The Sahara desert has been slowly expanding southwards for decades through a region as the Sahel. Heavy grazing, deforestation, and numerous droughts have degraded the once lush Sahel, making it easy pickings for the Sahara’s expansion. In order to stave off an ecological disaster across the continent, 20 different African countries have embarked on an […]
Tree planting ‘has mind-blowing potential’ to tackle climate crisis
Planting billions of trees across the world is by far the biggest and cheapest way to tackle the climate crisis, according to scientists, who have made the first calculation of how many more trees could be planted without encroaching on crop land or urban areas. As trees grow, they absorb and store the carbon dioxide […]
wild mammal destruction by humans
Humans have destroyed 83% of wild mammals Humankind is revealed as simultaneously insignificant and utterly dominant in the grand scheme of life on Earth by a groundbreaking new assessment of all life on the planet. The world’s 7.6 billion people represent just 0.01% of all living things, according to the study. Yet since the dawn […]
The thin green line: Scientists must do more to limit the toll of burgeoning infrastructure on nature and society
The Ecological Citizen is pleased to pre publish William Laurance’s new article on mega infrastructure projects titled “The thin green line: Scientists must do more to limit the toll of burgeoning infrastructure on nature and society” <https://www.ecologicalcitizen.net/#thingreenline> “The global explosion of built infrastructure is arguably the most urgent environmental threat today. . . This tsunami […]
The Rapid Decline Of The Natural World Is A Crisis Even Bigger Than Climate Change
The Rapid Decline Of The Natural World Is A Crisis Even Bigger Than Climate Change from Huffington Post Nature is in freefall and the planet’s support systems are so stretched that we face widespread species extinctions and mass human migration unless urgent action is taken. That’s the warning hundreds of scientists are preparing to give, […]