According to a major anti-poverty organization, unchecked global warming will exacerbate a crisis already being called "the defining human tragedy of this century": hunger. Oxfam International says that global warming … Read more
Conservation
New Report: Imperiled Species of the World — The Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature recently issued its Red List report — assessing the status of species in the global environment. The news is The New York Times … Read more
Thousands Year-Old Process Could Help Defeat Global Warming
Welsh scientists are looking at the ancient practices of Amazonian Indians who developed a process some 6,000 years ago that could help to trap carbon dioxide and lower greenhouse gas … Read more
Dramatic Trout Rescue in New Mexico
This time when horsmen came to the rescue, it was to relocate trout. Associated Press reports: “As a lightning-sparked fire charred thousands of acres in southwestern New Mexico, biologists and … Read more
Efforts to Save the Rare Pallid Sturgeon
A large white and very ancient fish lives in the waters of the Missouri River basin but it is becoming more rare. The Constitution Tribune reports: Pallid sturgeon, which are … Read more
New Study: Shrinking Sea Ice Shrinks Polar Bear Population
A new study calls on Canada to re-examine its policies toward polar bear protection. Bob Weber of the Canadian Press reports: A major international report says the increasingly rapid loss … Read more
Experts: Coral Reefs Need Relief From Climate Change
Could Coral Reefs become a thing of the past within our life time? A group of wildlife experts seems to think so. David Derbyshire for the Mail Online reports: Children … Read more
