This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Marine researchers are worried about snails’ roles in preying on coral reefs. Scientists are finding that they can help reduce the snail population by limiting overfishing. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Kate Stringer discusses the need for improved media literacy as the internet makes information – true and false – all the more accessible. • How can funders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Polychlorinated biphenyls, commonly known as PCBs, are toxins taken in by plankton and then moving through the food and destroying killer whale populations around the globe. • What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Global Citizen remarks on an alarming new report that shows how greenhouse gas emissions will rise over the next thirty years due to food demands in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Land invaders have targeted the Chaparrí ecological reserve, one of Peru’s most biodiverse forests. As the Guardian reports, more than 1,000 hectares of this area have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As more people travel, resorts and tourism companies are thinking about increasing sustainability efforts for local communities. • How does the onset of global tourism impact local stakeholders and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Smithsonian magazine explains that researchers have proposed a new hypothesis for why the Neanderthals died out: climate change via an extreme cold spell. • Besides raising more alarm…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Google will begin estimating local carbon pollution from cities around the world as a tool for leaders to focus and improve local climate change programs. • The company…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · According to Global Citizen, Governor Jerry Brown of California has vowed that the state will source 100% of its energy from renewable resources by 2045. ·…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Joe McCarthy, writing for Global Citizen, lists seven activists that won the UN’s Champions of the Earth Award for their work in creating sustainability initiatives that help protect…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Smithsonian Magazine explains that Australian researchers have used both AI and applied mathematics to develop new software capable of detecting landslides up to two weeks before they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Cindy A. Buckmaster argues that animal studies are still needed to further scientific research in the United States, and cannot be replaced by other methods. • How…