by faster | Jul 14, 2021 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: July 14, 2021 SNIP: The Amazon rainforest is emitting a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, according to a study. The giant forest had been absorbing the emissions driving the climate crisis but is now causing its acceleration,...
by faster | Dec 2, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: CBS News DATE: December 2, 2020 SNIP: As we move into winter and what is typically the wet season for the western U.S., the 2020 fire season is finally winding down. But the damage is done: nearly 14 million acres have burned across the nation, about double...
by faster | Nov 13, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: CNN DATE: November 13, 2020 SNIP: The world watched as California and the Amazon went up in flames this year, but the largest tropical wetland on earth has been ablaze for months, largely unnoticed by the outside world. South America’s Pantanal region...
by faster | Oct 18, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: October 18, 2020 SNIP: The yellow Townsend Warbler lay lifeless on the gravel ground near Grant county, New Mexico, the eyes in its yellow-striped head closed, its black feathery underbelly exposed. Just days before, the migrating bird –...
by faster | Oct 1, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Nature World News DATE: October 1, 2020 SNIP: The wildfires this year have so far been the worst wildfire season on the West coast within the last seven decades, with around three million hectares in Washington, California, and Oregon burned. The fires killed...
