Ireland ranks among world’s worst for megafauna conservation, finds new Oxford study

Ireland ranks as one of the world’s most underperforming countries in wildlife conservation for megafauna species, a new Oxford University study reveals. Ireland ranked among...

NY Times’ Stephens can’t see the elephant in the room on climate change

Posted on 16 May 2017 by dana1981 There was tremendous outcry when the New York Times hired opinion columnist Bret Stephens, who has a long...

April 2017 was second-warmest April on record

Global map of the April 2017 LOTI (land-ocean temperature index) anomaly shows that central and northeast Asia continued to be much warmer than the...

India and China ‘on track to exceed Paris climate pledges’

With downgraded outlooks for coal use, India and China are set to beat their pledges to the Paris climate agreement, according to an updated analysis of their climate policies.Just...

Biodiversity and the City – Eight Urban Events for Biodiversity-Week 2017!

May 15th, 2017 When we think of biodiversity we often imagine unspoilt rural pastures or other landscapes and seascapes untainted by the faintest hint of concrete...

Limiting warming to 1.5C has clear benefits for Australia, study says

Global temperature rise of 2C could see Australia hit by heat extremes similar to the “angry summer” of 2012-13 in almost four out of...

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