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Forty Percent of World Population Threatened by Ongoing Land Degradation

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 1 Comments

More than 75 percent of the Earth’s land surface had suffered severely as a result of human land degradation as of 2014, IPBES highlights. Experts estimate that less than one-tenth of the Earth’s land surface will have escaped substantial impacts of human activity come 2050.

Shrinking sea ice forces Polar Bears into "marathon" swims as population declines

Polar Bears Undertaking Marathon Swims, Populations Declining Rapidly as Sea Ice Disappears

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

The polar bear population in the Beaufort Sea area have declined 50% or more in the last decade. Nearly 7 in 10 of the 100 bears the researchers monitored swam at least 49 km (30.44 mi) in 2012. That’s up 25% from 2007.

Forests provide ecosystem services vital to all life

The Vital Role of Forests: Carbon, Rain and Food

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Richard Matthews | 0 Comments

We are coming to a better understanding of the vital role that forests play in the general health of planetary ecosystems.  However, alongside our burgeoning awareness, we are also destroying forests in our quest for more land and lumber. Deforestation is eliminating the Earth’s forests on a massive scale. Each day at least 80,000 acres (32,300 ha) of forest disappear…

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Does Nature Provide Us With A “Free Lunch”? Assessing the True Cost/Benefit of Environmental Stewardship

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Angelique van Engelen | 1 Comments

Michael Pawlin debates assertions made by climate skeptic Bjorn Lomborg at the British Council Office 2009 Conference.

Global Warming and the Spread of Disease

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Angelique van Engelen | 0 Comments

Westerners instinctively think that the worst effect of global warming is the melting ice cap of the North Pole. We tend to reserve the other effects of global warming for developing nations. But now that politicians also have woken up to the fact that we’re already halfway down the path toward causing a 2 degree rise in temperatures by injecting…

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What is “Global Weirding”?

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Angelique van Engelen | 0 Comments

Global Weirding means not only temperature rise, but the rate if change, causes ecosystems to collapse.

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