Published by the Environmental News Service GLAND, Switzerland, March 26, 2021 (ENS) – Poaching for ivory and loss of habitat over the past five decades have taken a grim toll on African elephants. The African forest elephant, Loxodonta cyclotis, is now listed as Critically Endangered and the African savanna elephant, Loxodonta africana, is listed as […]
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Commentary by Sea Shepherd CEO Captain Alex Cornelissen March 24th, 2021 – Over the past five years Sea Shepherd has focused on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU fishing). Our campaigns, primarily in West Africa, have given us a wealth of information regarding the impact of both IUU fisheries as […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Desecrated by plunderers, threatened by floodwaters and largely overshadowed by their Egyptian counterparts, Sudan’s ancient archaeological sites may finally be poised to receive broader recognition. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/22/travel/sudan-archaeology-meroe.html
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The assumption that adding apex predators to wildlife parks in South Africa benefits smaller animals is in need of more testing, scientists say. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/13/science/lions-south-africa-wildlife-parks.html
Black History Month is an opportunity for people of all races to recognize and honor the incredible accomplishments of black scientists. From St. Elmo Brady, the first African American to earn a PhD in chemistry, to Mary Elliott and Carl Hill, who developed novel approaches to polymerization – key steps in the development of plastics […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WINDHOEK, Namibia, February 1, 2021 (ENS) – The fate of one of Africa’s most valuable ecosystems will depend on results from wells being drilled deep into the bedrock beneath the Kalahari Desert of northern Namibia and Botswana in the hunt for a petroleum reservoir. If the search by Canadian […]
Published by the Environmental News Service NAIROBI, Kenya, January 21, 2021 (ENS) – The United Nations Ozone Secretariat is about the last place a Gen Zer might look for a fun new mobile game, but that’s about to change on Sunday, January 24, World Education Day, when the Secretariat will release “Reset Earth,” an innovative […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A trove from a Portuguese trading ship that sank in 1533 preserved genetic traces of whole lineages that have vanished from West Africa. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/17/science/ivory-elephants-shipwreck.html
Published by the Environmental News Service CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 19, 2020 (ENS) – “Major climate impacts and exorbitant costs have sounded the death knell” for one of the last new proposed coal-fired power stations in South Africa – Thabametsi power station in water-scarce Limpopo province, says the Centre for Environmental Rights, a firm […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy I will never forget the first time I saw a manatee. I was staying with my grandmother and with a wide smile over breakfast she told me she had a surprise for me. She took me to a park where the water was warm and the manatees floated serenely below. We were […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A skull found in a South African cave suggests that the species went through a process of microevolution during a chaotic environmental shift. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/science/skull-south-africa-climate-change.html
Published by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Hosted by Captain Paul Watson and the captains and crew of Sea Shepherd’s fleet, this new series provides exciting updates on Sea Shepherd’s worldwide direct-action campaigns. Sea Shepherd is pleased to announce the launch of Sea Shepherd – Ocean ACTION Reports, a new series that will debut on EarthxTV during […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy For billions of people across the world, fish is an essential part of their diet and livelihood. Fish accounts for at least 13.8% of the animal protein intake of the human population and in many countries, the number is even higher. In Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, fish makes up […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy Ghost gear is a problem with a common misconception: many people believe it’s a term for fishing gear that’s been recklessly discarded into the sea. The truth is that fishers don’t want to lose the expensive equipment that provides their income. Fishing gear is usually only abandoned intentionally in emergency situations or […]
How many Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists does it take to bungle a trade and environmental story about Kenya and irresponsibly wreak havoc in a country that fears its sovereignty is being threatened? Just one, unfortunately. But don’t cast all the blame on the reporter in question — save a majority of it for the primary source, […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Faced with plunging profits and a climate crisis that threatens fossil fuels, the industry is demanding a trade deal that weakens Kenya’s rules on plastics and on imports of American trash. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/climate/oil-kenya-africa-plastics-trade.html
Published by Ocean Conservancy One of our main concerns at Ocean Conservancy is climate change and its impacts on our communities, resources and wildlife. Bleaching corals are among the first signs of climate change impacts we have seen have seen in our ocean. And though climate change has been a stressor on most ocean wildlife, there’s […]
Published by Ocean Conservancy The events of the past few months have been a wakeup call for us at Ocean Conservancy. We know that to create lasting, structural change for our ocean and the people that depend on it, we must tackle systemic racism. The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless others […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Read the full article at: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WWFStories/~3/b2rcM2uj-KY/updated-ivory-identification-tool-helps-to-combat-illegal-wildlife-trade
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment African-Americans are 75 percent more likely than others to live near facilities that produce hazardous waste. Can a grass-roots environmental-justice movement make a difference? Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/magazine/pollution-philadelphia-black-americans.html