Environment

By studying Great Gray Owls, scientists hope to help more people see that snags offer vital habitat.

Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt.

Soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined, with soil microorganisms playing the main role. As a result, the global soil carbon cycle—by which carbon enters, moves through, and leaves soils worldwide—exerts a significant impact on climate change feedback.

Driving through the countryside, it’s easy to think there are only a few cows that are grazing peacefully in the pastures of the world, but the reality is there are millions of cows around the world. I set out on a mission to find out how many cows are in the world, where we can find them, and just what having so many cows does to the world we all live in.

The UN is putting refugees to work in poorly paid green jobs to generate carbon credits for billion-dollar firms. It’s one of the most cynical instances of a corporate greenwashing agenda that has done little to address climate change.

Government interests, linked to transnational food corporations such as Coca-Cola, have halted the publication and approval of the regulations for the LGAAS, which should have been published in October 2025. As a result, the Mexican government is in breach of its obligations and is preventing the exercise of human rights related to “the consumption of nutritious, sufficient, quality, safe, and culturally appropriate food; the strengthening of self-sufficiency, sovereignty, and food security; the foundations for social participation; and the creation of sustainable food environments and the promotion of breastfeeding” (Decree issuing the LGAAS, April 2024).

A new study published in Acta Psychologica suggests that getting young children involved in gardening at preschool may help them eat better, move more, and develop a stronger connection to nature, even over just a few months.