Ethiopia's vulnerable tropical forests are key to securing future of wild coffee
Mar 23, 2016 16:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Coffee is the drink of choice for millions of us. But the worlds second-most traded commodity originates in Ethiopia and its home is under threat. Ethiopia isnt all dusty deserts far from it. The country also contains...
Going veggie would cut global food emissions by two thirds and save millions of lives – new study
Mar 22, 2016 16:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Eating more fruit and vegetables and cutting back on red and processed meat will make you healthier. This is obvious enough. As chickens and cows themselves eat food and burn off their own energy, meat is a also major...
Great Barrier Reef bleaching event: what happens next?
Mar 22, 2016 02:02 am UTC| Insights & Views
Monitoring the scale and intensity with which coral bleaching manifests in real time is not a job we wish for, but in reality it provides a powerful tool to enable better management against future events. It is crucial...
To reduce greenhouse gases from cows and sheep, we need to look at the big picture
Mar 22, 2016 01:01 am UTC| Insights & Views
Farming livestock cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and chickens contributes around 6 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide) to the atmosphere each year. While estimates vary, this could...
Will cheap gas at the pump stall progress on car emissions?
Mar 18, 2016 00:12 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Retail gasoline prices are now as low as they were in the roaring 90s. The 1990s, that is, when the energy crisis of the 1970s had faded from American consumers memories, the economy was strong and the market share of...
Deforestation: an alert from the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe
Mar 17, 2016 05:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
When visiting the volcanic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe off the coast of West Africa, one is immediately struck by how unusual these tropical islands are. The steep, volcanic mountains seem to be...
February's global temperature spike is a wake-up call
Mar 16, 2016 04:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Global temperatures for February showed a disturbing and unprecedented upward spike. It was 1.35℃ warmer than the average February during the usual baseline period of 1951-1980, according to NASA data. This is the...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects