Carl Wennerlind discuss how belief in infinite growth came to seem reasonable in philosophy and economics.
Read more...The EU is exporting more than 10,000 tons of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides a year to megadiverse countries despite having banned these chemicals from its own farms to protect pollinators.
Read more...Slowing and stallling population growth could actually increase resource demands.
Read more...“We encourage the IPCC to… ensure that Big Agriculture and the global meat industry have no influence over future reports.”
Read more...Virtually all paths to a net-zero-emissions food system rely on consumers in high-income countries shifting to a more plant-forward diet
Read more...Environmental stewardship efforts should aim to protect and connect natural systems, not save chosen animal species.
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