Tag: animals
5 ways climate change will affect plants and animals
Warming temperatures, stronger storms and rising seas present a cascade of challenges that researchers are racing to understand.
Why we should change how we talk about nonhuman animals
We wouldn’t say “it” or “that” when referring to humans, so why would we for other sentient individuals?
Marine life is fleeing the equator to cooler waters—this could trigger...
We now have evidence that climate change is impacting the best-known and strongest global pattern in ecology.
Almost 90% of the world’s animal species will lose some habitat...
With swift, ambitious and coordinated action, we can indeed provide a healthy and secure diet for the world’s population without further major loss of habitats.
How deforestation helps deadly viruses jump from animals to humans
Given the evidence, it is clear humans need to balance the production of food, forest commodities and other goods with the protection of tropical forests.
Bridging the food-or-energy gap
“This dual use of the land adds a layer of efficiency that wouldn’t be there. You start seeing layer after layer of benefit, benefit, benefit."
You’re not so different from an octopus: Rethinking our relationship to...
Animal whisperer, Sy Montgomery, argues that we share greater similarities than differences with our fellow animals, and that fact should make us re-examine our relationships with them.
Animals will struggle to adapt fast enough to cope with climate...
The blackcurrant harvest on my allotment is highly dependent on the weather. In 2018 the UK had a hot, dry summer and...
SUNY uses taxpayer dollars to torture kittens in useless experiments
The State University of New York is being sued for refusing to turn over documents about cruel animal experiments.
Federal judge strikes down Iowa’s ag-gag law ruling it a violation...
"Today's victory makes it clear that the government cannot protect these industries at the expense of our constitutional rights."
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Fed rate hikes won’t tackle the corporate profiteering behind inflation, experts tell Congress
"Interest rate hikes... will not address any of the underlying causes of our supply shortages and do nothing to address profiteering."
Peace activists hit the streets from DC to San Francisco
The Peace in Ukraine Coalition mobilized for negotiations, not escalation, in what CODEPINK describes as a proxy war threatening a direct war between the two most heavily armed nuclear nations; the United States and Russia.
The climate movement was built for a world before climate change—it’s time for a...
We need a mass movement that can deal with climate disasters by training people to both protect and mobilize their communities.
As falls Russia, so falls the world
Can the heroine of this story, true internationalism, survive the onslaught of lawless maniacs bent on reviving a world of unaccountable sovereigns and promoting a war of all against all?
Oil undercover: The sneaky ways Big Oil pushes its interests
Big Oil lied to us for decades about climate change.