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2016 declared the hottest year on record

February 4, 2017 World Wildlife Fund Stories Animal Rights & Environment, World Wildlife Fund

Earth’s surface temperatures in 2016 shattered all previous record highs since modern record keeping began in 1880. Much of the warming is attributed to climate change.

630 companies and investors tell Washington: Continue to act on climate change

February 2, 2017 World Wildlife Fund Stories Animal Rights & Environment, World Wildlife Fund

Today 630 companies and investors called on Washington to accelerate the low-carbon economy in the United States and stand strongly behind the Paris Agreement, our first truly global plan to combat climate change.

Adapting to new challenges in the Tian Shan Mountains

January 23, 2017 World Wildlife Fund Stories Animal Rights & Environment, World Wildlife Fund

The animals of the Central Tian Shan mountain range find protection from unlikely guardians: the residents of nearby mountain communities.

A new way to predict and prevent the end of coral reefs

January 17, 2017 World Wildlife Fund Stories Animal Rights & Environment, World Wildlife Fund

For the first time, researchers have created models to predict when, where, and to what extent coral bleaching will occur in reefs around the world at a finer scale than ever before.

A monumental win for elephants: China will ban ivory trade by 2017

January 10, 2017 World Wildlife Fund Stories Animal Rights & Environment, World Wildlife Fund

Today, we celebrate another big win for elephant conservation with China’s game-changing decision to end domestic ivory trade by 2017. The new regulations come as part of the government’s efforts to reduce demand for elephant ivory and help end the global elephant poaching crisis.

US permanently protects some of the Arctic’s most important marine areas

January 2, 2017 World Wildlife Fund Stories Animal Rights & Environment, World Wildlife Fund

Just one week after scientists warned of unprecedented change brought on by warming in the Arctic, President Obama announced permanent protection for 115 million acres of federal waters in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Including previous presidential withdrawals, today’s action protects nearly 125 million acres in the offshore Arctic from future oil and gas activity.