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Lake Akan is the only home of Japan's marimo moss balls. Akan-Mashu National Park, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan.
Asia

Japan’s “marimo” algae balls are in rapid decline

April 21, 2025

Japan’s famous marimo are in danger. Marimo are a unique and rare plants found only in a handful of places on Earth. The near perfectly spherical green balls are a species of free-floating and rolling […]

Grampians National Park in Victoria, Australia.
Oceania

Australia made environmental gains last year, but threats loom large

March 21, 2025

Home to unique wildlife, a massive desert, lush tropical forests, and the world’s largest coral reef system, Australia’s environment is faring better than many expected according to a new report. Still, that’s no excuse for […]

Bleached table coral photographed at the Great Barrier Reef in April 2024.
Oceania

Is the Great Barrier Reef resilient or at risk?

February 27, 2025

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is in imminent danger from climate change. Or is it? Recent studies on the health of this wonder of the world, the largest coral reef system in the world, suggest that […]

A koala released into the wild by Vickii Lett, a NSW WIRES koala coordinator and WIRES board member.
Oceania

Billions of dollars needed to halt extinctions in Australia—study

February 5, 2025

Putting a halt to ongoing extinctions and extinction risk in Australia will take 30 years and cost more than AUS$15.6 billion per year, according to a newly published assessment. The Australian continent is famous for its […]

Elephants at a watering hole in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.
Africa and Middle East

Rising temperatures are disrupting elephant migrations in African national park

January 20, 2025

A new research paper claims that hotter and drier days are compelling Zimbabwe’s elephants to seek shelter further south. The new study reveals how climate change impacts even the world’s largest land mammals. Elephants naturally […]

Davies Reef at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Australia..
Oceania

Major shifts in fish species confirmed at the Great Barrier Reef

January 12, 2025

A new international study shows that the composition of species inhabiting the Great Barrier Reef has changed considerably from just a few decades ago. The changes are being attributed mainly to climate change and other […]

A view of snow-capped Pike's Peak in Colorado.
North America

Evidence from Snowball Earth found in ancient rocks on Colorado’s Pikes Peak

December 5, 2024

Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet like a giant snowball. This global deep freeze, known as Snowball Earth, endured for tens of millions […]

Heart Spring at Yellowstone National Park.
North America

Minerals in hot springs performed a key chemical reaction for early life on Earth, new study confirms

December 1, 2024

One of the biggest scientific mysteries is where life on Earth started. Research has often focused on the role of deep-sea hydrothermal vents – those towering structures on the ocean floor constantly pumping out a […]

Heritage Farm at General Coffee State Park, Georgia. Hurricane damage will see the park closed until January 1.
North America

Southeast state parks still recovering from Hurricane Helene (update)

November 8, 2024

Dozens of American state parks in the US Southeast are still closed to the public weeks after Hurricane Helene swept through the region. Meanwhile, another hurricane threatens the Gulf of Mexico but may be moving […]

Annual global surface air temperature anomalies (°C) relative to 1850–1900 from 1940 to 2024. The estimate for 2024 is provisional and based on data from January to October. Data source: ERA5.
Global

Hottest year on record but little hope of breakthrough at climate talks following Trump win

November 8, 2024

After losing soundly and decisively to Joe Biden in 2020, Donald Trump will return to the White House in 2025 as American voters have soured on the Democratic Party. Meanwhile, yet another round of international […]

Heritage Farm at General Coffee State Park, Georgia. Hurricane damage will see the park closed until January 1.
North America

State parks still recovering from Hurricane Helene

October 28, 2024

Dozens of American state parks remain shuttered weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated vast swaths of the United States Southeast. The closures are in force in Florida, Georgia, and North Carolina, the states hardest hit by […]

An injured Sumatran tiger photographed by a camera trap.
Asia

Sumatra’s tigers are disappearing due to lack of protected habitat

October 25, 2024

Tigers on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia are disappearing due to an absence of conservation measures, ecologists are now warning. Ecologists surveying the population of tigers calling western Sumatra home said they’ve turned up […]

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