Environment
Russia’s Arctic plans add to polar bears’ climate woes
March 5, 2019
Russia’s Arctic plans add to polar bears’ climate woes
Last month’s visit by roaming polar bears that put a Russian village on lockdown may be just the beginning. For…
Plastic found in deepest ocean animals
February 27, 2019
Plastic found in deepest ocean animals
Animals living in the deepest ocean trenches have been found with plastic fragments in their gut, according to new research…
Egypt’s Electricity Ministry to announce tariff of electricity generated from waste
February 26, 2019
Egypt’s Electricity Ministry to announce tariff of electricity generated from waste
Egypt’s Electricity Ministry is about to finish setting a tariff for electric power generation – the purchase price of energy…
Blue whales ‘hedge their bets’ in search for food: study
February 26, 2019
Blue whales ‘hedge their bets’ in search for food: study
Every spring, the largest animals in the world, blue whales, migrate from their winter breeding grounds off of Costa Rica…
Robinson Crusoe island sets example for the world in conservation
February 26, 2019
Robinson Crusoe island sets example for the world in conservation
For almost a century, the inhabitants of Robinson Crusoe — named for literature’s most famous castaway — have known that…
Giant tortoise thought extinct is found on Galapagos
February 22, 2019
Giant tortoise thought extinct is found on Galapagos
Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a giant tortoise from a species thought to have become extinct more than…
Northern Red Sea coral reefs may survive a hot, grim future
February 20, 2019
Northern Red Sea coral reefs may survive a hot, grim future
EILAT, Israel (AP) — As the outlook for coral reefs across a warming planet grows grimmer, scientists in Israel have…
Aussie rodent becomes first ‘climate change extinction’
February 19, 2019
Aussie rodent becomes first ‘climate change extinction’
Australia officially declared a Great Barrier Reef rodent extinct on Tuesday, making it the first mammal believed to have been…
Fears flood water runoff could ‘smother’ Barrier Reef
February 16, 2019
Fears flood water runoff could ‘smother’ Barrier Reef
Runoff from recent floods in northern Australia is flowing onto parts of the Barrier Reef, scientists said Friday, starving coral…
US judge rules against butterfly sanctuary opposed to Trump’s wall
February 16, 2019
US judge rules against butterfly sanctuary opposed to Trump’s wall
A US judge ruled Thursday against a butterfly sanctuary that had sued to keep President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall…