This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philosophers from Aristotle and Aquinas to Descartes, Mill, Kant, and Schopenhauer have debated the moral status of animals for more than 2,000 years, with sentience being the most common denominator…
In the Arctic, the freedom to travel, hunt and make day-to-day decisions is profoundly tied to cold and frozen conditions for much of the year. These conditions are rapidly changing…
Global Citizen spoke to Angela Baschieri, the regional adviser on population dynamics in UNFPA’s Eastern and Southern Africa office, about the need for countries to include increasing women’s health services…
You saw it at Thanksgiving, and you’ll likely see it at your next holiday feast: piles of unwanted food – unfinished second helpings, underwhelming kitchen experiments and the like –…
Efforts to promote the future health of both wild bees and managed honeybee colonies need to consider specific habitat needs, such as the density of wildflowers, say researchers. At the…
Even as air pollution shaves years off life expectancy, fossil fuel projects get more funding than clean air initiatives, a global report said Tuesday. An annual survey by the Clean…
Old-growth trees are more drought tolerant than younger trees in the forest canopy and may be better able to withstand future climate extremes, researchers report. The new analysis of more…
University of Oxford researchers have contributed to a study which found that very few deep reefs have any form of protection, despite facing a multitude of threats. With the UN…
So what is intersectional environmentalism, exactly? According to Leah Thomas, a prominent environmental influencer, intersectional environmentalism is a movement, not a moment: “It brings injustices done to the most vulnerable communities, and the…
Miami’s Little Haiti has been an immigrant community for decades. Its streets are lined with small homes and colorful shops that cater to the neighborhood, a predominantly Afro-Caribbean population with…
The ocean is rising on the international climate policy agenda and the dialogues around it — 51 national plans include at least one measure aimed at ocean-based mitigation, compared to just 31…
The number of lakes on our planet has increased substantially in recent decades, according to a new study. There has been a particular increase in the number of small lakes,…