The consequences of “overshoot” are already clear: habitat and species loss, and accumulation of carbon in the atmosphere. The Ecological Footprint adds up all the ecological services people demand ...

Supply and demand can cause issues for forest management. If the customer demands more timber because of an increase in purchasing, a forest management organisation could struggle as trees will ...

Ecological overshoot is measured using ecological footprint analysis, which assesses humanity’s total demand on nature’s services over a one-year period compared to the capability of biologically ...

Mathis Wackernagel is the co-creator of Ecological Footprint, an open-source tool measuring human impact on the environment. He currently lives in California but attributes his passion for ...

Steel factories are often seen as some of the biggest culprits of environmental pollution due to their massive energy ...

The surge in generative artificial intelligence (AI) is being met with growing fears about the technology's ecological footprint, one of ...

Historic canals provide “vital” corridors of waterways, hedgerows and habitats for wildlife to move through the landscape, the charity which cares for them has said. The Canal & River Trust ...