Published by Ocean Conservancy In the Arctic, starting in autumn, cold weather causes sea ice to form and grow throughout the winter. By March, sea ice has extended as far as it will for the year, also known as the sea ice maximum. When spring warmth takes hold, the ice retreats again until September, when it […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Hey Mer shows me a sheet of natural rubber she made a few weeks ago. To my eye, there isn’t anything special about it. Roughly three feet by two feet. Light brown. Nearly translucent. But judging by her smile, I can tell she is very proud of it. So, I […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund It’s the second-worst winter for sea ice in the Arctic, according to new data released by National Snow Ice Data Center scientists—the crescendo of a winter packed with environment-changing temperatures. Ice covered only an estimated 5.59 million square miles of ocean at its largest extent, that’s down roughly 448,000 square […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund The world’s largest tropical wetland notched an important win today with new commitments that require sustainable development of the Pantanal, a 42-million-acre wetland that touches three countries. It ensures that all future development of this essential landscape is balanced with the needs of wildlife and people. Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay signed the landmark […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund There are few things that connect the human race as acutely as water. We all need it – to drink, to wash, to heal, to do just about anything. But we also all impact it. Water is the ultimate shared resource – what we dump into a river leads to […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund When his three daughters were hungry, Omary Mbunda would turn to illegal timber for money. For him and others in his village of Mbondo, Tanzania, the trees and wildlife in nearby Liuninga Forest Reserve were reliable sources of income and food. That changed when the CARE-WWF Alliance—a partnership focused on […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund He was known as the Last Male Standing and attracted the attention of people around the world, but on March 19, 2018 the last male northern white rhino died. Sudan, 45 years old, had been under armed guard to protect him from the threat of poachers. His death is heartbreaking. […]
Published by the Department of the Interior The funds, which are distributed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, support critical state conservation and outdoor recreation projects and are derived from excise taxes paid by the hunting, shooting, boating and angling industries on firearms, bows and ammunition and sport fishing tackle, some boat engines and small engine […]
Published by the Environmental News Service CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 15, 2018 (ENS) – Quite apart from the decimation of illegal poaching, legal export to Asian markets is tearing the wild heart out of Africa. Each year thousands of tonnes of live animals, bones, skins and meat head East in a plunder with no […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund “The problems faced by orcas and salmon are human-caused, and we as Washingtonians have a duty to protect these species,” Governor Jay Inslee said yesterday at the signing of an Executive Order that established a new Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery Task Force. “The impacts of letting these […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Lake Mohonk, Hudson Valley, New York iStock When the state of New York banned fracking in 2015 after years of steady pressure from grassroots activists and environmental groups, it became the first state with natural gas reserves to prohibit the controversial extraction method. In the nearly three years […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund A group of Marylanders wended through a narrow underground passage painted in peach and punctuated by a series of doorways leading to halls and rooms unknown. The path led them to a stone spiral staircase and when they reached the top, a door swung open to a far grander space: […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund The United States Coast Guard issued its Ports and Waterways Safety Assessment (PAWSA) Report for the Hudson River yesterday. Notably, it did not include a plan to add additional anchorages, places for ships to anchor, along any part of the Hudson River, making this the latest victory in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A flamingo in Fort Myers, Florida © Ray Hennessy With stilts for legs and necks as long as your arm, American flamingos can stand nearly five feet tall. When it’s time to breed, these coral-colored birds hustle about in perfectly orchestrated dance groups that are both hilarious and […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund This blog was written with contributions by Brian Siu, Director of Federal Affairs for NRDC. Why are members of the Senate planning to weaken environmental protections? In a prelude to voting on anti-environmental legislation, Senator Barrasso, chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, will hold a […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund There are at least 15 massive new fracked gas pipelines planned or under development in the Appalachian region, with more proposed for other regions. These new pipelines are expected to lead to enormous increases in fracking and new threats to clean air, clean water, and the climate. They […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund A firsthand experience with the Pacific gray whales in Laguna San Ignacio confirmed the extraordinary achievement from NRDC’s past work—and our oncoming challenges. NRDC president Rhea Suh photographs a Pacific gray whale in Laguna San Ignacio Laguna San Ignacio is so much more than a sheltered cove off […]
Published by the World Wildlife Fund Up to half of plant and animal species in the world’s most naturally rich areas—including the Amazon and the Galápagos—could face extinction by the turn of the century due to climate change if carbon emissions continue to rise unchecked. A new study examines various climate change scenarios—from 4.5°C rise in […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Guest blog by Jennifer Skene For decades, Quebec has greenlighted development in Val-d’Or boreal caribou habitat, knowing full well the toll it was taking. Now, with the herd’s population diminished to around 18 individuals, Quebec has offered the Val-d’Or caribou herd a brief eulogy on Facebook, stating that […]
Published by the Natural Resources Defense Fund Welcome to our weekly Trump v. Earth column, in which onEarth reviews the environment-related shenanigans of President Trump and his allies. See No Science, Hear No Science The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board, which used to meet six to eight times annually to ensure that the […]