Recent Articles in the Blog
Take five deep breaths
Called the "lungs of our planet", the Amazon Rainforest produces more than 20 percent of the world's oxygen. Notwithstanding, humans are destroying the rainforest at a lightening speed of 1.5 acres per second.
13 June 2013 | Read more
IHDP Scientific Committee Meets in Taipei
The main emphasis was put on the transition of the IHDP network and activities to the new Future Earth initiative, as well as on synthesizing the vast knowledge obtained during the decades of IHDP’s operation and research.
13 June 2013 | Read more
Would you eat insects? Why not?
Yucky? 1,900 insect species have been documented as edible and could contribute to good health, livelihood and the environment.
30 May 2013 | Read more
Call for Applications: Key Contact Workshop from the Mountain Research Initiative
3 August 2013 | Minneapolis, USA
Application Deadline: 18 July 2013
We provide a setting that stimulates interdisciplinary thinking and that allows peers to take a fresh look at each other's research. The workshop brings together active researchers from around the world working on global change in mountain regions. |Read more
Current Headlines
-
Reuters
17 June 2013
Special Report: Bad Karma: How Fisker burned through $1.4 billion on a 'green' car
Related Issues Green Economy
-
New Scientists
17 June 2013
Mushrooms are the new styrofoam
Related Issues Green Economy Sustainability
-
The Times of India
17 June 2013
Monsoon covers India by mid-June, earliest ever: Met official
Related Issues Climate Change Vulnerability, Resilience and Adaptation
-
Deutsche Welle
16 June 2013
Economic growth vs. environmental protection
Related Issues Biodiversity and Ecosystem Green Economy Sustainability
-
Voice of America
16 June 2013
Solar Plane Nears End of Cross-Continent Flight
Related Issues Sustainability