January 26, 2023 – The Amazon rainforest has been degraded by a much greater extent than scientists previously believed with more than a third of remaining forest affected by humans, according to a new study published on January 27 in the journal Science. The paper was led by an international team of 35 scientists and researchers, from institutions such […]
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Humanity’s greatest risk: Cascading impacts of climate, biodiversity, food, water crises: scientists
February 6, 2020 – The greatest threat to humanity hides in the potential cascading of impacts of five highly-related, highly-likely risks — a collision that can amplify these effects catastrophically, according to a new survey of 222 leading scientists from 52 countries. Conducted by Future Earth, the international sustainability research network, the survey identifies five […]