Brazil’s Congress Weakens Protection of Indigenous Lands, Defying Lula While Brazil vows to fight climate change, lawmakers approved a law making it harder for Indigenous tribes to block deforestation, overriding a veto by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
In Real vs. Fake Christmas Tree Debate: Consider the Wildlife It may seem counterintuitive to support the annual culling of trees, but environmentalists say Christmas tree farms have ecological benefits.
How Much Can Forests Fight Climate Change? A Sensor in Space Has Answers. A new NASA program is helping researchers more accurately calculate how much planet-warming carbon protected areas are storing. It’s a lot.
A ‘Green Glacier’ Is Dismantling the Great Plains The spare but overpowering landscape celebrated by Willa Cather is one of the most endangered ecosystems on the planet.