by faster | Dec 28, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Sydney News & Life DATE: December 28, 2019 SNIP: The true cost of the bushfires on the Australian environment and ecology is only just coming to light. Ecologists from the University of Sydney now estimate some 480 million mammals, birds & reptiles...
by faster | Aug 27, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: BBC DATE: August 27, 2019 SNIP: The Arctic is transforming before our eyes: the ice caps are melting, the tree-line is shifting northwards, starving polar bears wander into cities. The region is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet due to climate...
by faster | Aug 18, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: PBS DATE: August 18, 2019 SNIP: The planet’s far North is burning. This summer, over 600 wildfires have consumed more than 2.4 million acres of forest across Alaska. Fires are also raging in northern Canada. In Siberia, choking smoke from 13 million acres – an...
by faster | Aug 1, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: EuroNews DATE: August 1, 2019 SNIP: President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian army to take part in fire-fighting efforts in Siberia as environmentalists describe the blazes raging across the region as an ecological catastrophe. The government claims the...
by faster | Jul 28, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: CBC DATE: July 28, 2019 SNIP: Certain tree species are having a tough time growing back in areas that have been affected by wildfires due to warming temperatures — a discovery that could have major implications for both the forestry sector and long-term...