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Suffocating seas: how climate change is reducing ocean oxygen levels

Carrie Madren

26th July, 2010

The main impacts of climate change - changing weather patterns, melting glaciers, sea level rise - are well known. But its ability to reduce oxygen levels in the deep ocean is little reported... more...

Atlantic Rising: Belo Monte dam the start of the drowning of the Amazon

Tim Bromfield

23rd July, 2010

Campaigners fear the construction of the world's third largest hydroelectric dam in Brazil is just the start with many more being planned in the Amazon basin more...

UK could cut Amazon soya imports with home-grown peas and beans

Ecologist

21st July, 2010

A solution to the livestock sector's reliance on soya animal feed, which is driving deforestation in Argentina and Brazil, could be found by incentivising home-grown alternatives more...

Atlantic Rising: Guyana using mangroves to defend itself from sea-level rises

Tim Bromfield

19th July, 2010

Global sea level rise poses a big challenge for the small country of Guyana but mangrove planting offers a cost-effective way of protecting coastal regions more...

How Cargill is feeding Europe's meat demands at the expense of the Amazon

Lynn Morris

6th July, 2010

Europe's demand for cheap meat is been fed by an increasing demand for soya feed from the Amazon but it comes at a cost - deforestation more...

Atlantic Rising: Water buffalo making no friends on Amazon floodplain

Lynn Morris

30th June, 2010

Water buffalo may not be the most pressing threat to the Amazon as a whole but on the river’s floodplain they are doing serious damage more...

Councils to reward recycling rather than tax waste

Ecologist

8th June, 2010

UK Government decides to scrap plans for a tax on bins, saying it would have 'fuelled fly-tipping', and says reward schemes will be more effective more...

Protecting rainforests shown to reduce poverty

Ecologist

28th May, 2010

Introduction of measures to protect rainforests and ecosystems in Costa Rica and Thailand over the past 40 years have improved the livelihoods of the local population more...

'Perverse subsidies' to blame for wildlife loss, says UN

Ecologist

10th May, 2010

Promises to reduce biodiversity loss by 2010 have not been met by any national government, according to the UN, which is calling for taxes and incentives to encourage action more...

Vital mangrove forests hit by coastal developments

Ecologist

9th April, 2010

Increasing threats to mangrove species are a symptom of the widespread destruction and exploitation of forest habitats, say campaigners more...

EU subsidies linked to overfishing

Ecologist

31st March, 2010

Study finds large chunk of almost £4 billion in subsidy payments has been used to increase fleet capacity in Europe and 'exacerbate' the problem of overfishing more...

UK conservation 'pointless' without tackling African climate change

Lynn Morris

30th March, 2010

Conservation efforts towards protecting migrating bird habitats in Europe may be doomed to failure unless we tackle climate change and protect Africa's coastlines more...

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Big fish farms not necessarily most polluting

Ecologist

25th March, 2010

Aquaculture industry urged to look at location and management techniques to reduce the environmental impact of rapidly expanding sector more...

Human waste could be fertiliser and power source

Ecologist

24th March, 2010

Many of the substances that make wastewater a pollutant can also be useful as fertilisers for agriculture and in generating gases for small power stations, says report more...

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Bluefin tuna: can trade bans protect our fisheries?

Tom Levitt and Andrew Hickman

18th March, 2010

Atlantic bluefin tuna could be the first widely eaten species to be banned from being traded internationally. Would it work, and would it set a useful precedent for other species? more...

Councils' 'just throw it out' advice on toxic lightbulbs

Ecologist

10th March, 2010

Ecologist investigation reveals three-quarters of London councils giving out wrong advice on the safe disposal of mercury-containing compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) more...

Atlantic Rising: How sea level rises are poisoning water in Ghana

Will Lorimer

2nd March, 2010

In the latest blog the Atlantic Rising team look at how rising sea levels are poisoning local water sources in Western Ghana more...

Shipbreaking: clampdown in Asia will send it to Africa

Ecologist

2nd March, 2010

Following our exclusive investigation, Ingvild Jenssen from the NGO Platform on Shipbreaking explains how tougher regulations simply relocated the shipbreaking industry, and how the public can help stop the trade more...

UK sending ships to deadly scrapyards in Bangladesh

Ecologist

24th February, 2010

Workers are dying in conditions described as 'hell on earth' yet the west's shipping industry continues sending ships to the country for disposal more...

UN warns India and China over growing problem of e-waste

Ecologist

22nd February, 2010

African and Asian countries need proper electronic waste recycling systems to prevent the surge in consumer demand creating toxic e-waste mountains more...

UK joins calls for ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna trade

Ecologist

5th February, 2010

The UK has joined growing European support for Atlantic Bluefin tuna to be declared an endangered species to prevent collapse more...

Is aid without climate adaptation a waste of time?

Tom Levitt

29th January, 2010

Aid agencies are well resourced and quick to act, but not enough of them appear to be using their power to tackle the long term problems posed by climate change more...