Thursday, April 17, 2025

Tag: biodiversity

Kenya Court of Appeal blocks government’s import of GMOs

A case was brought against the government challenging its decision to lift the GMO ban it had in place in October 2022.

Eurasian beavers set to return to England’s waterways

Once hunted to extinction, the return of the beaver is being called a major boost for conservation since the habitats they create benefit a myriad of other species.

With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on...

Biodiversity refers to the richness and variety within and between plant and animal species, and within ecosystems. This diversity is declining faster than at any time in human history.

Climate change is depleting plant nutrition, threatening herbivores from grasshoppers to...

Rising CO2 levels are driving faster plant growth but reducing nutrient density, with alarming impacts across ecosystems.gian

European energy giants conceal nearly half of their biodiversity damage

New research reveals how major energy companies in Europe are hiding the ecological destruction caused by their operations, with nearly 50 percent of adverse impacts going unreported in official sustainability documents.

Turning the tide: How global conservation efforts are curbing biodiversity loss

A decade-long scientific study reveals significant success in conservation actions worldwide, offering hope amidst the biodiversity crisis.

Republicans spearhead Congress’s assault on endangered species with 2024 bill riders

Endangered wildlife faces a new threat as Congress's 2024 bill riders, largely driven by Republicans, push species closer to extinction.

Amazon’s alarm: The rainforest’s role in pandemic outbreaks and planetary health

Amazon at the crossroads: deforestation and climate change fuel disease risks.

Wildfires aren’t just a threat to people—they’re killing off Earth’s biodiversity

Cataclysmic wildfires have increased in intensity and frequency due to climate change.

Environmental leaders from 185 countries launch biodiversity protection fund

“As we confront the critical challenge of halting and reversing biodiversity loss around the world, working together has never been more important."

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It’s time for ‘unified groups’ to declare war against Trump’s unscrupulous retribution schemes

They must use all the innovative techniques that they have to take down Trump before he turns them into his slaves, and America into a fascist state.

An Indian drugmaker, investigated by ProPublica last year, has recalled two dozen medications sold...

FDA inspectors found serious problems at a Glenmark factory in India that manufactured the recalled drugs.

Democrats push to ban congressional stock trading amid tariff-triggered market scandal

Lawmakers intensify calls to outlaw stock trades by members of Congress following Trump’s tariff reversal and suspicious GOP investments.

Trump may be blowing the economy up on purpose

Working-class Americans should view a purposefully engineered recession as blatant aggression by the ownership class.

New study finds CT scans to account for 5 percent of cancer diagnoses

While some experts caution against CT scans, many believe the modeling used in this study left much uncertainty.