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    Amazon Nations Sign Rainforest Protection Agreement, but Don’t Agree on Deforestation Deadline

    Amazon Nations Sign Rainforest Protection Agreement, but Don’t Agree on Deforestation Deadline

    Representatives from the eight countries that share the Amazon river basin have signed the Belém Declaration, an agreement to work together to conserve the planet’s largest rainforest that includes a list of shared environmental measures and policies. However, the accord fell short of a consensus on ending deforestation. The countries — Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, […]

    Arctic Sea Ice 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Arctic Sea Ice 101: Everything You Need to Know

    Quick Key Facts What Is Arctic Sea Ice? Sea ice forms and covers most of the Arctic Ocean during the shorter, darker winter months. How much of the ocean’s surface is covered in sea ice is an important indicator of climate change. By mid-September, after the summer melt, the area covered by Arctic sea ice […]

    Rare Underground Flowering Palm Species Discovered in Borneo

    Rare Underground Flowering Palm Species Discovered in Borneo

    Palm trees with their feathery fronds are a long-standing symbol of the tropics… aboveground. Now, researchers with Royal Botanic Gardens (RBC), Kew have documented a unique member of the Arecaceae, or palm, family that produces its flowers and fruits almost exclusively beneath the soil, a press release from RBC, Kew said. The species, which the […]

    Newly Adopted UN High Seas Treaty Gives Ocean a ‘Fighting Chance’

    Newly Adopted UN High Seas Treaty Gives Ocean a ‘Fighting Chance’

    After almost two decades of negotiations, the 193 United Nations Member States have adopted a landmark legally binding marine biodiversity treaty for the high seas beyond national boundaries, covering two thirds of Earth’s oceans, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced yesterday during the Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biodiversity in New York. The purpose of the High […]