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- Eerie driftwood skeletons of extinct Chinese dolphins remind us of human error Thu, 17 Sep 15, 6:00pmWhether through poaching or pollution, humans are driving animals to extinction at disturbingly fast rates. Artist Jonathan Latiano reflects on that loss with his stunning and somewhat macabre installation ‘Flight of the...
- Our love of Nutella is wrecking the Earth Fri, 19 Jun 15, 11:30pmNutella: It's the stuff dreams are made of. OK, well, it's really just amazing on toast -- and almost everything else, but according to Segolene Royal, the ecology minister of France, the use of the palm oil in Nutella is...
- Vanishing land snails signal the 6th mass extinction is happening now Wed, 10 Jun 15, 1:05amRhinos, elephants and polar bears get a lot of press, but a new study suggests that vanishing invertebrates like land snails signals that the sixth mass extinction of species is now fully underway.
- Half the World’s Wildlife has Been Wiped Out in the Past 40 Years Wed, 1 Oct 14, 7:23amThe World Wildlife Fund's annual Living Planet Report surveys over 10,000 representative populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish...
- WWF Report: Wild Vertebrate Populations Have Dropped 52% Since 1970 Wed, 1 Oct 14, 2:14amThe World Wildlife Fund's annual Living Planet Report surveys over 10,000 representative populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish...
- Earth Could be Two Times More Sensitive to CO2 Than Previously Thought Thu, 12 Dec 13, 2:37amImage via Shutterstock As levels of CO2 in the atmosphere rise, scientists are grappling with a mountain of data to form an accurate picture of the future...
- It Took Earth’s Species 10 Million Years To Recover After “The Great Dying” Thu, 31 May 12, 2:58amConsidering that our planet may be on the precipice of experiencing its sixth mass extinction event, this makes for pretty disturbing reading. According to researchers from the University of Bristol, it took the planet an...
- Extinct Short-Haired Bumblebees to be Brought Back to English Countryside Mon, 30 Apr 12, 11:43pmShort-haired bumblebees (Bombus subterraneus) became exinct in the UK almost 25 years ago, but now scientists are planning to reintroduce them into the countryside...
- NASA Climate Scientist Compares Climate Change to Slavery Sat, 7 Apr 12, 3:46amThis week, NASA climate scientist James Hansen described climate change as a “great moral issue” similar to the movement to end slavery. He linked the climate change debate with the 19th century struggle to abolish slavery...