Published by the Environmental News Service CANBERRA, Australia, August 9, 2016 (ENS) – An acidifying ocean absorbing too much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere could have a major impact on the staple diet of krill – with serious repercussions for the entire Antarctic ecosystem, scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division have found. Read the full […]
Published by the Environmental News Service OAKLAND, California, August 8, 2016 (ENS) – At the Oakland office of the international sustainability think tank Global Footprint Network, August 8 is a special day. It’s Earth Overshoot Day, the date when humanity has used up all the natural resources the planet can renew in the entire year. […]
Published by the Environmental News Service MELBOURNE, Australia, August 8, 2016 (ENS) – U.S. and Australian officials have signed a new agreement aimed at strengthening collaboration on key transportation priorities in technology and innovation between the two countries. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/08/08/usa-australia-cooperate-to-advance-smart-transport/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Warming temperatures can dry out northern peatlands, increasing the risk of fires that release thousands of years of stored carbon into the atmosphere. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/science/climate-change-carbon-bogs-peat.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Focusing on the conflicts of interest in Tesla Motors’ proposed takeover of SolarCity misses the bigger picture, some investors say. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/05/business/everyone-despises-solarcity-deal-except-tesla-shareholders.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The reusable box that FreshRealm created to reduce packaging waste is a selling point of its delivery service — and a product it sells to competitors. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/business/a-tantalizing-offering-from-a-meal-kit-service-the-box.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The rebound effect describes changes that inadvertently raise carbon emissions. A recent study illustrated one such rebound involving crime reduction. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/science/climate-change-rebound-effect.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The spinning gold-plated copy of Carl Sagan’s “A Glorious Dawn” reached 94,000 feet above earth on a high-altitude balloon. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/arts/music/third-man-records-space.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service MEXICO CITY, Mexico, August 3, 2016 (ENS) – Mexico is to permanently ban the use of gillnets in waters where the endangered vaquita is found, in an attempt to save from exinction this small porpoise found only in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/08/03/mexico-bans-gillnets-to-save-endangered-porpoise/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Rapid-response teams of researchers analyze droughts and other extreme weather events to see if global warming played a role. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/science/looking-quickly-for-the-fingerprints-of-climate-change.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment To try to restore their population, conservationists will release hundreds of the salamanders, which have been raised to maturity, into streams in Ohio. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/science/hellbenders-salamanders.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Mammoths on Alaska’s St. Paul Island could have faced freshwater problems that could be experienced by island dwellers all over in a warming world. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/science/mammoths-extinction-saint-paul-island-alaska.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service LA JOLLA, California, July 31, 2016 (ENS) – Scientists have identified a beaked whale that lives in the cold and remote North Pacific Ocean as a new species. They have yet to officially name the whale, but have confirmed the species as a member of the genus Berardius. Read […]
Published by the Environmental News Service ATLANTA, Georgia, July 30, 2016 (ENS) – Since local transmission of Zika virus was first reported in Puerto Rico in December 2015, it has become so widespread on the island that public health officials are calling it an “epidemic.” Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/07/31/zika-epidemic-could-hit-10000-pregnant-puerto-ricans/
Published by the Environmental News Service MIAMI, Florida, July 30, 2016 (ENS) – Florida officials have informed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, that Zika virus infections in four people were likely caused by bites of local Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/07/30/first-u-s-local-mosquito-borne-zika-virus-sickens-four/
Published by the Environmental News Service MIAMI, Florida, July 30, 2016 (ENS) – Florida officials have informed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, that Zika virus infections in four people were likely caused by bites of local Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/07/30/first-u-s-locally-transmitted-zika-virus-sickens-four/
Published by the Environmental News Service LONDON, UK, July 29, 2016 (ENS) – Today, 45 nongovernmental organizations from around the world are raising the alarm over increasing tiger poaching and calling for an end to all tiger farming and trade in tigers and their body parts. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/07/29/wild-tigers-in-peril-as-tiger-farms-flourish/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Because of slumping world demand and a glut of global supply, oil players are still struggling to cope with the industry’s doldrums. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/30/business/energy-environment/gloomy-days-in-the-oil-patch-but-some-see-a-glimmer-of-light.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, July 28, 2016 (ENS) – After a four-year review of its environmental and social safeguards, the World Bank has released updated safeguards in the newly drafted document “Environmental and Social Framework.” But nongovernmental organizations say the draft safeguards have been weakened, not strengthened. Read the full article […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, July 27, 2016 (ENS) – The Obama Administration is unlocking up to US$4.5 billion in loan guarantees and inviting applications to support the commercial-scale deployment of innovative electric vehicle charging facilities, the White House announced on Friday. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2016/07/27/obama-states-auto-power-sectors-fund-ev-charging/