Amazon Deforestation Falls Where Land Is Under Indigenous Control

Indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon with full ownership rights over their land saw a two-thirds decrease in the rate of deforestation on their land in the world's most important rainforest, a new study finds.

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Gene manipulation using algae could grow more crops with less water

Tobacco plants have been modified with a protein found in algae to improve their photosynthesis and increase growth, while using less water, in a new advance that could point the way to higher-yielding crops in a drought-afflicted future.

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Why the U.S. government is allowing bears, wolves to be hunted in their dens

The rollback of a rule banning controversial hunting methods in Alaska's national preserves has some worried the National Park Service is ceding control to states with less conservation-oriented goals.

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Amazon rainforest ‘could collapse’ as 2020 fires set to be most devastating

FIRES that are ripping through the Amazon rainforest are set to be the most devastating, leading to fears that the ecosystem could collapse. Records are expected to tumble on the number of fires, which are often started deliberately, despite warnings that deforestation could cause "runaway" climate change.

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For first time in 8 years, 100% of Colorado is under drought or abnormally dry conditions

Hot and dry conditions are hammering Colorado, intensifying a 20-year shift toward aridity. On Thursday, federal officials designated 100% of the state abnormally dry or in drought for the first time in eight years — “extreme” or “severe” in many areas — consistent with a broader transformation of the Southwest amid climate warming.

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Emissions dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic. The climate impact won’t last

To curb the spread of COVID-19, much of the globe hunkered down. That inactivity helped slow the spread of the virus and, as a side effect, kept some climate-warming gases out of the air.

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Study: Saving pandas led to downfall of other animals

Efforts to save the giant panda from extinction have come at the expense of other large mammals, a new study released Monday by the science journal Nature Ecology and Evolution said.

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