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Ms. Kristine McDivitt Tompkins together with her late husband, Douglas Tompkins, purchased vast landscapes in Chile and Argentina to protect them for long-term conservation. On January 29, 2018, Tompkins…
In July 2018, customers in Seattle – the largest city in the State of Washington, along the United States’ Pacific Coast – will have to ask for a marine-degradable paper straw with their drink, or decide to go…
“The Mississippi River towns are comely, clean, well built, and pleasing to the eye, and cheering to the spirit. The Mississippi Valley is as reposeful as a dreamland, nothing worldly about it… nothing to hang a…
The winners of the #CleanSeas Innovation Challenge, a competition among university students awarding creative ideas in tackling one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time, were announced today.…
8 March 2018 - The Cities IPCC Cities and Climate Change Science Conference, hosted by the City of Edmonton, culminated today with the establishment of a global blueprint to better understand climate change, its…
United Nations Environment Programme ; International Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (2018-02-05) This document gives a snapshot of the forthcoming landmark assessment report on biodiversity & nature’s…
By Pierre-Yves Cousteau When I was a child, my father, Captain Cousteau, an explorer and oceanographer, sometimes scolded me for my behaviour or actions that had an unfortunate outcome. "I didn’t mean to!” I would…
1. Coral reefs Image viaWith three quarters of the world’s coral reefs already at risk – due to threats ranging from invasive species to ocean acidification to sunscreen pollution – the time for action is now. The…
Sea levels are rising at an increasing rate, threatening coastal communities with floods and storm surges. At the same time, ecosystem health is being weakened, leaving shorelines less able to protect communities…
With atmospheric carbon on the rise, the role that nature plays in sequestering it has become more important than ever. Forests are not the only ecosystems that absorb carbon dioxide, mangroves and other ocean…
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