Category: News

Reptiles In Guadeloupe and Colonisation

About half of the snake and lizard population on the Guadeloupe archipelago went extinct after European colonisation started in 1492.

Glacial Flood Risk In Asia Set To Triple

The third pole spans across nations. This not only puts a larger geopolitical area at risk, but also highlights the need for a concerted mitigation efforts to protect the region from this impact, as well as to fight climate change.

Colombia, Coffee, And Climate Change: A Glimpse Of The Future

While climate change may have some positive impact on the coffee production in some areas of Colombia, it will be at the cost of a decrease in production in other regions.

Is Wood The New Plastic?

The availability of a sustainable option for petrochemical plastic will allow the introduction of a biodegradable option across sectors, possibly even in routine consumer use. This should significantly reduce the environmental costs of plastic use.

Clear Communication Needed to Execute Long-Term Climate Goals

Despite a sense of urgency and communication of the same, reforms, implementations of solutions, and support for urgent changes, is not at levels that would help the situation.

Brazil’s Secondary Forests and Threatened Carbon Uptake

Results show the strong effects of key climate and human factors on regrowth, stressing the need to safeguard and expand secondary forest areas if they are to have any significant role in the fight against climate change.

Forest Conservation Observations From Belize

A new paper has put Belize in the spotlight for studying its losses in forests and wetlands over the past few years, thus giving some valuable observations in forest conservation.

How Sea Level Increase Affects Land Water Systems

A study suggests that an increase in levels of seas can lead to coastal areas of the sea as well as storm drains to be contaminated with wastewater.

Summers Half The Year? New Reality of 2100

Summer is coming. In the north. For real. Unless we take significant steps to save the planet from climate change.

Recyclable Polymer Membrane Could Help Oil Spills Cleanups

A recyclable membrane that can be used to clean up oil from water is under development, thus making it potentially prominent in the case of oil spills.