Yale Environment 360 is an online magazine offering opinion, analysis, reporting and debate on global environmental issues.
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A Plague of Deforestation Sweeps Across Southeast Asia Illegal logging and unchecked economic development are taking a devastating toll on the forests of Vietnam and neighboring countries, threatening areas of biodiversity so rich that 1,700 species have been discovered in the last 15...
In Post-Tsunami Japan, A Push To Rebuild Coast in Concrete In the wake of the 2011 tsunami, the Japanese government is forgoing an opportunity to sustainably protect its coastline and is instead building towering concrete seawalls and other defenses that environmentalists say will inf...
True Nature: Revising Ideas On What is Pristine and Wild New research shows that humans have been transforming the earth and its ecosystems for millenniums — far longer than previously believed. These findings call into question our notions about what is unspoiled nature and what shou...
15 May 2013: Glaciers on Everest Disappearing As Temperatures Rise, Snowfall Declines The glaciers on Mount Everest and the surrounding region have shrunk by 13 percent in the last five decades as temperatures have risen and snowfall has declined in that section of the Himalaya, accor...
Will Lead Bullets Finally Kill Off the California Condor? The California condor, the largest bird in North America, was saved from extinction by a captive breeding program that increased its numbers in the wild. But now the condor is facing a new and pernicious threat — the lead from ...
Son of Climate Science Pioneer Ponders A Sobering Milestone Climate scientist Ralph Keeling has followed in the footsteps of his father, who pioneered the measurement of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, the younger Keeling talks about the im...
10 May 2013: U.S. Web Tool Aims to Bolster Research on Climate and Health Links The Obama Administration this week introduced an online tool to improve research into the link between climate change and human health and promote innovative responses to future threats. As climate change ...
A Key Experiment to Probe the Future of Our Acidifying Oceans In a Swedish fjord, European researchers are conducting an ambitious experiment aimed at better understanding how ocean acidification will affect marine life. Ultimately, these scientists hope to determine which species mig...
