Research areas across four vital areas
Climate Change
Climate change poses one of the most significant challenges to the planet. Earthwatch supports research that improves the understanding of how climate change affects different environments and finds ways to help communities reduce their impacts and adapt to changes.
Archeology & Culture
This research highlights the genetic, ecological, cultural, and linguistic variation discovered in the native biological and cultural communities. These research programs unearth the past in a way that safeguards the future.
Wildlife & Ecosystems
Habitats and animals all over the world are threatened. This research aims to create conservation plans and help protect our planet and its inhabitants in today's ever-evolving landscape.
Ocean Health
This research seeks to protect marine biodiversity with a focus on those parts of the ocean most quickly impacted by society, such as the highly threatened coastal habitats, including mangroves and coral reefs.
Latest Articles
How to Get Involved in Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife is the term used to describe non-domesticated animal species, plant life and microorganisms that live in natural environments. This includes deserts, forests and grasslands and even urban areas. The animals and plants in these ecosystems serve many important roles in nature, such as nutrient cycling, pollination and seed dispersal. Humans also benefit from wildlife...
What is Climate Change?
Climate Change is a long-term average change in the Earth’s atmosphere and surface temperatures caused by human activities. It is an important factor in the Earth’s energy balance, affecting all parts of our planet and influencing global weather patterns. This is a complex topic, but scientists have found that changes to the concentrations of greenhouse...
What Is the Ocean?
An ocean is a large body of salt water that covers the Earth’s surface. It is one of the major components of Earth’s hydrosphere, and it plays a critical role in the climate system by absorbing, distributing, and regulating heat from the Sun. The ocean also produces half of the oxygen in the world’s atmosphere...
The Importance of Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife refers to all undomesticated living organisms on the earth, from mammals and birds to insects, fungi and even microscopic plants. Wildlife is a very important part of the ecosystem as they provide stability to the various processes that occur on the planet. But due to mankind’s irrational use of the natural and biotic resources,...
How Does Climate Change Affect Health?
Climate Change refers to the overall warming of Earth’s atmosphere and surface. It is the result of a number of factors, including changes in solar energy, ocean circulation, volcanic activity and greenhouse gases. Each of these contributes to the climate system in a different way at different times. Human activities have caused a large increase...
What Is the Ocean?
Ocean is a word that describes a massive body of salt water that covers more than 71% of the Earth’s surface. Depending on the context, the word ocean can be used to refer to a specific sea or to the world’s entire marine ecosystem. The terms ocean and sea are often used interchangeably, especially in...
The Importance of Wildlife in India
Wildlife is the living plants and animals that exist in the wild rather than in the domesticated/tamed form. It is a very important part of nature and helps in maintaining the balance of the ecosystem. It also provides various benefits to humans such as food, medicines and recreation. Many people are working towards wildlife conservation...
Climate Change and Its Effects
The human influence on Earth’s energy balance has made the planet warmer by adding heat-trapping gases to the air. This climate change can increase the intensity of some natural weather events such as hurricanes, floods and droughts. The most important human greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide (CO2). The fossil fuels we burn release CO2 into...
What Is the Ocean?
Ocean is a vast body of salt water on Earth, mostly separated by continents. It is a principal component of the global hydrosphere, essential to life on Earth and its climate, and – as a huge heat reservoir – influences weather patterns. The ocean also plays a critical role in the carbon cycle, and it...
Writing About Wildlife
Wildlife refers to non-domesticated animal species that live in natural habitats. Generally, the term “wild” excludes domestic animals, but it is often used to include all animals that have evolved in an environment without human interference. This includes deserts, forests, jungles, grasslands, mountains, and oceans. Wildlife is found in all regions of the world, but...