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Publication date: January 2021 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 179 Author(s): Thierry Bréchet, Pierre-André Jouvet

Overreliance on synthetic insecticides in global agriculture is the outcome of a “pesticide treadmill,” in which insecticide-induced pest resistance development and the depletion of beneficial insect populations aggravate farmers’ pesticide dependencies. Examples of the pesticide treadmill have been witnessed repeatedly over the past seven decades, prompting the question whether the rapid uptake and usage patterns

Only one in five Americans with right-wing outlook said they had a lot of trust in scientists People in the US are more sharply divided along political lines when it comes to science and environmental issues than in other parts of the world, new research shows. Globally, people who see themselves on the left side

A more stable ocean sounds idyllic, but it creates a dangerous feedback loop for our warming planet Humans have made the oceans more stable, and the result will be more extreme weather and the acceleration of climate change. You may have heard the phrase “hot air rises”. And it is true: when you heat up

Rapid degradation of the world’s coral reefs jeopardizes their ecological functioning and ultimately imperils the well-being of the millions of people with reef-dependent livelihoods. Ecosystem accessibility is the main driver of their conditions, with the most accessible ecosystems being most at risk of resource depletion. People’s socioeconomic conditions can change as they get further from

Country will need to kick addiction to coal and build eye-watering amount of wind and solar capacity China’s President Xi Jinping stunned climate action observers in a speech at the United Nations general assembly last week with a pledge to reach “peak carbon” before 2030, and drive down emissions to virtually zero by 2060. The

Publication date: January 2021 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 179 Author(s): Jonathan Peillex, Imane El Ouadghiri, Mathieu Gomes, Jamil Jaballah

Ever eager to get the message out about climate crisis, the 94-year-old environmentalist joined Instagram last week David Attenborough must be the only person who can appear on national television to tell us that we are all doomed, probably past the point of no return, that species are dying and the climate is boiling over