The A to Z is a glossary of various important systems to assign and protect areas for biodiversity conservation. It…
About a fifth of the world’s vertebrates are threatened with extinction, a major review has found, highlighting the plight of…
Between 1999 and 2009, more than 1,200 new species of plants and…
Climate change and sea ice decline is expected to affect the sea ice habitat of these spotted seals, which use…
The Bank of Natural Capital is a website created to communicate the findings of The TEEB Study into The Economics…
Climate change is set to drive the spread of invasive plant and animals species, threatening forests, fisheries and crops, in…
In this new documentary broadcast by BBC Two as part of its Horizon series, Sir David Attenborough takes the audience…
The Arctic region, also called the “planet’s refrigerator,” continues to heat up, affecting local populations and ecosystems as well as…
Nearly 80% of the world’s population — 4.8 billion people as calculated in 2000 — live…
The United States and many other heavily populated countries face a growing threat of severe and prolonged drought in coming…
New analysis shows populations of tropical species are plummeting and humanity’s demands on natural resources are…
Humans are overloading ecosystems with nitrogen through the burning of fossil fuels and an increase in nitrogen-producing industrial and agricultural…
A global analysis of extinction risk for the world’s plants, conducted by Kew together with the Natural History Museum, London…
Global environmental damage caused by human activity in 2008 represented a monetary value of $ 6.6 trillion, equivalent to 11%…
Culminating a 10-year exploration, 2,700 scientists from 80 nations report first Census of Marine Life, revealing what, where, and how…
Deforestation rates in tropical countries dropped significantly during the first decade of the 21st century relative to the 1990s, reveals…
Oct. 7 :The toxic red sludge leak in Hungary reached the Danube River on Thursday as emergency officials worked to…
New research published in the Oct. 7 edition of Nature adds to growing evidence that, even though the temperature increase…
The world’s oceans are teeming with far greater diversity of life than was previously thought, according to the first Census…
Groundbreaking new research by a former banker, Pavan Sukhdev, to place a price tag on the worldwide network of environmental…
Just last year experts at the International Energy Agency proposed a target for China’s carbon emissions to peak in 2020…
Details of the annual International Media Excellence Awards run by the Association for International Broadcasting
Welcome to the AIBs People’s Choice…
More than 20% of the world’s 380,000 plant species are at risk…
Miljøminister Karen Ellemann (V) lancerer nu den første samlede genopretningsindsats for at bevare de jyske heder, der er truet af…
The amount of land being taken in Africa to meet Northern countries’ increasing demand for biofuels is underestimated and out…
The microscopic plants that support all life in the oceans are dying off at a dramatic rate, according to a…
Published by Nick Sundt on Wed, 09/08/2010 – 16:56
From WWF International, 7 September 2010….
Stockholm, Sweden– The impacts of climate change…
Hundreds of wildfires fed by weeks of relentless drought have forced authorities to place 15 of Brazil’s 26 states under…
Alaska Public Radio Network (APRN) reported on Thursday (2 Sep 2010) that “for only the third time in human memory,…
EU Kommissionen undersøger nu det faktum, at nogle danske kommuner vender det blinde øje til, når det gælder ødelæggende aktiviteter…
The study, based on analysis satellite images collected by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and led by…
Projections of global change impacts on biodiversity show continuing and, in many cases, accelerating species extinctions, loss of natural habitat…
Human growth has strained the Earth’s resources, but as Johan Rockstrom reminds us, our advances also give us the science…
Ændrede temperaturmønstre på grund af den globale opvarmning, får fiskestimerne til at vandre. Temperaturen i de europæiske farvande er steget,…
What is Earth Overshoot Day?
Earth Overshoot Day — a concept devised by U.K.-based new economics foundation — marks an unfortunate…
The two main objectives of the research were to examine global trends in phytoplankton over time and to determine what…
A new interactive Google Earth map showing the impacts of a 4 °C warmer world was launched today by the…
The Chinese government has just lodged the first application to mine for minerals under the seabed in international waters, in…
History was made today in the South Korean port city of Busan, when governments gave the green light to an…
Walter W. Immerzeel, Ludovicus P. H. van Beek, Marc F. P. Bierkens
More than 1.4 billion people depend on water from…
Det sårbare dyreliv og havmiljø i Arktis trues af den øgede aktivitet og skibstrafik som er fulgt i hælene på…
Following the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) calls…
The IPY Oslo Science Conference is to demonstrate, strengthen, and extend IPY’s remarkable accomplishments in science and outreach.
Conference Website: http://ipy-osc.no/
The…
A containment cap on a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is now funnelling off 10,000 barrels of oil…
May 25, 2010
Fishery Closure Boundary as of May 28, 2010. Closure area may be updated daily as necessary.
NOAA has extended…
A new report synthesizing scientific findings on the status and trends for selected biodiversity in the Arctic indicates that unique…
As part of its most comprehensive study of climate change to date, the National Research Council issued three reports emphasizing…
Mere end hver tredje kommune bidrager nu med naturprojekter til den interaktive biodiversitetshjemmeside Det Grønne Danmarkskort. Formålet med hjemmesiden er,…
