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4 Infographics that clearly illustrate our ecological footprints

What is your footprint?

A modern atlas provides maps necessary to save the world's biodiversity

Originally atlases were invented so that explorers could exploit new lands, this atlas does the opposite.

A reef-killing starfish's pheromones could be harnessed to exterminate them— and help the reefs!

The starfish are worse for the reefs than bleaching and disease combined.

The Mediterranean fish stocks have almost completely collapsed

It is not looking good.

"Fast fashion" might be getting a new life with a breakthrough in upcycling

The fibers from used clothing can be broken down and used again to make new clothes, without going to the landfill.

New nanotech sponge sucks mercury from water in less than 5 seconds!

One basketball-sized sponge could clean an entire lake.

Island children's favourite animals are invasive species

But they did like more diverse critters than mainland children.

Beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev commits to 100 percent renewable energy

Future beers will be made with 100% renewable energy.

Bacteria from sewage are infecting coral reefs

Because the corals don't have it bad enough.

10 years of experimental warming caused phytoplankton to take in more carbon

A small piece of positive news for climate change.

Microfibers from clothes are killing fish and ending up on our plates

Fleece jackets and yoga pants are to blame.

Yellow fever is killing thousands of rare monkeys in Brazil

The forests are silent now.

Scientists call out Pruitt's false view of climate change

These "alternative facts" go against 150 years of research.

The invasive snakes on Guam are indirectly killing the forest

No part of the ecosystem is exempt.

An artificial renewable energy 'paradise' island will be built in the North Sea

When up and running, it will provide affordable energy for 80 million people.

Restoring native plants boosts pollination

Removing invasive plants and restoring native ones does a great deal to help pollination, a new study finds.

First images of the Amazonian reef released by Greenpeace

More like Amazingonian reef, am I right?

The world lost 7% of its pristine forests since 2000

Some countries might lose all their virgin forests in the next 20 years.

New high-tech shelter reminds us that Chernobyl is still deadly, thirty years after the meltdown

The new one is much better than the last one though.

Environmentalists plead Japanese and French banks to stop financing coal-fired plants in Indonesia

A story of broken promises and land grabbing.

Historic U.S. court ruling says stable climate is a fundamental right, okays bunch of kids to sue the federal government

Changing things from the ground up.

Damned Rivers: The Story of Pristine Rivers About to be Shackled for Energy

These rivers are absolutely damned.

Human-driven global warming responsible for half of burned forests in the Western U.S.

The planet is on fire.

Why meat is unsustainable and what the protein chain of the future ought to look like

By the end of the century, the planet is expected to clock ten billion hungry mouths. If everyone ate meat, we'd be in a lot of trouble.

Coffee-infused foam removes 99% of lead and mercury from water

Scientists have developed a sustainable and efficient filter for water from something most houses have in excess: coffee grounds.

We've killed off 10% of Earth's wilderness since the 1990s

We're killing off the planet's wildlife - quickly.

Yosemite park buys 400-acre property on its western border, the largest expansion in nearly 70 years

More park for your buck.

Costa Rica has been running on electricity for 113 days straight

... and counting!

5 Ways Barbados Excels at Sustainability

To preserve its environment for future generations, Barbados has adopted sustainability in five ways.

Scientists believe humans have started a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene

It's a new time -- geologically speaking, at least.

Moderately good news: our ecological footprint doesn't grow as fast as our population

The bad news is that the footprint is increasing fastest in the areas with the greatest biodiversity.

People are dumping goldfish into an Australian river and they're growing huge -- by destroying the ecosystem

Tank'em, don't dump'em.

Fish urine keeps corals healthy, but we're taking all the fish out of the water

Does this mean I have to pee in the pool now?

What are abundant and sustainable fuels? “Folks, that's of course the fossil fuels,” says President of Koch-funded shill group

The Koch Brothers' rhetoric not only defies logic and facts, but the English language also.

Coral bleaching has been captured on video for the first time

They don't seem to be having a good time.

Over-consumption is more deadly to Earth's wildlife than climate change

We use so much of everything so fast that it's literally killing the planet.

Douglas fir forests are buckling under the heat, pausing their growth altogether

Silly trees, can't they set the thermostat lower, like the rest of us?

Six million Americans are drinking water with unsafe levels of toxic chemicals

Six million Americans might be drinking water with high levels of chemicals linked to cancer and other health problems.

England's 5 pence tax slashed 61,000 tonnes of plastic bag use per year

That adds up to....Let me do the math on this.....A whole lot of bags.

Photosynthetic solar cell turns carbon dioxide and sunlight into fuel

Fossil fuels could soon be a thing of the past.

NASA study suggests that one-fifth of global warming missed by historical records

The main cause lies in the lack of available data from the Arctic.

Grand study finds that diversity of life on Earth dropped below "safe" limits

Less species, more problems.

Climate change pushing clouds higher into the atmosphere, shifting them towards Earth's poles

These movements could in turn help speed up global warming.

Light pollution causes spring to come earlier

The night light burns bright.

Dutch designer creates device that turns smog into beautiful jewelry

Wear it on your fingers, not in your lungs.

Florida's coastlines are choke-full with guacamole-like algae blooms

Just as green, but with 1000% more "ew."

Climate change is making the Arctic red -- and we should be very worried about it

A tiny algae could spiral out of control with huge consequences.

Fastest global emissions rate ever means CO2 levels will never fall below 400ppm in our lifetimes

2016 will go in history as the first year carbon emission stay above 400ppm all year round. I don't think anyone's proud about this.

It's not just big oil - big coal is funding climate change denial too

It's a reveal which unfortunately surprises no one.

Studies find "super bacteria" in Rio Olympic venues and beaches

Things are looking bad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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