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#1223272019-09-23
What is biodiversity
A shorthand of the terms ‘biological diversity’, biodiversity refers to the variety of life, in all its forms and all its levels, on Earth. But why do we need biodiversity? Can’t we just have a planet populated solely with humans and those few plants and animals that are tasty?
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#1222882019-09-19
Greta Thunberg: ‘We are ignoring natural climate solutions’
The protection and restoration of living ecosystems such as forests, mangroves and seagrass meadows can repair the planet’s broken climate but are being overlooked, Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot have warned in a new short film.
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#1222502019-09-18
Guardian launches new series The Age of Extinction
The Guardian today launches an ambitious year-long project focusing on biodiversity and the variety of life on our planet. The Age of Extinction will report on our current catastrophic species loss and examine solutions to tackle the wildlife extinction crisis
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#1221772019-09-11
Children are forgetting the names for plants and animals
How nature-oriented was your childhood? Do you remember admiring flowers in full bloom, while chasing the butterflies and bugs hovering nearby? That may not be an experience shared by youngsters today. A recent UK study has revealed 83% of children between the ages of five and 16 can’t identify ...
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#1221492019-09-09
Storytelling in the face of Amazon destruction
A new short film follows the journey of Juvenal Huari Castilla who travelled to the Amazon to log the rainforest. It's a personal story of growth and transformation. This three-minute mini-doc shows that, despite the challenges, it is possible to reverse the damaging impact that people are havin ...
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#1221082019-09-04
New UN book club helps children deal with global issues
Every day brings news about wars, humanitarian crises, and the climate emergency.
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#1220632019-08-30
Theater projects help people reflect on their experiences of climate change
It can be difficult to track from afar the efforts of artists to tackle climate change.
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#1219492019-08-20
Shaming people into fighting climate change won't work, says scientist
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe says trying to inspire people is more effective
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#1219552019-08-20
Afrobarometer: Climate change literacy still low in Africa
Despite the fact that Africa bears the brunt when it comes to erratic global weather patterns, many people are still unfamiliar with the climate change phenomenon, a new survey reveals.
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#1219142019-08-15
How do countries cover climate change? Depends how rich they are.
Deadly heat waves, violent downpours, wildfires that seem to get more intense every year — the climate crisis leaves no part of the globe untouched. But around the world, the media spins warming and its effects differently.
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#1219162019-08-15
The secret to making people care about climate change is surprisingly simple
Climate change is getting old. We’ve grown tired of hearing that last year was the fourth-warmest year ever.
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#1218882019-08-14
Half of UK children can’t identify stinging nettles, study finds
Nearly half of children do not know what brambles, blackberries and bluebells look like
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#1218352019-08-08
The Increasing Irrelevance of Climate Change Denial
Even if you don’t accept the science, you’ll need to deal with the consequences
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#1216942019-07-25
Most YouTube climate change videos 'oppose the consensus view'
The majority of YouTube videos about the climate crisis oppose the scientific consensus and “hijack” technical terms to make them appear credible, a new study has found.
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#1216792019-07-24
Major gaps found in climate change education for students across Canada
Three provinces include materials from climate deniers, a new study has found
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#1216752019-07-23
Environment of greater concern than housing or terrorism – UK poll
Concerns over climate crisis growing among British public, poll findings reveal
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#1216552019-07-22
How to Talk Effectively about Climate Change
Our conversations have been stuck, but a new book lays out a number of ways to get them flowing productively
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#1215812019-07-15
Bridging the global divide in science journalism
Freelance science journalists from the Global South face particular challenges
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#1215312019-07-10
Higher and Further Education Institutions across the globe declare Climate Emergency
New York, 10 July 2019 - Today, networks representing more than 7,000 higher and further education institutions from 6 continents announced that they are declaring a Climate Emergency, and agreed to undertake a three-point plan to address the crisis through their work with students.
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#1214962019-07-08
Treat climate change like the crisis it is, says journalism professor
There have been growing calls from climate scientists and environmental activists for the media to cover the climate crisis with the severity and urgency they say it demands.
