by faster | Feb 27, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: February 26, 2020 SNIP: Palau’s much-touted marine sanctuary has backfired, with the fishing ban leading to an increased consumption of the reef fish in the western Pacific country – such as grouper, snapper and parrotfish – that the marine...
by faster | Nov 6, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: New York Times DATE: November 6, 2019 SNIP: Humans have spread a contagious form of cancer around the world. Researchers reported on Tuesday that the cancer, which invades mussels, has spread across the Equator. Originating in one species in the Northern...
by faster | May 28, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Independent and MongaBay DATE: May 28, 2019 SNIP: An Instagram-fuelled craze in Japan for keeping otters in cafes and as pets is driving a deadly surge in poaching the animals from the wild – driving them to the brink of extinction, investigators say. Social...
by faster | Oct 31, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Nature DATE: October 31, 2018 SNIP: A century ago, only 15% of Earth’s surface was used to grow crops and raise livestock. Today, more than 77% of land (excluding Antarctica) and 87% of the ocean has been modified by the direct effects of human activities....
by faster | May 21, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian and National Academy of Sciences DATE: May 21, 2018 SNIP: Humankind is revealed as simultaneously insignificant and utterly dominant in the grand scheme of life on Earth by a groundbreaking new assessment of all life on the planet. The world’s 7.6...
