Australia’s wildfires have already burned at least 12 million acres, reports NBC News, with more than 100 blazes still active. “And the season has yet to reach its peak.”
The ability of animals to recover from Australia’s wildfires is also a concern. Scientists are estimating that more than half a billion animals have already died in the fires, a figure that Stuart…
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Palau is First Country To Ban ‘Reef Toxic’ Sun Cream
The Pacific nation of Palau has become the first country to ban sun cream that is harmful to corals and sea life. From a report: From Wednesday, sun cream that includes common ingredients, including oxybenzone, is not allowed to be worn or sold in the country. Palau’s President Tommy Remengesau said: “We have to live and respect the environment because the…
Will sea otters return to San Francisco Bay?
A new study shows that, if they can be returned to San Francisco Bay, California’s southern sea otter population can be tripled. There are now only about 3,000 of the otters left. But, first, they’ll need some help getting past the great white sharks. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/southern-sea-otters-reintroduction-san-francisco-bay…
Young people can’t remember how much more wildlife there used to be
A phenomenon called shifting baseline syndrome means we easily forget how much more wildlife there used to be – and it may hamper conservation campaigns Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2226898-young-people-cant-remember-how-much-more-wildlife-there-used-to-be/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Science around the planet uses images of Earth from the space station
Artificial lighting at night affects the behavior of urban wildlife, according to a recent study published in Nature Scientific Reports, which examined animals in the laboratory and the field. The researchers mapped light levels in the city of Chicago using publicly available images of Earth taken by astronauts from the International Space Station. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-12-science-planet-images-earth-space.html…
Arctic ice loss exposes sea mammals to deadly virus
Scientists have linked melting Arctic sea ice to the emergence of a deadly virus among sea lions, ice seals, sea otters and other marine mammals. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/arctic-ice-loss-exposes-sea-mammals-to-deadly-virus…
Palm oil from Colombia is more climate and wildlife friendly
Most oil palms in Colombia are planted on land previously used for grazing cattle, rather than land cleared of rainforests, making it a greener choice Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2224244-palm-oil-from-colombia-is-more-climate-and-wildlife-friendly/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Mysterious Ongoing Oil Spill is Already Brazil’s Worst on Record
Alex Pietrowski – No one knows where it is coming from or how to stop it. Source: https://www.wakingtimes.com/2019/10/31/mysterious-ongoing-oil-spill-is-already-brazils-worst-on-record/…
Origin of Modern Humans ‘Traced To Botswana’
dryriver shares a report from the BBC: Scientists have pinpointed the homeland of all humans alive today to a region south of the Zambesi River. The area is now dominated by salt pans, but was once home to an enormous lake, which may have been our ancestral heartland 200,000 years ago. Our ancestors settled for 70,000 years, until the local climate…
Humpback whale population on the rise
After a near-miss with extinction, a population of humpback whales in the South Atlantic has rebounded. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/humpback-whale-population-on-the-rise…