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#1214672019-07-03
Kenyan universities aim to be “greenest in the world”
In Kenya, over 70 universities are being called on by the UN Environment Programme and the Kenyan Government to work together and transform their campuses to be the “greenest in the world”. This comes as Strathmore University in Nairobi has put in place one of the greenest campuses in Africa and ...
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#1214712019-07-03
Environmental issues increasingly important to Swedish voters
STOCKHOLM July 2 (Xinhua) -- A recent poll has found that the issues of environment and climate change are becoming increasingly important to Swedish voters, Swedish television (SVT) reported on Tuesday.
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#1213382019-06-18
Canadians are worried about climate change, but many don't want to pay taxes to fight it: Poll
CBC News poll finds about half of Canadians unwilling to pay more to help the cause
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#1213142019-06-14
Somali media launch first-ever network of environmental journalists
13 June 2019, Mogadishu - A network of environmental journalists in Somalia – the first of its kind in the Horn of Africa nation - was today launched in the capital, Mogadishu.
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#1213192019-06-14
The urgency of climate crisis needed robust new language to describe it
Changes to how the Guardian writes about climate announced by Katharine Viner prompted a discussion with readers
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#1211842019-05-23
Social media data reveal benefits or threats to biodiversity by visitors to nature locations
Understanding how people use and experience important places for living nature is essential for effectively managing and monitoring human activities and conserving biodiversity.
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#1211232019-05-21
'Panic is setting in': Jayda G brings climate crisis home to fans
DJ and producer wants to banish ‘disconnect’ between climate issues and daily life
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#1210982019-05-20
Which newspaper has stopped using the phrase ‘climate change’?
UK newspaper The Guardian has made a significant change to it stylistic guide when it comes to reporting on the environment. In a bid to spread awareness of the severity of our climate problem, the British publication will be updating the language they use across the board.
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#1208902019-04-30
Two-thirds of Britons agree planet is in a climate emergency
Two-thirds of people in the UK recognise there is a climate emergency and 76% say that they would cast their vote differently to protect the planet.
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#1208932019-04-30
What will it take for the media to focus on climate change in the 2020 elections?
We spoke to climate change experts for advice on how news outlets can cover the environment in ways that make voters listen
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#1208542019-04-25
Eight Ways To Teach Climate Change In Almost Any Classroom
NPR/IPSOS did a national poll recently and found that more than 8 in 10 teachers — and a similar majority of parents — support teaching kids about climate change.
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#1207882019-04-17
WWF-approved
A group of Memorial students have created a comprehensive biodiversity report of wildlife in Newfoundland and Labrador.The report was launched at an event on campus on Thursday, April 4.
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#1207992019-04-17
Earth from Space: the eye-popping series that zooms in on our planet
Using high-tech satellites, this breakthrough show captures every corner of the globe in unprecedented detail, giving our planet a health check – and its findings are spectacular
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#1207642019-04-15
UN urges curriculum review to promote climate change awareness in Africa
The UN Environment on Tuesday called for the revision of education curriculum in Africa to promote climate change awareness among the youth. Richard Munang, UN Environment climate change coordinator for Africa, said the continent's current education curriculum requires an overhaul in order for i ...
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#1207762019-04-15
The Entrepreneur Who Is Using Video Games And Cryptocurrency To Protect Biodiversity
When Andrew Robinson and his wife Mallika were driving one day, they heard their son and his friends chatting about video games in the back seat of the car. “They were talking about these fantasy worlds and all these monster types and shields they needed to protect themselves,” Robinson says. It ...
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#1207332019-04-11
'I never knew walruses climbed that high': Our Planet's scariest moments
Icebergs attacked choppers, sharks gnawed legs, walruses blocked exits and orangutans threw trees … the team behind David Attenborough’s new adventure relive their big frights
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#1206832019-04-09
David Attenborough to present “unflinching” BBC climate change film
David Attenborough is returning to BBC1 for a one-off film tackling climate change. In Climate Change: the Facts, Attenborough will examine “the science of climate change and the potential solutions to this global threat”.
