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Deforestation
Deforestation is the intentional clearing of wooded areas, often for the development of ranches or more urban spaces. Excessive deforestation can cause a number of environmental problems, such as erosion and flooding.
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JUL 04, 2019Health & Medicine
Arboviruses are arthropod-borne pathogens with more than 130 strains known to cause human infections. The majority of th ...Written By: Dena ArutaAPR 08, 2019Earth & The Environment
As companies seek and are required to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, the world's carbon markets are expandin ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 01, 2019Plants & Animals
It’s not uncommon for elephants to become trapped in mud pits in the Eastern hemisphere, and as we can only imagin ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
Wildlife tourism is increasing at an estimated 10% growth per year and in 2013 (the last year with full data) there were ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 17, 2019Space & Astronomy
Studying forests and gauging their growth can be a grueling and tedious line of work, especially when mosquitoes are out ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 11, 2019Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes the Sumatran tiger as a critically-endangered speci ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 23, 2019Plants & Animals
When it comes to animal conservation, habitat protection is often one of the critical ingredients of success. That said, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 07, 2019Plants & Animals
Endemic to the island of Borneo, the humble proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) tries its best to survive despite severa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 20, 2018Earth & The Environment
Amazonian peatlands have historically stored a large amount of soil organic carbon. But that might be changing. New rese ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 19, 2018Videos
Brazil has a new leader, and he could be the Amazon’s biggest enemy yet. President Jair Bolsonaro has pledged to s ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 09, 2018Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Leeds and the collaboration of 30 global Institutions suggest that the Amazon tree d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 31, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study has discovered that Haiti is currently undergoing a mass extinction due to the fact that the country has les ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 23, 2018Earth & The Environment
The Hambach Forest is nestled in the Rhineland of western Germany, not too far from the city of Cologne. At 12,000 years ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 11, 2018Videos
Iceland is perhaps one of the worst cases of deforestation that the world has seen. Over the last 1,000 years, the count ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 28, 2018Earth & The Environment
The Miombo woodlands extend over 2.5 million square kilometers across Africa, passing through Angola, Zambia, Tanzania a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 01, 2018Plants & Animals
Citing animal conservationists employed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), at least 95% of th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 28, 2018Earth & The Environment
The marijuana industry is pushing several endemic species into threat, and at the top of the list is the cute but savage ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 06, 2018Technology
The nonprofit Rainforest Connection invented a new way to monitor rainforests for logging.Written By: Julia TraversMAY 29, 2018Plants & Animals
After analyzing 42 different sites scattered throughout the Neotropics, researchers from the University of Stirling disc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 17, 2018Earth & The Environment
When malaria first became known, people ran with the strategy of cutting down all the trees. The reasoning was that mosq ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 15, 2018Earth & The Environment
Let me lay down a little equation for you about hippos: 3,000 lb hippo eats 100 lbs veg per day => ? lbs dung in wate ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 16, 2018Earth & The Environment
There are a lot of issues with deforestation. However, for some nations around the world, logging jobs provide stable so ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 07, 2018Earth & The Environment
Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts was made famous by Henry David Thoreau after his experience of living shore-side ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 30, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Water scarcity problem is no longer just an issue for small, isolated community. Climate change, pollution, agriculture ...Written By: Daniel Duan
JUL 04, 2019
Health & Medicine
Arboviruses are arthropod-borne pathogens with more than 130 strains known to cause human infections. The majority of th
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
APR 08, 2019
Earth & The Environment
As companies seek and are required to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, the world's carbon markets are expandin
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 01, 2019
Plants & Animals
It’s not uncommon for elephants to become trapped in mud pits in the Eastern hemisphere, and as we can only imagin
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Wildlife tourism is increasing at an estimated 10% growth per year and in 2013 (the last year with full data) there were
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 17, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Studying forests and gauging their growth can be a grueling and tedious line of work, especially when mosquitoes are out
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes the Sumatran tiger as a critically-endangered speci
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 23, 2019
Plants & Animals
When it comes to animal conservation, habitat protection is often one of the critical ingredients of success. That said,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 07, 2019
Plants & Animals
Endemic to the island of Borneo, the humble proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) tries its best to survive despite severa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 20, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Amazonian peatlands have historically stored a large amount of soil organic carbon. But that might be changing. New rese
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 19, 2018
Videos
Brazil has a new leader, and he could be the Amazon’s biggest enemy yet. President Jair Bolsonaro has pledged to s
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 09, 2018
Earth & The Environment
New research from the University of Leeds and the collaboration of 30 global Institutions suggest that the Amazon tree d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 31, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study has discovered that Haiti is currently undergoing a mass extinction due to the fact that the country has les
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 23, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The Hambach Forest is nestled in the Rhineland of western Germany, not too far from the city of Cologne. At 12,000 years
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 11, 2018
Videos
Iceland is perhaps one of the worst cases of deforestation that the world has seen. Over the last 1,000 years, the count
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 28, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The Miombo woodlands extend over 2.5 million square kilometers across Africa, passing through Angola, Zambia, Tanzania a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 01, 2018
Plants & Animals
Citing animal conservationists employed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), at least 95% of th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 28, 2018
Earth & The Environment
The marijuana industry is pushing several endemic species into threat, and at the top of the list is the cute but savage
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 06, 2018
Technology
The nonprofit Rainforest Connection invented a new way to monitor rainforests for logging.
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAY 29, 2018
Plants & Animals
After analyzing 42 different sites scattered throughout the Neotropics, researchers from the University of Stirling disc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 17, 2018
Earth & The Environment
When malaria first became known, people ran with the strategy of cutting down all the trees. The reasoning was that mosq
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Let me lay down a little equation for you about hippos: 3,000 lb hippo eats 100 lbs veg per day => ? lbs dung in wate
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 16, 2018
Earth & The Environment
There are a lot of issues with deforestation. However, for some nations around the world, logging jobs provide stable so
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 07, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts was made famous by Henry David Thoreau after his experience of living shore-side
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 30, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Water scarcity problem is no longer just an issue for small, isolated community. Climate change, pollution, agriculture
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan