“Land is important and it’s providing a gift to society in that it absorbs about 22 percent of the greenhouse gases we emit,” Louis Verchot, the landscape restoration theme leader at the ...

Science UN Report Says Humanity Has Altered 70 Percent of the Earth’s Land, Putting the Planet on a ‘Crisis Footing’ Agriculture is the biggest degrader of land, the authors say.

As it stands, 10 countries, including China, Russia, and the United States, account for 70 percent of the planet’s salt-affected soils. This costs the global agriculture sector at least $27 ...

However, a 2021 NASA study found that the excess of incoming sunlight over outgoing radiation, known as Earth’s energy ...

Nearly every country agreed to a new biodiversity framework to protect 30 percent of Earth’s land and water. The goal aims to stop a global extinction crisis, but such a conservation effort ...

Scientists have devised a new way of looking at habitat loss on Earth, finding that 97 percent of Earth's land area may no longer be ecologically intact. by Tara Yarlagadda.

As it stands, 10 countries, including China, Russia, and the United States, account for 70 percent of the planet’s salt-affected soils. This costs the global agriculture sector at least $27 ...