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The Arctic hasn’t been this warm for 3 million years

By Nya Sustainability on November 16, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Every year, sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean shrinks to a low point in mid-September. This year it measures just 1.44 million square miles (3.74 million square km), the second-lowest value in the 42 years since satellites began taking measurements. The ice today covers only 50% of the area it […]

VIDEO: Japanese town deploys robot wolves to ward off bear attacks

By Nya Sustainability on November 16, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Japanese town has deployed robot wolves in an effort to scare away bears that have become an increasingly dangerous nuisance in the countryside.

Universities in Western Canada are going all-in on climate change research

By Nya Sustainability on November 15, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Climate change may not seem to have anything to do with COVID-19, but for university climate change researchers, the connection is obvious. “A pandemic truly touches everyone on the planet, and climate change is the same,” says Alison Criscitiello, director of the University of Alberta’s Canadian Ice Core […]

Trump administration official who questions global warming will run key climate program

By Nya Sustainability on November 15, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

David Legates, a meteorologist who claims that excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is good for plants and that global warming is harmless, has been tapped to run the federal agency that oversees a major scientific report on how climate change is affecting the United States. Legates, a […]

It’s Way Too Hot in the Arctic Right Now

By Nya Sustainability on November 14, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Svalbard, Norway, is home to the world’s doomsday seed vault because it’s so cold. But the climate crisis is changing that calculation. In the latest sign that the transformation of the Arctic continues full speed ahead, Svalbard hit a record high temperature for November on Wednesday. A station set on the […]

VIDEO: Here’s What the Earth Would Look Like Without Oceans

By Nya Sustainability on November 14, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Wonder what our planet would look like without oceans? Then this animation by NASA will blow your mind.

BOOK: Seasick by Alanna Mitchell

By Nya Sustainability on November 12, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Great comprehensive book on the state of our oceans and what we can do to protect it!! A must read for ocean lovers across the world! We now know that this delicate ecosystem is our life-support system; it regulates the earth’s temperatures and climate and comprises 99 percent […]

VIDEO: Watch a murder hornet destroy an entire bee hive

By Nya Sustainability on November 12, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Asian Giant Hornets are responsible for up to 50 deaths a year in Asia, especially in Japan, which has been dealing with the problem for thousands of years. But it takes multiple stings to kill a person. But the real victim and biggest concern is the already declining […]

Mountain lion snatches pet dog during hot springs visit

By Nya Sustainability on November 12, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials are warning pet owners to be careful after a mountain lion (cougar) took a family’s dog while they visited a popular tourist spot. The southern Idaho family was visiting the Wild Rose Hot Springs near Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve on the […]

6th Asian giant hornet to be discovered in B.C. found in Fraser Valley

By Nya Sustainability on November 12, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

An Asian giant hornet has been found near Langley, B.C., about five kilometres away from where another so-called murder hornet was discovered last week. The provincial Agriculture Ministry says in a release that both findings are thought to coincide with a phase in the hornets’ life cycle where […]

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