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Coronavirus a 'Clear Warning Shot' From Nature to Humanity, Top Scientists Say

Global Rescue Plan to Stop Mass Extinction 'Hopelessly Weak and Inadequate'

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Hundreds of activists and campaigners gather in London's Parliament Square for 'Extinction Rebellion' protest against the inaction of the British government in the face of climate change and ecological collapse

"We need an urgent plan to save humanity and this is not it."

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'On a Knife Edge': Experts Warn Great Barrier Reef Could Soon See Third Mass Coral Bleaching in Five Years

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Coral and fish community in the Great Barrier Reef,

The concerns follow new research suggesting that the climate crisis could...

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'The World Must Act Boldly': 23 Former Diplomats Urge Global Leaders to Adopt Paris-Style Agreement to Protect Biodiversity

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Barbary macaque

"Humanity sits on the precipice of irreversible loss of biodiversity and a...

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common giant tree frog from Madagascar

Climate Crisis Could Cause a Third of Plant and Animal Species to Disappear Within 50 Years: Study

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'Consistent With a Mass Extinction': New Study Warns Climate Chaos Driving Rapid Decline of Bumblebees

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Warning of 'Environmental Ruin and With It a Human Tragedy,' Report Details Triple Threat to Coral Reefs

The future of global biodiversity is bleak without immediate action.

We Risk Living in an 'Empty World' If Assault on Nature Not Stopped, Warns UN Biodiversity Chief

The Northern Muriqui

'Saving Life on Earth' for Just $100 Billion: New Roadmap Shows How US Can Address Global Extinction Crisis

Activists for climate action rallied

Tens of Thousands Join 'Sack ScoMo' Protests Against Government Climate Inaction as Bushfires Rage Across Australia

U.S. Coast Guard crews work to put out a fire during the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

Trump Accused of 'Disgraceful Abdication' of Duty to Protect Earth for Proposal to Neuter Landmark Environmental Law

monarch nectaring on a showy milkweed

'Because Insects Are Key to Our Own Survival,' 73 Scientists Unveil Global Roadmap to Battle Bugpocalypse

Emergency Cleanup Underway After Fuel Spill in Galapagos Islands Sparks Concern for Unique and Fragile Ecosystem

A firefighter and a koala watch a bushfire in Eden Hills, Adelaide, South Australia.

Pouring Coal on the Fires, Aussie PM Rejects Climate Solutions as Country Burns

Meat sign

Move Over, Peak Oil. Scientists Say 'Peak Livestock' Must Arrive This Decade to Limit Global Heating

Bluefin Trevally and Leather Bass hunting together

New Report on Ocean Oxygen Loss Gives 'Ultimate Wake-Up Call' to Act on Climate

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Friends of the Earth International

Global Rescue Plan to Stop Mass Extinction "Hopelessly Weak and Inadequate"...

Environmental Justice Foundation

Corals and Communities: EJF Report Highlights Devastating Impacts of Climate Crisis on Reefs

Center for Biological Diversity

Plan: Ending Extinction Crisis Requires $100 Billion, 500 New National Parks, Refuges, Ocean Sanctuaries

The Endangered Species Coalition

'Chasing Presidents' Urges Candidates to Support Endangered Species Act...

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

New Study in Nature Climate Change Finds Nearly All US Endangered Species Sensitive to Climate Change

Center for Biological Diversity

Study: Emperor Penguins Threatened by Climate Crisis, Need Urgent Protection

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Osprey Orielle Lake & Katherine Quaid

Celebrating Climate Women on International Women's Day

Tara Lohan

5 Things You Should Know About the Earth’s Warming Ocean

Courtney Bourgoin

What We Lose When We Lose Wildlife

Emily Folk

Environmental Changes in our Food System

William deBuys

The Humanitarian and Environmental Disaster of Trump’s Border Wall

Liberty Vittert

Statistic of the Decade: The Massive Deforestation of the Amazon

Erika Spanger-Siegfried

The Climate Decade: A Global Crisis Unveiled, a Global Movement Unleashed

Brian Larkin

Extinction Rebellion: A Flock of Starlings and a Plane Tree

Juan Cole

Sizzling Arctic: Top 5 Climate Horror Stories in NOAA’s Report Card

Don Fitz

Dammed Good Questions About the Green New Deal