Search results for tropical forest destruction

Environment Apr 20, 2024

Climate impacts set to cut 2050 global GDP by nearly a fifth

Climate change caused by CO2 emissions already in the atmosphere will shrink global GDP in 2050 by about $38 trillion, or almost a fifth, no matter how aggressively humanity cuts carbon pollution, researchers said Wednesday.

Environment Apr 14, 2024

Scientists find vast numbers of illegal 'ghost roads' used to crack open pristine rainforest

One of Brazil's top scientists, Eneas Salati, once said, "The best thing you could do for the Amazon rainforest is to blow up all the roads." He wasn't joking. And he had a point.

Ecology Apr 11, 2024

Ghost roads speed destruction of Asia-Pacific tropical forests, finds study

Researchers mapping tropical forests have found many more roads than declared by official sources, which is raising fears of a huge increase in environmental degradation as the pace of road building increases.

Environment Apr 4, 2024

Despite gains in Brazil, forest destruction still 'stubbornly' high: Report

The world lost 10 football fields of old-growth tropical forest every minute in 2023 and despite uplifting progress in the Amazon, the picture elsewhere is less rosy, researchers said on Thursday.

Earth Sciences Mar 11, 2024

Satellite measurements show that global carbon emissions are still rising

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), human activities have significantly impacted the planet. As global greenhouse gas emissions (mainly carbon dioxide) have continued ...

Plants & Animals Mar 8, 2024

Primatologist observes how monkeys change behavior to survive deforestation

Deep within the forest, monkeys can be very social creatures: they play, fight, vocalize, and even groom one another within their social groups. But as University of Toronto Mississauga primatologist Laura Bolt and her colleagues ...

Earth Sciences Mar 3, 2024

The world's business and finance sectors can do much more to reverse deforestation—here's the data to prove it

Big corporations could drive a worldwide shift towards more sustainable supply chains that limit damage caused by deforestation. But progress is being slowed down by weak or non-existent commitments to ensure that supply ...

Environment Feb 29, 2024

AI reveals secret roads endangering the world's rainforests

Satellite images analyzed by AI are emerging as a new tool in finding unmapped roads that bring environmental destruction to wilderness areas.

Earth Sciences Feb 22, 2024

Carbon emissions from the destruction of mangrove forests predicted to increase by 50,000% by the end of the century

The annual rate of carbon emissions due to the degradation of carbon stocks in mangrove forests is predicted to rise by nearly 50,000% by the end of the century, according to a new study published in Environmental Research ...

Plants & Animals Feb 12, 2024

First Peoples' land overlaps with 130 imperiled bird species—and this knowledge may be vital to saving them

Australia's First Peoples have a strong and continuing connection to the land. Their determination to maintain this connection provides important opportunities for conservation.

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