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Enhanced Rock Weathering Could Help Meet IPCC Carbon Removal Goal for Slowing Climate Change

Farmers around the world could help the planet reach a key carbon removal goal set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) by mixing crushed volcanic rocks into their fields, a new study reports.

17 Aug 2023

Restoring Degraded Forests Could Boost Climate and Biodiversity Goals

A new study mapping the potential scale of forest restoration globally shows that prioritizing 1.5 billion hectares of degraded forest – an area almost the size of Russia - could significantly boost effectiveness of meeting climate and biodiversity goals.

17 Aug 2023

Climate Change is Driving Perch to Outcompete Cold-Water Fish in Arctic Lakes

Scientists analyzed the condition of ecosystems of high latitude lakes and found out that increasing of water temperature leads to increasing of population, rapid growth and early maturation of perches.

14 Aug 2023

Poaching Threatens to Drive Kordofan Giraffes to Extinction

Without intervention, poaching of two Critically Endangered Kordofan giraffes might likely result in extinction in just 15 years within Cameroon’s Bénoué National Park.

7 Aug 2023

Ecologists Examine Distribution Patterns and Properties of Canopy Soils Across Costa Rican Forests

When we think of soil, most of us think of dirt on the ground. But a surprising amount of the planet's soil thrives in the treetops of old-growth forests, high above terra firma.

7 Aug 2023

Primary Forests Offer Clues to How to Protect Forests from Drought

As per a new study from Lund University in Sweden, 2018’s dry summer stroked Swedish forests hard—and hardest impacted were the managed secondary forests.

1 Aug 2023

TIPA Survey Finds Majority of Sustainability-Minded Americans Prefer Compostable Packaging to Recycled Packaging

TIPA, a global leader in compostable packaging solutions for food and fashion, released today the results of its recently conducted survey on consumer perceptions toward alternative packaging, finding that 84% of Americans are concerned by plastic waste generated from packaging.

From TIPA Compostable Packaging 27 Jul 2023