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Toxic Cocktail of Man-Made Chemicals Found in Great Barrier Reef Turtles

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EcoWatch Green Sea Turtles in Australia's Great Barrier Reef are some of the world's most majestic creatures. They have a lifespan of up to 50 years, but after recent results from blood tests on the marine animals, their health might be in jeopardy. Story here.   Photo by Nize @ English Wikipedi

Not So Funny: The Arctic is Leaking Laughing Gas

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EcoWatch Nitrous oxide, the main ingredient in laughing gas, is 300 times more potent as a greenhouse gas, than carbon dioxide. And scientists believe it could be leaking from ancient reservoirs beneathArctic permafrost.  Details here. Melting permafrost in Canada's Arctic.  Photo: Charles Tarnocai/Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Biodiversity moves beyond counting species

nature Ecologists are increasingly looking at how richness of traits — rather than number of species — helps set the health of ecosystems. Details here.

How scientists reacted to the US leaving the Paris climate agreement

nature What the United States' departure from the historic pact means for efforts to fight global warming. Details here.

Health Leaders Must Focus on the Threats From Factory Farms (Opinion)

The New York Times. This week, the World Health Organization — which works globally to improve human health — will meet in Geneva to select a new director general. We have a mission for that leader: take on factory farms, a major threat to health and the environment. Story here.

Stand up for Greenpeace, our great forests and free speech

SumOfUs Greenpeace and Stand.Earth (formerly Forest Ethics) are getting sued for $300 million by Canada’s largest logging company  to make them shut up. Details here.

Coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef worse than expected, surveys show

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The Guardian Surveys taken throughout 2016 show escalating impact from north to south, with 70% of shallow water corals dead north of Port Douglas. Story here. Blue Starfish in the Great Barrier Reef 2004.  Photo by Richard Ling