Category Archives: Species loss

College Enrollments Drop Due to Covid, Adding to Budget Damage

College enrollments fall, consistent with predictions that Covid would hit them hard.

Alejandro Nadal, a Giant in Global Conservation

A tribute to Alejandro Nadal, who fought for elephants and against wildlife trafficking and environmenal degredation.

The Dead Zone Downstream: Gulf Edition

The cost of modern agriculture, as measured by a growing oxygen-free patch in the Gulf of Mexico.

New Songbirds Discovered in Indonesia

Scientists announce discovery of ten new types of songbirds on a cluster of tiny Indonesian islands close to the Wallace Line.

A Theory or Two of These Grim Times

A theory about why things are a mess.

For National Cat Day: The Very Latest in Feline Science

What Is The Best Way To Pet a Cat? What Is It With Cats and Boxes? And so forth.

UN High Seas Treaty Looks Set to Founder

Stage three of UN negotiations on a conservation treaty for the high seas would up last week without “a serious commitment”; prospects for a final agreement remain weak.

The U.N. Says 1 Million Species Could Disappear. Pacific islands Have a Solution

A proposal to stem species loss.

Happy Earth Day 2019

Today is Earth Day, the theme: Protect Our Species. Much has changed since the first Earth Day: April 22, 1970. Individual action alone won’t save the planet, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing one can do.

EU Plastics Ban: “Doesn’t Go Far Enough”

Jerry-Lynn on TRNN!

Agribusiness Is the Problem, Not the Solution

Why agribusiness isn’t well positioned to address hunger.

New Review of Dozens of Studies of Insect Population Decline, the Causes, and Things You Can Do

A review of the massive new study on insect population decline and its drivers.