“The United States is in a sense climate illiterate still,” Hans Schellnhuber, the director of Germany’s Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said earlier this week. He wasn’t just comparing the US to the EU, however. Even developing nations seem…
Amazon Says Goodbye to World’s Largest Meat Exporter
Last month, I wrote about the world’s largest leather exporter leaving the Amazon. This week there is even bigger news. The world’s largest meat exporter is leaving.
Bikes & Trains — New Initiative for England
England is working to combine two of the world’s cleanest methods of transportation through a new initiative. A handful of strongly funded programs are geared to get more people bicycling to and from rail stations in England.
850 New Species Found Underground
In the Australian outbacks, 18 scientists have just discovered over 850 new species living underground.
Can Diet Coke Kill You?
According to a UK documentary, “Sweet Misery,” the National Cancer Institute identified a significant and impressive increase in brain cancer starting in about 1984. Why did brain cancer shoot up? It looks like it is because of articial sweeteners such…
Lasers from Space Show Ice Sheets Thinning — Greenland and Antarctica
This week in the journal Nature scientists give the most comprehensive view of thinning ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica to date. Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the University of Bristol analyzed 50 million satellite measurements (from NASA)…
Global Collapse, Human Survival & the Planet’s Boundaries
A new study by nearly 30 of the world’s best scientists concludes that we have crossed three of the world’s nine thresholds. It is not only about climate change.
New Species of Ghostshark
A new species of ghostsharks, a relative of sharks, was recently named. Ghostsharks (also called chimaeras, ratfish or rabbitfish) are some of the oldest fish alive today. The name of the newly identified but ancient species is Eastern Pacific black…
Reintroducing the Iberian Lynx… on Olive Groves
The Iberian lynx, at risk of extinction, may be reintroduced into the wild on low-production olive groves soon. A study by Spanish scientists says this may be the most appropriate place for the cat.