Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Melting water from one of Canada’s largest glaciers used to flow north, to the Bering Sea. Last spring, it reversed course, a case of what scientists call “river piracy.” Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/science/climate-change-glacier-yukon-river.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service GENEVA, Switzerland, April 14, 2017 (ENS) – Clean, accessible drinking water is essential for life, and the United Nations says there is enough fresh water on the planet to supply this for everyone. But today, the World Health Organization warned that of the 7.5 billion people living on Earth, […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Just a year after weather patterns were altered worldwide, scientists see signs that more disruption may be brewing. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/climate/el-nino-climate-change.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 13, 2017 (ENS) – Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, a city of at least 3.4 million residents, is poised to build the first bus rapid transit line in east Africa. Construction is currently estimated to start later this year after a planning process that began in […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Critics charge the agency’s administrator should have challenged a legal finding that underpinned the Obama climate policies, but he refuses to budge. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/climate/scott-pruitt-epa-endangerment-finding.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A storage freezer in the Canadian Ice Core Archive failed this month, resulting in the loss of millennia-old samples gathered from around the Canadian Arctic. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/climate/ice-cores-melted-freezer-alberta-canada.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A study suggests that as the planet warms toward 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, each degree Celsius of warming will lead to the thawing of 1.5 million square miles of permafrost. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/climate/climate-change-warming-permafrost.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, April 10, 2017 (ENS) – If hunters on Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuges want to use aircraft to chase down grizzly bears or shoot mother wolves and pups in their dens, they can now do so after President Donald Trump signed a bill overturning an Obama-era rule that […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Even if Congress votes to keep NASA environmental missions, the nation’s climate monitoring faces challenges, researchers say. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/climate/trump-nasa-satellites-global-warming-data.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Trump’s proposed cuts in environmental programs go far beyond climate change. They would also affect clean water, law enforcement and pollution cleanup. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/climate/trump-epa-budget-cuts.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service FRANKFURT, Germany, April 7, 2017 (ENS) – The world added record levels of renewable energy generating capacity in 2016, at an investment level 23 percent lower than the previous year, finds new research reported in the latest issue of “Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment.” Read the full article […]
Published by the Environmental News Service STRASBOURG, France, April 7, 2017 (ENS) – The European Union must improve legislation governing car emissions testing to prevent future scandals like the “defeat device” scandal, the European Parliament said Tuesday by voting to approve four recommendations to the European Commission and the Council. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/04/07/eu-parliament-votes-to-tighten-car-emissions-oversight/
Published by the Environmental News Service JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, April 7, 2017 (ENS) – South Africa’s Constitutional Court has overturned the current ban on domestic trade in rhino horn, so the sale of rhino horn will be allowed to resume within the country’s borders, but not internationally. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/04/07/south-african-court-allows-domestic-rhino-horn-trade/
Published by the Environmental News Service By Craig C. Downer MINDEN, Nevada, February 6, 2006 (ENS) – Though interspersed with sobering dangers, my trip to northwestern Peru in October and November 2005 has nonetheless proven to be enlightening. Now I realize just how urgent it is to change humanity’s reigning values and lifestyles in […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment While studying an artificial reef made from a sunken ship, researchers found a mollusk that may never have been seen before. It could threaten coral in the Florida Keys. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/science/worm-snail-mucus-web-florida-keys-vandenburg.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, April 5, 2017 (ENS) – Effective today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is denying a petition by two environmental groups who ask that the agency revoke all food residue tolerances for the pesticide chlorpyrifos. But the groups went back to court today to appeal that decision. Read […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The decision was cheered by commercial rhino breeders but condemned by animal preservation groups, which warned that it could increase poaching. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/world/africa/south-africa-rhinoceros-horns-rhinos.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Scientists compiling a record of the atmosphere based on air trapped in Antarctic ice found that rising carbon dioxide has accelerated plant growth. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/science/carbon-dioxide-plant-growth-antarctic-ice.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service MOCOA, Colombia, April 4, 2017 (ENS) – Torrential rains caused three rivers to burst their banks in the Colombian city of Mocoa early Saturday morning sending water and debris crashing into homes. The flooding and mudslides have claimed 254 lives and left hundreds of people missing. Read the full […]
Published by the Environmental News Service SAO PAULO, Brazil, April 2, 2017 (ENS) – Art conservationists and nuclear scientists have joined forces in Brazil to use nuclear technology in the preservation of more than 20,000 cultural artifacts – paintings, sculptures and documents. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/04/02/art-meets-nuclear-science-in-brazil/