Environment

Written by: David Elliott Dive beneath the brilliant blue waters surrounding Thailand’s Koh Tao island and you might come face to face with a giant sculpture of the sea goddess Mazu. But a closer look reveals an even bigger surprise –...

Written by: Seheno Andriantsaralaza Six of the world’s eight baobab species are indigenous to Madagascar, where the distinctive trees with giant trunks have historically grown in huge forests. But these forests are threatened by slash-and-burn agriculture – 4,000 hectares of baobab...

Written by: David Elliott Mexico’s Cabo Pulmo is buzzing with sea life. Sharks, rays, sea turtles and humpback whales are just some of the species that rely on its vibrant coral reefs. It wasn’t always like this. In the 1990s, the...

Courtesy of Landscape News Written by: Julie Mollins Demarcating 30 percent of the planet’s lands and oceans in protected areas by 2030 could be instrumental in tackling the biodiversity, climate and zoonotic crises, according to a new independent report – as...

Written by: Børge Brende and Ivan Duque The need to transform the relationship between cities and nature has become ever more urgent. Over half of the world’s population lives in cities, with an estimated 1.5 million additional people per week expected to migrate...

Written by: Daniel Cohan Tens of millions of Americans, including many Texans like me, live in counties that will soon be violating air pollution particle standards for the first time. It’s not that our air is getting dirtier – it’s because the...

Written by: Johnny Wood The Clean Currents Coalition - a global network of local projects - is on a mission to clean up the world’s rivers, using scientific solutions to address the problem of plastic waste in waterways around the world. River clean-ups...

Written by: Mark Sumner With many shops closed due to pandemic restrictions, Black Friday 2020 might have looked different from the frantic buying sprees of years past. But one thing remained the same: the relentless pace of fast fashion. Environmentalists criticised one...

Written by: Mark Maslin and Simon Lewis Restoring the world’s forests on an unprecedented scale is “the best climate change solution available”, according to a new study. The researchers claim that covering 900m hectares of land – roughly the size of...

Courtesy of Landscape News Written by: Monica Evans Across the northern and southern extremes of our planet, vast swathes of land amounting to around 30 percent of the Earth’s service are frozen year-round in a substance known as permafrost: soil,...