A strange thing has been observed among the young female elephants of Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park: About a third of them never developed tusks. While tusklessness is not unheard of in female African elephants, normally it would only happen in about two to four percent of them. The […]
Great initiative in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Turning trash into a floating park!
A new study has just been released, Warming assessment of the bottom-up Paris Agreement emissions pledges, that looks at how different nations are meeting their commitments, and Canada, along with China and Russia, is pumping out emissions at a rate that would raise the temperature 5.1°C by the end […]
Ninety-one nations are not producing enough children to maintain their current populations, while the opposite is true in 104 countries where high birth rates are driving population increases, according to a new scientific study. Total fertility rates (TFR), a summary measurement representing the average number of children a […]
“Inuit believe there are now so many bears that public safety has become a major concern,” A recently shared plan out of Nunavut, Canada, that leans heavily on Inuit knowledge indicates that in certain areas of Nunavut there are too many polar bears. Environment Canada’s response says that’s […]
“No, I don’t need a receipt, thank you”. I began saying this after learning about the harmful effects of thermal paper, the shiny smooth paper that most retailers now use to print receipts. Thermal paper uses heat rather than ink to form letters and numbers, and it relies […]
Scientists say there’s more to the pollution problem than the huge masses of debris that grab public attention. The crisis of plastics filling up the world’s oceans is more complex than it appears. Contrary to popular belief, marine plastic debris does not simply cluster in large floating patches. […]
Shark populations have dropped over 90% in the past 30 years, threatening the balance of life on earth upon which we depend on. We don’t think you want to be contributing to the demise of one of the oldest, most important predators the planet has, without knowing it! […]
UK has banned this Video on Palm Oil and its impact on the environment, made by Iceland Foods out of UK. Palm oil is a type of edible vegetable oil that is derived from the palm fruit, grown on the African oil palm tree. Oil palms are originally […]
The floating tidal stream turbine off the coast of Scotland has proven that it can produce electricity safely and cheaply year round. Tidal and wave power get less attention and fewer investments than many other renewable energy sources. This is because of the inherent risk of any energy […]
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