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Peatlands are boggy wet ecosystems found from boreal forests in the Russian Arctic to the tropics of central Africa. Typically, when vegetation decomposes it releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. However, when that same organic matter falls in a bog…
A farmer says he is having to remove litter from his fields on a daily basis.
“I think the international community really does need to put more pressure on Australia to do better,” says Euan Ritchie, a professor of wildlife ecology and conservation at Deakin University in Australia, in a recent episode of Mongabay’s Newscast. From…
About 300 water voles are released in Farnham as part of a bid to restore the species to the river.
Nepal is preparing to relocate 18 blackbucks from the country’s west to its south central region, near the popular Chitwan National Park. Officials say the translocation will help establish a population of the antelope in a new habitat and safeguard…
BOGOR, Indonesia — In a village bordering Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park on the Indonesian island of Java, local people browse a row of fabrics carrying impressions of plants and the silhouette of the forest’s silvery gibbon. They are made by…
Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics More than a million jobs, higher wages, nearly half a trillion pounds in investment in the pipeline – the UK’s green economy…
New rules for the $8.8 billion in program funding no longer promote electric home heating. By Dan Gearino Federal energy efficiency rebate programs will no longer cover a switch from fossil fuels to electricity for heating, according to long-awaited guidance…
The $368 million network of instruments collecting data in both the Atlantic and Pacific has been critical to climate and ocean research.
The U.S. Forest Service is using emergency authority to advance the Bear Palmer Forest Health Project, but opponents say the streamlined process could negatively affect forest recovery, wildlife and area businesses. By Mosabber Hossain A proposed federal logging project in…