Peat is partially decomposed plant matter that has accumulated over thousands of years.
- Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds, UCL
En la COP26 se han producido progresos graduales, pero no el avance decisivo que se necesitaba.
Has the summit delivered on its goals?
COP26 saw incremental progress but not the breakthrough moment needed.
Even this radical scenario wouldn’t be as effective as it may first seem.
Companies are using these credits to offset their emissions, though many projects won’t meaningfully reduce carbon in the atmosphere.
It marked the point when humans began to exert a geologically-huge influence on the environment.
Scientists behind a major new study explain how they discovered these forests are becoming less able to sequester carbon.
Here’s a rare chance to lever serious resources to transform society.
Restoring Britain’s woodlands and peatlands isn’t just a utopian dream.
Could our best shot at stopping climate catastrophe be restoring forests on a massive scale?
The first step is admitting we have a problem, but what should come next to protect the planet?
‘Natural climate solutions’ are vital. But huge plantations of the same tree should not count.
La llegada de los europeos a América costó la vida a 60 millones de nativos y produjo una pequeña edad de hielo. Sin embargo, supuso el primer contacto de América con el resto del mundo, dando paso a una nueva era.
No records of the size of Native American populations before 1492 and the arrival of Europeans survive. A new study has found answers.
When it comes to the geological record, airbrushing out humans’ impact on the environment makes little sense.
It’s crucial to know the relationship between biodiversity and carbon storage to assess whether carbon-focused conservation will also protect the most biodiverse forests.
A swampy area the size of England stores as much carbon as 20 years of US fossil fuel emissions.
COP21 ended with an agreement that is at once both historic, important – and inadequate
We’re heading for mass extinctions in the world’s most diverse ecosystem.
When Europeans first arrived in the Americas they didn’t just make human history – they changed planet Earth forever.
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