by faster | Jun 7, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: June 7, 2021 SNIP: Great apes – humanity’s closest relatives, are predicted to lose a “devastating” 90% of their homelands in Africa in coming decades, according to a study. All gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos are already endangered or...
by faster | Jun 4, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: June 4, 2021 SNIP: About 3,000 elegant tern eggs were abandoned at a southern California nesting island after a drone crashed and scared off the birds, a newspaper reported Friday. Two drones were flown illegally over the Bolsa Chica...
by faster | May 31, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Korea Times DATE: May 31, 2021 SNIP: The Korea Forest Service (KFS) announced on Jan. 20 that it will cut down 300 million “old” trees and plant 3 billion new trees to increase the overall carbon absorption capability of the country’s...
by faster | Mar 26, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: Inside Climate News DATE: March 26, 2021 SNIP: The risks of the climate crisis are so urgent that the United States, in cooperation with other countries and under strict rules, should study the possibility of temporarily cooling the planet through solar...
by faster | Dec 9, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: December 9, 2020 SNIP: The giant human footprint stamped across the world in 2020 is greater than the impact on the planet of all other living things, research suggests. The amount of plastic alone is greater in mass than all land animals...