Over half of Europe’s endemic trees face extinction
Gland, Switzerland, 27 September 2019 (IUCN) – Over half (58%) of Europe’s endemic trees are threatened with extinction, according to assessments…
New report: World counts the cost of a year of climate breakdown
– Extreme weather driven by climate change killed thousands around the world in 2018 – Christian Aid report identifies 10 events…
How many tree species are there in the world?
BGCI can now tell us! BGCI has been working for over two years, consulting over 500 published sources and liaising…
World’s oldest fossils unearthed
Remains of microorganisms at least 3,770 million years old have been discovered by an international team led by UCL scientists,…
Invisible plastic particles from textiles and tyres a major source of ocean pollution – IUCN study
Tiny plastic particles washed off products such as synthetic clothes and car tyres could contribute up to 30% of the…
Banned chemicals from the 70s found in deepest reaches of the ocean
Crustaceans from the deepest ocean trenches found to contain ten times the level of industrial pollution than the average earthworm,…
Largest undersea landslide revealed on the Great Barrier Reef
James Cook University scientists have helped discover the remnants of a massive undersea landslide on the Great Barrier Reef, approximately…
ESA: Arctic sea-ice growth slower than ever
ESA’s CryoSat satellite has found that the Arctic has one of the lowest volumes of sea ice of any November,…
World’s largest marine protected area declared in Antarctica
The world’s experts on Antarctic marine conservation have agreed to establish a marine protected area (MPA) in Antarctica’s Ross Sea.…
New names on the Antarctic map
You wouldn’t expect to find a crocodile or rhino in Antarctica but thanks to their distinctive shape, both now have…