What a Giant Snake can Teach us About Designing Cities for the Future Infrastructure Expansion, Most PopularBill LauranceApril 20, 2018urban growth, urban planning, cities, megacities, wildlife, wildlife-friendly cities, Amesthetine Python, roadkill, urban biodiversity, cassowary, grizzly bear, connectivity, greenbelt, wildlife corridor, riparian vegetation, habitat fragmentation, pets, dogs, cats, feral animals, landscapes of fear, housing sprawl, urban islands, stepping stones, Singapore Index, proactive land-use planning, air pollution, flooding, water quality, carbon storage, heat-islands, epidemic disease, nature education, Cairns Comment
How Coal Harms Babies and Other Vital Eco-News Climate ChangeBill LauranceMarch 3, 2018air pollution, coal plants, coal-fired generating plant, human health, financial security, telomeres, cancer, heart disease, megacities, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, sulfur dioxide, elderly, ozone, premature death, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, biological sponges, rainforests, water recycling, water filtration, flooding, reservoirs, siltation, droughts Comment
Biofuel Bomb is Decimating Nature ConservationBill LauranceJanuary 30, 2018biofuels, oil palm, Indonesia, Malaysia, European Union, E.U., biodiversity, deforestation, peat forest, peat fires, carbon emissions, New Guinea, Equatorial Africa, Latin America, Terengganu state, Peninsular Malaysia, Rainforest Foundation Norway, China, haze, air pollution, biodiesel Comments
Is Our Planet Ready for 2 Billion Cars? Climate ChangeBill LauranceDecember 19, 2017cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, motorized vehicles, traffic, air pollution, nanoparticles, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disease, road expansion, deforestation, roadkill, greenhouse gases, urban growth, megacities, global roadmap, fuel efficiency, public transport Comments
The Overwhelming Value Of Trees ConservationBill LauranceOctober 4, 2017heat islands, cities, megacities, trees, evapotranspiration, air pollution, cancer, cardiovascular disease, asthma, emphysema, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, volatile organic compounds, slums, environmental services, floods, carbon storage, biomass, global warming, shade, evaporative cooling, clouds, economic losses, disease, malaria, diarrhea, water pollution, deforestation, mosquitoes, heat stress, urban growth, urban expansion, population growth, developing nations, Africa, Latin America, Asia, drinking water, epidemic disease, green cities, urban ecology Comments
Are You Ready for a Planet with 2 Billion Cars? Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceMay 8, 2016cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles, motorized vehicles, traffic, air pollution, nanoparticles, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disease, road expansion, deforestation, roadkill, greenhouse gases, urban growth, megacities, global roadmap, fuel efficiency, public transport Comments
As Indonesia burns, its government moves to increase forest destruction RainforestsBill LauranceNovember 24, 2015Indonesia, Malaysia, Council of Palm Oil Producer Countries, Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries, oil palm, deforestation, fires, El Nino, drought, no-deforestation pledges, press release, respiratory distress, haze, air pollution, carbon emissions, peat forest, peatland, Bill Laurance, William Laurance, Thomas Lovejoy, Lian Pin Koh, Global Forest Watch, GreenpeaceComment
The Indonesian Inferno: A Completely Preventable Crisis Bill LauranceOctober 24, 2015Indonesia, fires, haze, smoke, smog, school closures, airport closures, air pollution, carbon emissions, peatlands, peat fires, deforestation, Singapore, Malaysia, New Guinea, Sumatra, Borneo, Micronesia, President Joko Widodo, El Nino, drought, Erik Meijaard, fire ban, Brazil, remote sensing, Global Forest Watch, oil palm, Council of Palm Oil Producer Countries, zero deforestation Comments
Choking on smoke: The growing curse of Indonesia's wildfires Bill LauranceSeptember 30, 2015Indonesia, fires, smoke, smog, air pollution, wildfires, Malaysia, Singapore, Asia Pulp & Paper, deforestation, oil palm, wood pulp, slash-and-burn, corruption, Sinar Mas, Godzilla, El Nino, drought, air quality, school closures, peatlandsComment
What's the biggest killer of people in developing nations? The answer will surprise you. Bill LauranceFebruary 3, 2015pollution, human mortality, air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, respiratory diseases, cardiac disease, diabetes, obesity, developing nations, Southeast Asia, Amazon, World Health Organization, Ensia MagazineComment
In smoke-choked Asia, fires beget more fires Bill LauranceAugust 21, 2014smoke, air pollution, Sumatra, Southeast Asia, Singapore, David Gaveau, June 2013 fires, slash-and-burn, oil palm, pulpwood plantations, smog, fire dynamics, drought, forest firesComment
Is 'killer smog' returning to Southeast Asia? Bill LauranceMarch 8, 2014forest fires, burning, smog, smoke, air pollution, Indonesia, Sumatra, Riau Province, slash-and-burn, illegal fires, Malaysia, SingaporeComment
