A movement for earth conservation
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
A CLUSTER of more than 7,000 islands, the Philippines is one of the world鈥檚 most biodiverse countries. But it...
鈥極ur daily bread鈥 has hidden climate costs
PARIS 鈥 Nearly half the environmental impact of a loaf of bread comes from the 鈥渦nsustainable use鈥 of fertilizers on wheat crops, researchers said...
Run for the Earth
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
RUNNING enthusiasts and 鈥渆co warriors鈥 are once again being summoned to the Nat Geo Earth Day Run 2017 which will...
Tiny plastic particles from clothing, tires clogging oceans: report
GENEVA -- Invisible particles washed off products like synthetic clothing and car tires account for up to a third of the plastic polluting oceans,...
Small ponds have outsized impact on global warming
PARIS -- Tiny natural ponds pose an overlooked danger for speeding up global warming, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature...
Pollution even in Earth鈥檚 farthest reaches: ocean study
PARIS聽鈥 Banned chemicals are tainting tiny crustaceans that inhabit the deepest ocean, a study said Monday 鈥 the first evidence that humans are polluting...
Amazon forest was transformed by ancient people: study
MIAMI 鈥 Long before European settlers arrived in the Americas in 1492, the Amazon rainforest was transformed for thousands of years by indigenous people...
Renewables can鈥檛 deliver Paris climate goals: study
PARIS -- Expansion of renewable energy cannot by itself stave off catastrophic climate change, scientists warned Monday.
Even if solar and wind capacity continues to...
Dwarf galaxies shed light on dark matter
PARIS 鈥 The first sighting of clustered dwarf galaxies bolsters a leading theory about how big galaxies such as our Milky Way are formed,...
Study forecasts balmier England, even hotter Mumbai
PARIS 鈥 Northern Europe, Canada and Russia will enjoy balmier winters by century鈥檚 end even as the average number of mild days per year...
China tells local meteorological bureaus to stop smog alerts
BEIJING 鈥 China is suspending local meteorological bureaus from issuing smog alerts, media reported Wednesday, raising suspicions the government is attempting to suppress information...
Nature鈥檚 tradeoffs:聽brawn vs. brains, looks vs. loyalty
PARIS -- Biologists assessing the natural world sometimes sound like hard-nosed executives weighing the costs and benefits of an investment opportunity.
Species, they reason, can鈥檛...