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#1206622019-04-05
As Sir David Attenborough’s Netflix show Our Planet launches, WWF figures reveal global lack of climate change awareness
A new survey by the WWF released to coincide with the launch of Sir David Attenborough's Netflix series Our Planet shows 39% of people don't realise the importance of biodiversity to the future of the human race.
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#1206372019-04-04
2040 review – an idealist's vision of a healthy Earth
Nobody predicted the immense success of Australian Damon Gameau’s 2015 directorial debut, That Sugar Film, a candy-coloured, Supersize Me-esque documentary exploring the effects of consuming sugar while on a supposedly healthy diet. It was a smash hit in its home country, becoming the highest gr ...
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#1206122019-04-02
Rooted Everyday to Organize Biodiversity-Themed Creative Writing Contest
Interested In Storytelling and Environment? Rooted in Everyday, a biodiversity advocacy group, is organizing an environment-themed creative writing contest with mouth-watering award opportunities.
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#1205952019-04-01
David Attenborough talks climate change, vegetarianism – and working with Netflix
Our Planet, Netflix’s highly-anticipated nature documentary, begins not with an aerial shot of Earth, but with an image of the Moon. As we look out over its shadowy craters, a familiar voice starts to speak: “Just 50 years ago, we finally ventured to the Moon.”
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#1205472019-03-28
Everything you need to know about Our Planet, the new Attenborough series on Netflix
Get ready to stream the latest natural history series voiced by Sir David Attenborough. Airing from 5 April, these eight episodes will take you on a journey around the world’s most precious natural habitats.
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#1205482019-03-28
David Attenborough Isn't Sure We Can Save the Natural World. But at 92, He's Not Giving Up Trying
It’s the voice you notice first. In person, David Attenborough speaks in the same awestruck hush he has used in dozens of nature documentaries, a crisp half whisper that is often mimicked but seldom matched. Ninety-two years of use may have softened its edges, but still it carries the command of ...
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#1204752019-03-25
Chelsea Clinton Shares Her New Picture Book, 'Don't Let Them Disappear' - EXCLUSIVE
Chelsea Clinton remembers the poaching crisis of the late '80s, back when she was a child. "I remember my mom [Hillary Clinton] and I in Arkansas, trying to learn whatever we could about what was happening and what we could do to try and help elephants," she tells Romper by phone.
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#1202842019-03-11
Teacher on a mission to protect environment
Influenced by meet on biodiversity, Sudhakar of Chittoor turns a crusade.r One fine morning in October, 2012, G. Sudhakar, a government teacher, was flipping through a newspaper at a tea stall in Chittoor when he came across news pertaining to the Hyderabad Conference of the Parties to the UN Co ...
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#1200632019-02-22
School curriculum fails to reflect the urgency of the climate crisis
Informed students are prompting adults to act on the issue
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#1199322019-02-14
Environmental activist Vandana Shiva speaks on the importance of earth justic
The Student Environmental Council and Ashoka hosted environmental activist Vandana Shiva to speak as part of Student Union’s Trending Topics speaker series in Graham Chapel Feb. 13.
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#1199152019-02-12
25 Ways to Set an Earth-Loving Mood this Valentine’s Day
It’s almost that special time of year when you let your dears know how much they mean to you. Why not express a little love for the natural world while you’re at it? We scouted out items intended to help reignite that passion for the Earth, and for adventure. From the traditional to the surprisi ...
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#1197922019-02-06
Butterfly garden set up in Palghar school
A butterfly garden has been set up in a school for special children in Palghar in a joint effort by NGO iNaturewatch and the DCB Bank. This is the third such garden set up by the two organisations as part of their efforts to conserve biodiversity and protect the environment.
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#1197992019-02-06
Berlin students fight to get climate change onto lesson plans
Are schools equipping kids with the skills to understand and deal with climate change? Some German students don't think so and are trying to get their curriculum changed.