Brazil to cut CO2 emissions by 37% by 2025
The government pledged to reduce emissions and for this reason Brazil is the first major developing country to adopt such measures to tackle global warming.
Shell abandons Arctic oil drilling
The oil giant has announced it will end exploration drilling in Alaska. A huge victory for environmental activists.
Students prove that Fukushima food is safe
Radiations are below the limitis, as the studies carried out by professor Hayano and the students living in the Fukushima district prove.
Authorities freed Armand Marozafy, the guide who denounced illegal logging in Madagascar
Armand Marozafy, activist committed to protect Madagascar’s forests, was imprisoned for defaming two illegal loggers.
Viral cat videos (among others) pollute like airplanes
Datacentres would be responsible for 2% of the greenhouse gas emissions globally, data show.
How to switch to renewables, at no cost: the recipe by Greenpeace
According to the environmental NGO Greenpeace it is possible phasing out fossil fuels by 2050, without economic barriers.
Top 100 unmissable wildlife photos to be exhibited in Milan until December
Nowadays, every art form or pseudo-artistic work is transmitted on the Internet first. So, in the last few months, it must have happened to you to find some of the pictures that participated in the fiftieth edition of the Wildlife photographer of the year competition, created in 1965 and organised by the Natural History Museum of London with
Open Tree of Life. The most comprehensive map of life ever drawn up
New study illustrates the relationships between 2.3 million creatures populating the Earth, from the beginning of life to date.
Why melting ice affects us all
In 40 years, the Arctic will run out of ice during summer months, as proven by the lowest icecap winter extension ever registered by satellites last March. It is a phenomenon involving half of the Arctic ice. These are some of the effects caused by the on-going climate change, documented by WWF in
Poachers killed Yongki, Indonesia’s most famous ranger elephant
The endangered Sumatran elephant was found dead with its tusks hacked off. It is a victim of ivory hunters.