Study Projects Unprecedented Loss of Corals in Great Barrier Reef Due to Warming

The coverage of living corals on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef could decline to less than 10 percent if ocean warming continues, according to a new study that explores the short- and long-term consequences of environmental changes to the reef.
New Lakes Discovered Under Greenland’s Ice Hint at Warming

The discovery of two large lakes hidden beneath Greenland’s ice suggests that climate change now cuts all the way to the bottom of the ice sheet, according to two new studies.
A “Rosetta Stone” for Conducting Biodiversity Assessments

This month saw an important milestone reached by the U.N.’s young Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES): Publication of its first public product.