Man-made guzzlers are often the only sources of water for bighorn sheep and other endangered animals in Southern California deserts. Now, the unprecedented drought across the West is putting them at risk.
There is no end in sight for waterlogged farmers in north-west New South Wales, as the region prepares for another expected significant rain event this week.
The majority of Earth's biodiversity on land can be found in forests. Yet only 18 percent of these tracts are in legally protected areas such as national parks. In the past two decades alone, large intact forest around the world shrank by 12 percent.
The purveyors of “grass-fed” beef want you to believe that it solves meat’s environmental problem. But this is merely a branding exercise, not a climate solution.
By changing how we feed the world—with plant-based burgers, bioreactor-grown dairy, and more efficient indoor farms—we could turn land now used for agriculture back into wilderness.
