Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene
21 May 2018
The biomass of living organisms on the planet has halved since human civilisation began, and humans now outweigh all wild mammals tenfold
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Shrimp and lobster are as bad for the climate as eating beef
2 April 2018
Fish and seafood are normally fairly environmentally friendly, but it takes so much fuel to catch some species that their carbon footprint is as big as that of red meat
Much of nature is near collapse and that means society is too
23 March 2018
An assessment of Earth’s biodiversity predicts catastrophic losses within decades, with severe knock-on effects for human civilisation like shortages of food
Fish called ‘sarcastic fringehead’ has a wider mouth than body
2 March 2018
Sarcastic fringeheads have a truly spectacular threat display: they open their mouths until they’re gaping wide, displaying two rows of teeth and fluorescent cheeks
Deep-sea fish lay eggs near hydrothermal vents to keep them warm
8 February 2018
Pacific white skate lay their eggs onto the sizzling hot rocks of hydrothermal vents in the depths of the sea, possibly because the heat speeds up their development
Wave of massive volcanoes created Earth's first supercontinent
29 January 2018
2.2 billion years ago, a huge build-up of pressure inside the Earth triggered vast volcanic eruptions, which formed the first ever supercontinent
Even a small cut in global warming will help slow sea level rise
12 January 2018
Limiting climate change to 1.5 °C instead of 2 °C, even if we overshoot at first and then bring temperatures back down, will ease the rise in sea levels
