The global price of ivory increased tenfold since its 1989 trade ban by the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), new research has found.
Increasing Value of Ivory Poses Major Threat to Elephant Populations
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Climate Change Could Revive Medieval Megadroughts in U.S. Southwest
About a dozen megadroughts struck the American Southwest during the 9th through the 15th centuries, but then they mysteriously ceased around the year 1600.
Solar Panels Cast Shade on Agriculture in A Good Way
Imagine you are a farmer struggling to keep up with production demands because of the increasingly stressful climate.
The Climate Is Warming Faster Than It Has in The Last 2,000 Years
Many people have a clear picture of the "Little Ice Age" (from approx. 1300 to 1850).
How a Mongolian Activist Is Helping Snow Leopards and Herders Coexist
Bayarjargal Agvaantseren has spent 20 years traveling to remote regions of Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, fighting to protect native snow leopards.
Study Considers Sensory Impacts of Global Climate Change
Studies of how global change is impacting marine organisms have long focused on physiological effects—for example an oyster’s decreased ability to build or maintain a strong shell in an ocean that is becoming more acidic due to excess levels of carbon dioxide.
