World’s Largest Conservation Area
Good news for wildlife in Africa. Five countries have come together to create a conservation area that they hope will protect the animals from poaching and other threats.
Climate Conference: ‘We’re at the Tipping Point’
Our planet is on the edge of a series of tipping points that will make it irreversibly hotter, according to scientists from around the world who have been meeting in London this week.
War and the No-Kill Movement
The no-kill philosophy extends way beyond homeless pets. It’s a way of living that takes killing off the table – in every area once and for all. You can’t be no-kill and go hunting. You can’t be no-kill and be pro-abortion, pro-capital punishment or pro-vivisection. And you certainly can’t be no-kill and support going to war.
How Green Is the Millennial Generation?
Today’s young Americans are less interested in the environment and in conserving resources — and often less civic-minded overall — than their elders were when they were young.
How the Seas Will Eat Coastal Cities
The results are from a study by Climate Central. And while we simply don’t know whether we’ll escape with just two feet or be washed away by a seven-foot increase, either way it’s really bad news for our coastal cities. According to the report:
Dramatic Change Coming in Food We Eat
The new foods will be the result of fierce demand and resource pressures on food worldwide, astonishing new technologies, and emerging trends in diet, farming, healthcare and sustainability.
"Why I Got Arrested" – by Top Climate Scientist
“What do I know that would cause me — a reticent, Midwestern scientist — to get myself arrested in front of the White House protesting? And what would you do if you knew what I know?”
World Bank Says ‘Save the Oceans’
The World Bank has stepped in to help save the oceans. It is setting out to raise $1.5 billion from governments, the private sector and other groups to manage protected areas and reform fishing and other marine agreements.
Does Hunting Save Endangered Animals?
These are game-hunting ranches – also known as breeding ranches, where endangered species are being “protected.” (I’m not sure that the animals I saw being shot felt that the protection was wholly adequate.)
Top Climate Scientist Arrested at White House
NASA’s chief climate scientist used to present his research inside the White House. But nobody took any notice. Now he stands outside in the cold, protesting the lack of action – and getting arrested for it.
A Graphical Tour Through the Climate of 2011
New data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA show that for the 35th year in a row, the globe was warmer than average during 2011, and about the 10th-warmest year on record since 1880.
Who’s the ‘Invasive’ Species?
Who exactly has been invading whose territory? A slideshow in Huffington Post presents 10 of “the invasive species threatening North America.”
Looking Back from the Space Station
Time lapse photography onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011.
Five Minutes to Doomsday
The famous Doomsday Clock has just ticked closer to midnight. Two years ago, the symbolic clock that represents how close we are to global disaster, was moved back a minute to six minutes to midnight. This week, the scientists who maintain the clock, moved it forward again to five minutes to midnight.
Are We Creating Earthquakes?
A series of small earthquakes in Ohio and Arkansas has more and more people worried that the quakes are being caused by companies pumping water into the ground – either as waste water or to drill for natural gas.
Can a Cage Set You Free?
Kathy Rudy hates cruelty to animals, is a professor of ethics who has written a book called Loving Animals: Toward a New Animal Advocacy, writes passionately about human rights and animals … and also tries to make a case for supporting zoos
Who’s Been Sleeping on MY Planet?
Renowned scientist Dr. Stephen Hawking believes we Earthlings should be making serious plans to move elsewhere. He’s worried that we’ve screwed up this planet so badly we should find another one.
Britain’s Prince Philip Blasts Wind Farms
When the managing director of a wind farm company introduced himself to Britain’s Prince Philip at a London reception, he got a blast of hot air back. “He said [wind farms] were absolutely useless, completely reliant on subsidies and an absolute disgrace,” said Esbjorn Wilmar of Infinergy.
A Nest of Baby Dinosaurs
Fossil hunters in Mongolia have unearthed what is the largest known nest of baby dinosaurs – 15 of them in a bowl-shaped area just over two feet wide.
Rhinos Fly to Safety
looks scary, but for the 19 endangered rhinos, it was just a snooze. The black rhinos were lifted by their ankles over the South African landscape to protect them from poachers.