(Natural News) Human civilization only has a 10 percent likelihood of survival in the next few decades without undergoing societal collapse, found a study published in the journal Scientific Advances. Researchers from the University of Tarapacá in Chile and the University of Surrey said that the cutting of trees based on today’s average deforestation rates is driving humanity toward a catastrophic fate. […]

(Natural News) A group of multinational researchers has assessed the connection between trends in crop diversity and agricultural reliance on pollinators and found that the increasing reliance on pollinators, combined with an absence of crop diversity, may threaten agricultural stability. Worldwide agribusiness has expanded at a rapid pace in recent decades, especially in regions that once supported […]

(Natural News) Since 2009, the world’s largest meat company, JBS, and several of its competitors, including Marfrig, have signed agreements with both Greenpeace and Brazilian prosecutors in which they committed that they would no longer buy from farms which had been involved in illegal deforestation in Brazil. In terms of the Greenpeace deal, it was also […]

(Natural News) Turn down your lights at night, fellow humans ?– it might be doing more harm than good to Kermit and his fellow amphibians, a recent research from State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY Binghamton) suggests. In a study published in the journal Environmental Pollution, Jessica Hua, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at […]

(Natural News) At the rate that plants are disappearing, experts warn that in the future, the idiom “God’s green earth” may end up becoming just a figure of speech and nothing more. According to a recent paper published in the journal Nature, Ecology and Evolution, 571 plant species are no longer found on Earth — more […]

(Natural News) A proposed bill in the Philippines could provide schools with an eco-friendly premise, once it’s passed into law: Students in both high school and college would need to plant at least 10 trees each to cement their spot in the graduation ceremonies. The bill, which has already passed the lower house of Congress, will seek […]

(Natural News) The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) estimates that the total wildlife population on Earth has declined by a staggering 60 percent since 1970. Among the creatures on our planet, it is only the human population that is growing by leaps and bounds. Fish, birds, undomesticated mammals and insects have all suffered devastating declines. While […]

(Natural News) Scientists fear that the continued decline in mangrove forests could significantly impact the world’s biodiversity. In a statement, which they made during the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and published in the journal Science, they called the attention of governments from all over the globe to provide stronger protection for small but crucial swathes of mangroves. The case for protecting […]

(Natural News) In the African island of Madagascar, bats leave their tropical rainforest and descend upon the ricefields cultivated by human farmers to devour plant-eating insect pests. Their organic pest control service may help persuade locals to preserve the forests instead of razing them. Every year, humans cut down one percent of Madagascar’s rainforest cover. They cultivate the cleared land to […]

(Natural News) Wildfire ravaged the state of California during the third quarter until the middle of the fourth quarter of 2018. By far, it was the deadliest the state has experienced, killing over 85 people. The fire did not discriminate between the rich and the poor; it hit both depressed and affluent communities. Approximately five […]