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Many of the companies promising “net-zero” emissions to protect the climate are relying on vast swaths of forests and what are known as carbon offsets to meet that goal.

When we looked at satellite tracking of carbon levels and logging activity in California forests, we found that carbon isn’t increasing in the state’s 37 offset project sites any more than in other areas, and timber companies aren’t logging less than they did before.

Evidence found in deep sea sediments documents the loss of species, but not why it happened

A study published in the journal Science reveals that 90% of ancient shark populations died off 19 million years ago mysteriously. The study found that sharks

A new study found a 90-per-cent decline in shark abundance and diversity, but no clear cause.

Something Wiped Out Nearly All Sharks 19 Million Years Ago, New Research Suggests Share A careful arrangement of shark scales, or dermal denticles. (Image: Leah Rubin) Scientists have stumbled upon a previously unknown extinction event that decimated ocean shark populations 19 million years ago. The cause of this sudden die-off, in which global shark populations plummeted by 90%, is a complete mystery. The previously unidentified extinction event, as described in a Science paper published today...