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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 31, 2025Earth & The Environment
How does biodiversity loss impact tropical forests’ carbon absorption? This is what a recent study published in th ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 16, 2025Earth & The Environment
What consequences could the Amazon rainforest face as climate change continues to worse worldwide? This is what a recent ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 24, 2025Earth & The Environment
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are steadily rising because of human activities, which is wreaking havoc on the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2024Earth & The Environment
The orange and black Monarch butterfly is a well known and recognizable species. But in 2022, it was listed as an endang ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2024Earth & The Environment
New research has shown that giant sequoia trees that were imported and planted in the United Kingdom, some of which have ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2024Earth & The Environment
Do the impacts of deforestation go beyond the environment? What about human health, specifically the health of children? ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 31, 2024Earth & The Environment
Last year, drought in the Amazon caused utter devastation. Vast amounts of vegetation dried out, fires burned towns so b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 23, 2024Earth & The Environment
New research has determined that a type of fishing known as bottom trawling is a major, and unaccounted for source of ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 21, 2023Earth & The Environment
The last eight years have been the hottest ever recorded, and 2023 is on track to be the hottest year of all time. The g ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study by researchers at ETH Zurich has examined why the Ruki River, a one-kilometer-wide tributary of the Congo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study by researchers at Virginia Tech looked at the giant salamanders known as “hellbenders.” Scien ...Written By: Amelia RhodelandMAY 12, 2023Earth & The Environment
Carbon sequestration refers to the capture and storage of carbon that exists in (or would have been emitted to) the atmo ...Written By: Amelia RhodelandMAY 03, 2023Earth & The Environment
What future impacts will drought have on the Amazon rainforest due to climate change? This is something that a team of a ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 17, 2023Plants & Animals
Climate change affects the delicate ecosystem of our planet in numerous ways. Changes in temperature can warm oceans, af ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAR 03, 2023Plants & Animals
Deforestation, especially human clearing of forests, has become an ecological danger linked to a number of dangerous sid ...Written By: Ryan VingumFEB 20, 2023Earth & The Environment
The planet Earth and its pristine environment have been devastated by endless and reckless human activity, which has res ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 16, 2023Plants & Animals
The increase in greenhouse gases in the environment seems driven by a one-two punch to the environment. Overall, human a ...Written By: Ryan VingumDEC 02, 2022Chemistry & Physics
Global carbon emissions show no sign of slowing down despite a need to stay below 1.5°C of total warming, an article ...Written By: Hannah DanielAUG 13, 2022Plants & Animals
One key nutrient plants need to thrive and survive is CO2, which is why plants have been a vital part of maintaining pla ...Written By: Ryan VingumJUN 16, 2022Earth & The Environment
We often associate deforestation with paper production, as someone might ask, “How many trees did you cut down to ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 26, 2022Technology
LiDAR, archaeologists joke that it’s ‘the dream’ when approaching large-scale field surveys, especiall ...Written By: Sarah HoffmanNOV 20, 2021Earth & The Environment
At the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26 Brazil was expected to face intense pressure f ...Written By: Samantha LottNOV 16, 2021Plants & Animals
The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most biodiverse locations on Earth, home to more than 3 million different species. I ...Written By: Ryan VingumOCT 27, 2021Earth & The Environment
A duo of Stanford researchers have recently released a study in Global Sustainability that reveals the timing of policy ...Written By: Matthew Lundy
JUL 31, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How does biodiversity loss impact tropical forests’ carbon absorption? This is what a recent study published in th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 16, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What consequences could the Amazon rainforest face as climate change continues to worse worldwide? This is what a recent
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 24, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are steadily rising because of human activities, which is wreaking havoc on the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2024
Earth & The Environment
The orange and black Monarch butterfly is a well known and recognizable species. But in 2022, it was listed as an endang
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2024
Earth & The Environment
New research has shown that giant sequoia trees that were imported and planted in the United Kingdom, some of which have
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Do the impacts of deforestation go beyond the environment? What about human health, specifically the health of children?
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 31, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Last year, drought in the Amazon caused utter devastation. Vast amounts of vegetation dried out, fires burned towns so b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2024
Earth & The Environment
New research has determined that a type of fishing known as bottom trawling is a major, and unaccounted for source of ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 21, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The last eight years have been the hottest ever recorded, and 2023 is on track to be the hottest year of all time. The g
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study by researchers at ETH Zurich has examined why the Ruki River, a one-kilometer-wide tributary of the Congo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study by researchers at Virginia Tech looked at the giant salamanders known as “hellbenders.” Scien
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
MAY 12, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Carbon sequestration refers to the capture and storage of carbon that exists in (or would have been emitted to) the atmo
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
MAY 03, 2023
Earth & The Environment
What future impacts will drought have on the Amazon rainforest due to climate change? This is something that a team of a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 17, 2023
Plants & Animals
Climate change affects the delicate ecosystem of our planet in numerous ways. Changes in temperature can warm oceans, af
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAR 03, 2023
Plants & Animals
Deforestation, especially human clearing of forests, has become an ecological danger linked to a number of dangerous sid
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
FEB 20, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The planet Earth and its pristine environment have been devastated by endless and reckless human activity, which has res
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 16, 2023
Plants & Animals
The increase in greenhouse gases in the environment seems driven by a one-two punch to the environment. Overall, human a
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
DEC 02, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Global carbon emissions show no sign of slowing down despite a need to stay below 1.5°C of total warming, an article
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
AUG 13, 2022
Plants & Animals
One key nutrient plants need to thrive and survive is CO2, which is why plants have been a vital part of maintaining pla
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JUN 16, 2022
Earth & The Environment
We often associate deforestation with paper production, as someone might ask, “How many trees did you cut down to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 26, 2022
Technology
LiDAR, archaeologists joke that it’s ‘the dream’ when approaching large-scale field surveys, especiall
...
Written By:
Sarah Hoffman
NOV 20, 2021
Earth & The Environment
At the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26 Brazil was expected to face intense pressure f
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
NOV 16, 2021
Plants & Animals
The Amazon Rainforest is one of the most biodiverse locations on Earth, home to more than 3 million different species. I
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
OCT 27, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A duo of Stanford researchers have recently released a study in Global Sustainability that reveals the timing of policy
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy