NATURE
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On World Oceans Day, charting a new course for our seas
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . June 7, 2024
It’s the origin and the engine of life on our blue planet. The ocean feeds us, regulates our climate and sustains economies. Yet unprecedented heat
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The ocean provides — and needs to be protected. Can humanity do both?
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . June 4, 2024
Conservationists had reason to cheer as 2020 dawned. On January 1, the Pacific island nation of Palau officially closed 80 percent of its territorial waters
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Mining could disrupt manta ‘superhighway’
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . June 1, 2024
If you’re a reef manta, there are few better places to be than northeastern Indonesia. In the clear blue seas of the Raja Ampat archipelago,
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With new protections, a critical fishery gets new lease on life
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . May 29, 2024
Fishing is a way of life in Peru. And two out of every three fish consumed in Peru is caught in the Mar Tropical de
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Study is a ‘wake-up call’ for marine protections
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . May 2, 2024
Decades of overfishing have decimated one third of global fish stocks — upending the delicate balance of ocean ecosystems, and threatening the livelihoods and food
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What drives deforestation — and how can we stop it?
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . April 7, 2024
This summer, dangerous heatwaves have shattered records around the world. The extreme temperatures would be “virtually impossible” without human-caused climate change, according to an ever-growing
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As coffee demand grows, farmers work to deliver a sustainable brew
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . April 4, 2024
For two decades, Conservation International has worked with Starbucks to support responsible coffee farming, protect biodiversity and reduce the coffee industry’s impacts on climate through
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In hottest year on record, nature is a key climate ally
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . April 1, 2024
It’s off the charts: 2023 has been the hottest year on record by a wide margin. Across the world, skyrocketing temperatures fueled climate-induced disasters — leaving
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New data shows loss in Earth’s vital carbon sinks — and reasons for hope
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . March 29, 2024
Earth has lost 2 billion metric tons of “irrecoverable carbon” since 2018 — an amount greater than the United States’ annual greenhouse gas emissions. That’s
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Home sweet home for Madagascar’s lemurs?
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . March 26, 2024
This post was updated on October 2, 2019. Lemurs are making themselves at home in Madagascar’s cacao and vanilla plantations, a new study finds. New