Archive for June 2019
Japan’s shift to commercial whaling met with mixed reviews
Japan has never really stopped hunting whales, but its decision to leave the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling to resume commercial whaling, effective July 1, has renewed attention to Japan and why its leaders are making the move. The
Honeybee colonies in the U.S. have suffered massive losses
Between April 2018 and April 2019 more than 40% of managed honeybee colonies were lost, according to a survey
Noise pollution threatens songbirds in towns and cities
The findings may have implications for the survival and population numbers of songbirds in urban settings.
Study on 14-year-old disaster finds oil still leaking into sea
It’s been more than 14 years since Hurricane Ivan made landfall on the Gulf Coast of the United States as a Category 3 storm, with wind speeds approaching 200 kilometers per hour and a destructive storm surge. Worse is what’s
Snow and ice are melting ever faster in the Himalayas
Since 2000, Himalayan glaciers have been losing nearly half a meter of ice a year vertically on average.
In Athens, a focus on climate change and heritage sites
The Acropolis in Greece has remained at its perch above Athens for millennia, but the experts who gathered this weekend at the Zappeion Megaron – a striking building at the center of the National Gardens of Athens – were focused