Biodiversity

The steps that could help address biodiversity loss could also help fix the climate crisis

Mon, 04/24/2023 - 14:31

Tech Insider : Climate Crisis

Catherine Boudreau, Dr. Susan Chomba, Dr. Michal Nachmany — Insider's Catherine Boudreau led a panel with Susan Chomba, director of vital landscapes at the World Resources Institute, and Michal Nachmany, founder and CEO of Climate Policy Radar.
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What to Know About the Major Oceans Treaty Just Finalized by More Than 190 Nations

Mon, 03/06/2023 - 17:15

Gizmodo : Environment

Earth is a blue planet, and this weekend yielded good news for our world’s plentiful marine environments. Leaders from more than 190 nations around the world came together on Saturday night to establish a long-awaited, global agreement to protect the world’s oceans.

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More Than a Third of All Plants and Animals in the U.S. Could Go Extinct

Mon, 02/06/2023 - 13:05

Gizmodo : Environment

More than a third of animal and plant species in the U.S. could go extinct while more than 40% of ecosystems are at risk of collapse, a new report from a conservation group has found.

conservationbiology, habitat, brien, internationalunionforconservationofnature, endangeredspecies, Biodiversity, naturalenvironment

Billion-dollar startup plans to bring the dodo back from the dead, and claims it can also revive the woolly mammoth

Wed, 02/01/2023 - 09:03

Tech Insider

An artist illustration shows a white dodo looking towards the camera on a white background. — Collossal Biosciences aims to revive the long-extinct dodo using gene editing.
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