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

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

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

The future of global biodiversity is bleak without immediate action.

"If our support systems are gone, there will be no humans."

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

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

The Northern Muriqui

The plan calls for the president to declare the global extinction crisis a...

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

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Activists for climate action rallied

" These fires, heatwaves, and droughts are not just unprecedented—they're the...

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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

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'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

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

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

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, seen here at the U.N. General Assembly's 74th session on Sept. 24, 2019, said Wednesday that the fires and deforestation in his country aren't coming to an end.

Bolsonaro, Facing Blame for Surge in Amazon Deforestation, Says Destruction Won't End Because "It's Cultural"

A fire burns trees next to grazing land in the Amazon basin in Ze Doca, Brazil. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Fueling Concerns of Approaching Catastrophic 'Tipping Point,' Deforestation of Brazilian Amazon Hit Highest Level in Decade

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Conservationist Warns 'Unnoticed Apocalypse' of Insects 'Should Set Alarms Ringing'

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As Fires Rage in World's Largest Rainforest, NASA Warns 'Human Activities Are Drying Out the Amazon'

People cycle as the sun sets on Lake Shinji in Matsue, Shimane prefecture on July 25, 2008.

'Landmark New Research' Links Neonics With Collapse of Fisheries

Scientists Demand 'Paradigm Shift' After Study Shows 'Frightening' Decline of Insects and Spiders

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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

Center for Biological Diversity

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Approval of Bee-killing Pesticide, GE Crop Uses on National Wildlife Refuges

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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

Peter Nelson

What's Wrong With the Bees? Our New Film, "The Pollinators," Seeks an Answer

David R. Montgomery

The Key to Saving Family Farms Is in the Soil