ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

The Effect of Hydropower in Wildlife

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE 05.31.2019 09:11 AM

Concern for wildlife as an effect of hydropower With the increasing population of the world, demands for basic necessities like potable water and food also increase.

What Scientists Learned from Monkey's Respond to Drones

05.31.2019 09:09 AM

Research shows the response of monkeys to sound Studying the culture and behavior of animals are one of the things that can lead humans to fully understand what's each creature's role and significance in the environment.

Scientists Getting Closer to Finding Real-Life Atlantis Beneath the North Sea?

05.31.2019 08:22 AM

A fossilized forest underneath the North Sea has led scientists closer to recovering the lost human settlement.

Malaysia is Shipping Trash Back to Its Respective Nations

05.30.2019 10:11 AM

Malaysia will return 450 tons of contaminated plastic waste to the countries that shipped it, in a refusal to become a dumping ground for the world's trash.

Arctic Challenges Not Really A Problem, says US Government

05.30.2019 10:05 AM

Foreign Minister, Timo Soini, welcomes the participants to the Arctic Council Summit in Rovaniemi, Finland on May 7, 2019.

Cow Dung May Help Fight Climate Change

05.30.2019 10:03 AM

What could provide relief in our problem on climate change? Cow dung may just be it. Did you know that there is three times more carbon present on the Earth's soil than that found in the atmosphere? Although this may be surprising, what is even more alarming is the fact that this type of carbon is released in the air by deforestation and poor farming methods.

Who Benefits From Global Warming?

05.30.2019 09:36 AM

Climate change has not only caused irreparable damage to the environment, but it has also widened the gap between the rich and the poor.

Tree Rings, Droughts and Climate Change

05.30.2019 09:12 AM

Tree rings no longer just speak of the years the tree has lived, they can also be used to tell how long climate change has been causing droughts.

Researchers Suggest Radical Ways to End Climate Change Problems

05.30.2019 08:38 AM

Experts fear that the current initiatives to reduce carbon emissions in the atmosphere has barely made any recognizable impact at all.

World First Albino Panda Caught on Camera in China

05.29.2019 16:00 PM

Have you ever seen an albino panda? There’s one in China and it’s all too cute not to cuddle. CHINA -- The scientists of Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan, China, leaked a photo of a giant panda, but it is all-white.

Climate Driving New Right Whale Movement

05.29.2019 11:09 AM

This research discovered that some of these deep waters have warmed nearly 9 degrees Fahrenheit since 2004, twice as much as the fastest warming waters at the surface

The First Ever Evidence of Wild Chimps Catching and Consuming Freshwater Crabs

05.29.2019 08:48 AM

Researchers’ findings suggest that aquatic fauna may have been a regular of hominins’ diets and not just a seasonal fallback food

Forest Thinning is a Benefit for Threatened Beetles

05.28.2019 13:01 PM

Researchers evaluated how management has impacted wood-inhabiting beetles connected with oak trees In Southern Sweden, wood-living beetles that use oak trees are a species-rich and threatened animal group in modern forestry and agriculture.

New Snake Species in Europe Named After a Long-Forgotten Iron Age Kingdom

05.28.2019 12:59 PM

The description of a new rat snake species from eastern Turkey, Elaphe urartica, has been published in the journal PeerJ

Reasons Why ‘Green Growth’ Won’t Save the Planet

05.27.2019 20:57 PM

Green growth may not be the best narrative for contemporary environmental problems. Five reasons 'green growth' won’t save the planet Oliver Taherzadeh, University of Cambridge and Benedict Probst, University of Cambridge Green growth has emerged as the dominant narrative for tackling contemporary environmental problems.