Island Conservation
New research provides hope for marine ecosystem recovery, presenting a grand challenge to substantially rebuild our world’s oceans by 2050. Our world’s oceans are inextricably linked to our wellbeing—a vital aspect of our economy, a viable food source, and a potential solution to our climate change and clean energy challenges. This same connection has taken […]
New Zealand’s already threatened wildlife is forced to adapt to a changing climate to survive. New Zealand has been a safe-haven for its unique species, a home without mammalian predators. That is until the 1880’s when ships on the brought predators that were well suited for a variety of habitats. Since their introductions invasive predators […]
New research finds Loggerhead Sea Turtle populations are becoming female-dominant as rising temperatures skew temperate sex determination. The Loggerhead Sea Turtles of Cape Verde have undergone an unnatural phenomenon in recent years—an increasing majority of hatchlings are female. Dr. Lucy Hawkes, an ecologist at the University of Exeter has recently published a paper which found […]
Revive & Restore launches a fund to develop ground-breaking solutions to ocean conservation. The world’s oceans are in great peril. To help conservation and to reverse the trends of oceanic degradation, we must innovate and employ every available tool. More help is on the way. Today, Revive & Restore, a California-based non-profit conservation organization, announced […]
A new assessment of Canada’s bird populations reveals a trend in global seabird conservation. Birds are an integral part of ecosystems, but the degradation of habitat through climate change, pollution, and threats such as invasive species are causing population declines on a global scale. The North American Bird Conservation Initiative Canada has released The State […]
Sea level rise as a result of climate change is much more complicated than receding coastlines and disappearing islands, especially for the South Pacific. A big fear of climate change is sea level rise, leaving low-lying islands at risk of disappearing. This is not a new phenomenon, historically sediments have been moved by tides, waves, […]
New research demonstrates how field work and climate change mitigation can lend a hand to ecosystem resiliency and conservation. Building ecosystem resiliency on islands is a crucial aspect of protecting the biodiversity contained within these wild places from both climate change as well as invasive species. There have been many climate studies that have explored […]
Island Conservation supporter and American Novelist Jonathan Franzen shares his thoughts on the importance of saving seabirds in a new Sierra Club interview. Whether he’s writing about the ills of consumerism, our addiction to technology, or the demise of complex discourse, novelist and essayist Jonathan Franzen has a knack for hitting America where it hurts. […]
The New York Times features the impact climate change will have on the species that inspired Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. Off the coast of Ecuador lies an archipelago best known for the unique species that inspired Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. The Galápagos Islands are perfectly situated on the equator, but the Humboldt current brings cold, […]
As climate change progresses, researchers are concerned about the impacts severe weather events will have on islands, but there is hope. In the North Pacific Ocean, about 1,600 miles from the main islands of Hawaii, a low pressure system gave rise to a tropical storm. Over the next week the storm gradually strengthened then quickly […]