NATURE

Forests dwindling faster than ever, report warns
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . November 4, 2024
From regulating carbon and water cycles to providing food and shelter for countless species, trees are vital to life on Earth. And they are increasingly

New study reveals a refuge for rare wildlife
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . November 1, 2024
The Central Cardamom Mountains are some of Southeast Asia’s most pristine expanses of wilderness — long considered a refuge for rare species. Now, a new

Amid seismic change, race is on to revive Earth’s ‘third pole’
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . October 29, 2024
<div><p>Massive change is sweeping through the Eastern Himalayas. </p><p><span style="background-color:initial;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;text-align:inherit;text-transform:inherit;word-spacing:normal;caret-color:auto;white-space:inherit;">The region, home to roughly <a href="https://www.conservation.org/blog/new-conservation-effort-seeks-1-billion-for-eastern-himalayas#:~:text=This%20interconnected%20ecosystem%20of%20lands,percent%20of%20the%20world's%20biodiversity.">12 percent</a> of the world’s biodiversity and 1 billion people, is

Ecuadorean voters reject oil drilling in Amazon
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . October 26, 2024
Following a decade-long fight led by Indigenous activists and environmental leaders, Ecuadorians voted decisively to end oil drilling in one of the most biodiverse ecosystems

Conservationist prescribes hope in the horror
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . October 23, 2024
Neil Vora isn’t just an expert on infectious diseases, pandemics and nature conservation. He also considers himself something of a savant on dystopian fiction. When

Report issues ‘sobering reality check’ for world’s oceans
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . October 20, 2024
As global leaders head to the U.N. Biodiversity Conference next week, a new report issued a stark warning: The world is falling short of its

Report issues ‘sobering reality check’ for world’s oceans
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . October 17, 2024
As global leaders head to the U.N. Biodiversity Conference next week, a new report issued a stark warning: The world is falling short of its

Your guide to the UN biodiversity summit
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . October 14, 2024
Next week, leaders and representatives from nearly 200 countries will gather in Cali, Colombia, for the United Nations biodiversity summit known as COP16. Together, they

Meet a scientist: the community connector
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . October 11, 2024
Editor’s note: A 2017 survey found that 81 percent of Americans could not name a living scientist. No, not a single one. At Conservation International,

Meet a scientist protecting ‘overlooked’ ecosystems
- By Nebraskadigitalnews.com
- . October 8, 2024
Maira Bezerra’s training as a scientist began early. As the daughter of scientists — dad was a geologist, mom was a biology teacher — Bezerra’s