ecology

Now that the pandemic is no longer a crisis, tourism is making a comeback—big time. That’s great news for the travel industry’s many workers and businesses, but it could be bad for the planet. Here are some ways that tourists...

On July 23, 2022, multiple sources reported that monkeypox "is soaring", and the World Health Organization has declared it a "rapidly spreading..global health emergency". Last November 2021, the first reports of this new virus emerged and in an article published...

From climate and environment themed videogames to special features, pop-ups, and real-life tree-planting opportunities embedded within beloved classics like PAC-MAN or Angry Birds, the gaming industry is working with the United Nations to engage audiences like never before and inspire...

According to new research, scientists are now answering that question with a big resounding “Yes!” Korena Mafune, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Washington, explains that trees in a forest are not isolated individuals; they form  a multispecies...

UNESCO  is behind an emergency bid to protect the natural marine wonders, 29 of which are on the agency’s protected World Heritage list, from permanent extinction. Our oceans are getting warmer because of increasing global carbon dioxide emissions and the coral...

Forty years ago, Martha Isabel Ruiz Corzo, known as Pati, left the Mexican city of Querétaro with her family in search of a simple rural life. Instead, she ended up leading and inspiring a group of some 17,000 local environmental...

Today we should fear virus spillover more than ever before, because there are factors causing it that we can no longer control. Why? Because the population will continue to explode (barring some apocalyptic catastrophe) with terrifying results… A chicken farm...

Giotto revolutionized art by taking Byzantine iconography and humanizing it. St. Francis’ affinity for the environment influenced the artist Giotto (ca. 1270–1337), who revolutionized art history by taking Byzantine iconography and humanizing it. Giotto’s technique of integrating sacred images into...

The average round trip flight from New York to London generates about 986 kg (2,173.76 lbs.) of CO2 per passenger; almost as much as some people use in an entire year. As an avid traveler, it forces me to face...